2018 SPEAKERS

Shabbat/Tu Bishvat. Friday Jan. 26, 2018

Doreen Schreiber, Business Recycling Specialist, Cuyahoga County Solid Waste District. “Recycling Roadshow – Waste Reduction and Recycling in Cuyahoga County.”

Shabbat – Fri. Feb. 16, 2018

Ambassador Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley, “America’s International Standing and Why it is Important.”

Shabbat. Friday, March 2nd, 2018

Greg McNeil, Cover2. “What’s Working: Successful Community Based Programs Treating Opiod Addiction”

Shabbat. Friday, April 20, 2018

Cantor Gary Gelender. “Broadway Melodies and Memories”

Shabbat. Friday. May 18, 2018

Robin Rood, RDN, LD. “The History of Chocolate and Jews”

Shabbat. Friday Sept. 7, 2018

Dr. Mark Sniderman, retired Associate Director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. “Economics in the Age of Trump”

Shabbat – Fri. Oct. 5, 2018

Anita Gray, Regional Director, Anti-Defamation League in Northeast Ohio (cleveland.adl.org)

Shabbat. Friday, Nov 2, 2018, 6:30 pm

Topic: “Background of American Spiritualism”

Speaker: Jeremy Genovese. Ph.D. Associate Professor of Human Development & Educational Psychology, Cleveland State University.

Hanukkah/Shabbat. Friday, Dec. 7, 2018, 6:30 pm

Topic: “The Impact of Zero Tolerance Immigration Policies on Northeast Ohio Families“
Speaker: Veronica Dahlberg, founder and executive director of the organization HOLA. HOLA is a grassroots Latino organization based in NE Ohio focusing on community organizing, leadership development, and civic engagement.