Welcome to the United Jewish Council of Greater Toledo.

The Council is the central address for Jewish philanthropy, community programming and services for the Jewish community of Northwest Ohio and parts of Southeast Michigan. Organizations and departments featured as part of this website are part of the UJC Toledo family of services and are integral to the fulfillment of UJC Toledo’s mission. These include Jewish Family Service,  Toledo Jewish Community Foundation, Toledo Board of Jewish Education, Department of Jewish Programs, Jewish Senior Services, Pelham Manor, Inc., and the JCC/YMCA of Greater Toledo.

Important News & Announcements

Calling all Local Authors and Illustrators – we want to showcase YOU in our “Toledo’s Own Talent” Event!


The Northwest Ohio Jewish Book Fair is proud to offer our local authors and illustrators an opportunity to share with the community. 

When is "Toledo's Own Talent" (TOT)?
Sunday, November 14, 2010
UJC Campus
10:30 a.m. – noon

Who is eligible to participate in TOT?
• Author/Illustrator must be Jewish or the book must be Jewish in content.
• A local author/illustrator is defined as a person who lives in Toledo at least 50% of the year.
• Book must have been published between 2005- 2010.
• Author/Illustrator must be present to participate.

Presentation Information for TOT:
• Each author will be given 10 -15 minutes for his/her presentation based on number of participants.
• Author/Illustrator is responsible for the selling his/her own books and presentation material.


What does Northwest Ohio Jewish Book Fair provide?

• Author/Illustrator event will be publicized in the Northwest Ohio Jewish Book Fair publicity.
• Water, table for book display and selling.

How to Register for TOT:
All applications must be submitted in entirety by email to Rene@JewishToledo.org no later than August 31, 2010. Please include the following information:
• Name of author/illustrator
• Contact phone number and Email
address
• Name of book
• Category
• Year published
• Cost of book
• Jpeg cover of book
• Brief description of book
• Jpeg author/illustrator picture
• Brief bio of author/illustrator

For questions, please contact René Rusgo, 419-724-0365 or Rene@JewishToledo.org.

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Flotilla Update and Resources #3

In an effort to provide you with additional resources, analysis and guidance on the flotilla incident, please find the following:

Useful Resources and Analysis:

To view the Jewish Federations of North America resource page on the Gaza Flotilla incident, click here.

To view the JTA Flotilla watch website, which included videos and excepts from articles on the incident, click here.

The ADL has put together a list of anti-Semitic posts and calls for violence that have appeared on the internet in lieu of the Gaza Flotilla incident.  To view, click here.

To read the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee memo on the Gaza Flotilla incident, click here.

To view the JCRC of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin, Sonoma, Alameda and Contra Costa Counties briefing on the Gaza flotilla crisis, click here.

The Assembly of Turkish American Associations has put out a statement on the Flotilla incident.  To read, click here.

Turkey has increased security for local Jews.  To read more, click here.

For a detailed analysis of the Israeli naval blockade, including strategic shortcomings and solutions by Michael Singh, the Washington Institute's Ira Weiner Fellow and former senior director for Middle East affairs at the National Security Council, click here.

For an analysis of the flotilla incident, including the legal aspects of it, by Professor Alan Dershowitz, click here.

To read the Chicago Tribune editorial on the indicent, click here.

To view a video of the "activists" preparing for confrontation with IDF troops, click here.

For photos of bullet proof vests, sawn-off rods, night vision goggles and a rifle scope found on Mavi Marmara, click here.

Responses from the United States Government:

In an interview with Bloomberg's Charlie Rose, Vice President Joe Biden discussed Israel's raid on the Gaza aid flotilla.  To read an excerpt from the interview, click here.

To read Congressional statements of support, including those from top leadership, click here.

Responses from Israel:

To view a clip of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu speaking about the Flotilla incident, click here.

To read the statements made by Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations, Gabriella Shalev, to the UN Security Council at the emergency session on the Flotilla incident, click here.

Israeli Ambassador to the United States, Michael Oren, wrote an op-ed in the New York TImes on the Flotilla incident.  To read, click here.

For the most up to date resources from Israel's Foreign Ministry, click here.

Information from the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the legal background of the Gaza Flotilla and the maritime blockade of Gaza can be found by clicking here.

Pro-Israel and Anti-Israel Rallies Across the Country:

For a list of pro-Israel and anti-Israel rallies across the country, click here.

To see a list, put together by the ADL, of anti-Israel rallies that have taken place in response to the Flotilla incident, click here.

 

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