Praise for Cleveland State University President Ronald M. Berkman echoed through Playhouse Square Sept. 19 in Cleveland during the AJC 2017 Richard H. Adler Community Leadership Award ceremony, where he received the award for change he enacted through connections of respect between diverse communities at CSU.
Ohioans and Jewish organizations largely have decried the violence of a white nationalist and “alt-right” rally in Charlottesville, Va., on Aug. 12 that left three people dead, at least 19 injured and much of the country in shock.
In July 2016, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu became the first sitting Israeli prime minister since 1987 to visit East Africa when he traveled to Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda and Ethiopia.