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Boris' Kosher Meats celebrates 40 years in same University Heights location

Owner Boris Mikhli stands next to a meat case in his store. | CJN Photo / Alexandra Golden

In 1983, Boris Mikhli bought the location for Boris’ Kosher Meats in University Heights from a business that was closing. Forty years later, his business is still in the same location and survived a pandemic.

“I cut my fingers off by putting it together and I have something to show for,” he told the Cleveland Jewish News as he discussed the hard work he has put into running the business for four decades.

Mikhli came from Ukraine in 1974 and lived in New York for a short time. He and his wife decided to move to the Cleveland area in August 1976. When he arrived in the area, he worked several jobs before acquiring the market, which opened in 1983.

“My goal was to always have my own place because I don’t like to work for somebody else,” said Mikhli, a Beachwood resident.

Prior to becoming Boris’ Kosher Meats, the location was a semi-kosher store, but Mikhli said he did not like that, so he made some changes.

“So, I started to kosher all my meat and make sure that the people come in and they get whatever they ask for,” he said.

His reasoning for being a fully kosher store is that “you don’t go halfway.”

Read more about Boris' milestone at cjn.org.

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Jewish jewelry to show off your Jewish pride

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"All the Jewish jewelry listed below is made by incredible Jewish designers, and mostly women, so buying from these businesses means you’re also supporting Jewish art."

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The Jewish history of department stores

Ellery Weil writes for Hey Alma: "Before there was Amazon, there were big-box stores. Before there were big-box stores, there were department stores. And before there were department stores… there were Jews. Yes, while the department store as we know it today is a worldwide phenomenon, from Harrods in England to Takashimaya in Japan, its roots are strongly American — and strongly Jewish.

"While many historians believe that the department store as a concept has its roots in 18th-century England, it was the mid-to-late 19th century, and the urban expansion of the Industrial Revolution, that saw an explosion of interest in department stores — with American Jews at the forefront."

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Engel & Völkers Distinct Real Estate opens first office in Pepper Pike

The first Engel & Völkers Distinct Real Estate office in Ohio opened in Pepper Pike and was celebrated with an official ribbon cutting and a private grand opening on Nov. 2.

The new office location at 30659 Pinetree Road is led by Inna Muravin, license partner and principal broker, and her husband, Gary Muravin, license partner and director of operations.

“We’re so excited and so proud to officially launch our first Engel & Völkers shop in the city we have called home for over 30 years with this evening celebration filled with so many people that mean so much to us,” Inna Muravin said at the event on Nov. 2.

Inna and Gary Muravin, middle back, license partners for Engel & Völkers Pepper Pike, have their daughter, Emma Muravin, 10, cut the ribbon at the grand opening of Engel & Völkers Nov. 2 in Landerwood Plaza in Pepper Pike. | CJN Photo / Alexandra Golden

MIX: Beat Street – Dec. 1 at the Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland's University Circle neighborhood

WJCU Blizzard Bash – Dec. 1 at Beachland Ballroom and Tavern in Cleveland

The Wizard of Oz – Dec. 3 at the Near West Theatre in Cleveland

Hairspray – Dec. 5-10 at Connor Palace at Playhouse Square in Downtown Cleveland

Global Cleveland annual meeting – Dec. 7 at the Ariel International Center. The Cleveland Jewish News will receive the Media Partner Award.

The Medical Mutual Pillar Award for Community Service – Dec. 7 at The Embassy Suites – Cleveland Rockside in Independence. The Cleveland Jewish Publication Company will be honored, and Kevin S. Adelstein, President, Publisher and CEO of the CJPC, will receive the Kent Clapp CEO Leadership Award.

Remarks from Eric Fingerhut – Dec. 8 at The City Club of Cleveland in Downtown Cleveland

Ugly Sweater Bar Crawl – Dec. 9 in Lakewood

Menorah Lighting Ceremony with Downtown Chabad – Dec. 12 at Public Square in Downtown Cleveland

2024 campaign closing celebration – Dec. 13 with the Jewish Federation of Cleveland

Pickle in the Land –Dec. 15-17 at the Huntington Convention Center in Downtown Cleveland 

The Harlem Globetrotters – Dec. 28 at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Downtown Cleveland

Wild Winter Lights at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo – Through Dec. 30 at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo

'Frost' – Through Dec. 31 at the Cleveland Botanical Garden in Cleveland's University Circle neighborhood

'Surface Identities: Studio Works by Israeli Street Artists' – Through December at the Roe Green Gallery at the Jewish Federation of Cleveland in Beachwood

Degas and the Laundress: Women, Work and Impressionism – Through Jan. 14 at the Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland's University Circle neighborhood

Daniel Arsham: Score and Sound – Through Jan. 27 at The Sculpture Center in Cleveland

The Rink at Wade Oval – Dec. 1 through Feb. 25 at Wade Oval in Cleveland's University Circle neighborhood

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“People feel it’s something meaningful they can do to help Israel in these difficult times,” Lockshin told the Cleveland Jewish News.

Over 150 people gathered for dinner at the Pepper Pike synagogue to show solidarity with Israel and to honor Diane and Jesse Frankel for their leadership and dedication to Israel, Israel Bonds and the Jewish community.

CJN Photos / Abigail Preiszig

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