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Nominate a celebration for our magazine spotlight

We’ll be shining a spotlight on local couples by featuring their weddings in the spring 2024 issue of Celebrations!

To submit your wedding for consideration, visit cjn.org/celebrations and provide us with a few details (and photos) of your big day. Jewish couples who live in Northeast Ohio and who were married in 2023 or will marry in the first month of 2024 are invited to submit.

Nominators may also submit b'nai mitzvah celebrations from their family to be spotlighted.

Submission deadline is Jan. 31, 2024.

Contact editor Amanda Koehn with any questions at akoehn@cjn.org and include “Weddings spotlight” in the subject line.

What is your New Year's resolution?

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2024 is just around the corner, and Jstyle wants to hear about your plans for the new calendar year. What is your New Year's resolution?

Let us know by replying to this email, or filling out the form at cjn.org/resolutions. We will select some responses to include in our next newsletter on Dec. 28!

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FASHION

Bat mitzvah bracelets project benefits Kfar Azza

After the Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Israel by Hamas, Suri Berlin, a seventh grader at Fuchs Mizrachi School in Beachwood, began stringing together blue, white and gold disc beads to create bracelets.

As of Nov. 28, she has sold 70 bracelets, raising about $1,400 to help rebuild the Kfar Azza, a kibbutz in southern Israel where more than 100 people were killed by terrorists.

“When the war started, a lot of things were getting ruined, so I decided to use all the money that we raised to go to rebuild,” Suri, 12, told the Cleveland Jewish News.

She began selling bracelets on Oct. 29, after her mother, Ellie Berlin, posted to her Instagram. They received such an overwhelming influx of support from family, friends and community members that they had to limit requests.

Ellie Berlin wanted her daughter to complete a bat mitzvah project, and bracelets were the perfect fit, she said.

Suri Berlin with bracelets she made and sold to rebuild a kibbutz in Israel. | Submitted photo

Jewish-owned vintage shop Berriez is a fat, sexy and sartorial Garden of Eden

Evelyn Frick writes for Hey Alma: "In 2018, after years of collecting plus-size vintage clothes for herself as a hobby, Emma Zack decided to redistribute the clothes that no longer fit her body and began Berriez on Instagram. Now, Berriez has 32K followers on Instagram and has been featured in The New York Times and Good Morning America. In addition to the website and weekly Instagram story sales (which I’ve shopped a few times), Berriez also started offering ultra-popular in-studio appointments this past spring. Inside the Berriez closet, clients can shop from Emma’s impressive collection of vintage as well as collaborations from Berriez and independent designers."

FOOD

Corky & Lenny’s Restaurant & Deli has closed

We are sad to report that a staple of Cleveland's Jewish community, Corky & Lenny’s Restaurant & Deli, has closed after 67 years in business.

While there is no plan to reopen the restaurant at this time, it is possible a smaller, more manageable Corky & Lenny’s may open in the future, Amanda Kurland, co-owner, office manager and wife of owner Kenny Kurland, told the Cleveland Jewish News on Dec. 12.

The CJN is looking to compile reader memories of Corky & Lenny's. Have any you'd like to share? Email them to editorial@cjn.org.

CJN Photo / Bob Jacob

📹 How to make latkes in the air fryer

Join us in the Jstyle kitchen as we make latkes using an air fryer. We slightly modified this recipe from allrecipes.com, which utilizes the shortcut of a package of frozen hash browns, thawed.

The use of the air fryer means the latkes turned out crispy without a lot of oil or too much lingering smell (apologies to all our colleagues who experienced the scent wafting through the office all afternoon).

Chef Douglas Katz’s potato pancakes recipe for Chanukah

If you're still looking for more latkes this Chanukah, chef Douglas Katz shared with the CJN his recipe for Potato Pancakes and Apple Sauce.

“This is definitely my technique and it’s my recipe, but it is such a basic recipe,” Katz told the Cleveland Jewish News. “... There’s so many recipes that would have the same ingredients, but it’s all sort of how you prepare those ingredients and the technique you use.”

Submitted photo

DECOR

Missouri woman on quest to find vintage Chanukah kitsch

Jordan Palmer writes for the St. Louis Jewish Light: "Brooke Pratt's hunt begins annually on Nov. 1., because it’s the day after Halloween.

'That’s the day everyone flips their booth from fall to winter, so Halloween comes down and Christmas goes up,' Pratt said. And that includes Chanukah, too.

"Each year Pratt’s collection continues to grow. Her home is now filled with dozens and dozens of electric menorahs, boxes of candles, several sets of blow mold lights, party supplies, vintage oil containers, blue and yellow fire king bowls and Tupperware and tchotchkes."

'I've had it with all the Chanukah stuff'

Leah Grisham writes for Kveller: "I’m proud to be Jewish. And, to be clear, I’m also glad that Jews have more options when it comes to visible displays of our Jewishness. But there is a balance that needs to be struck between visibility and commercialism. Working to find that balance, I think, can help all of us create holiday memories that are meaningful, not just material. "

CHAI LIFE

Shabbanukkah Dinner – Dec. 15 at Forest City Brewery in Cleveland

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

'Rocky' – through Dec. 16 at Blank Canvas Theatre in Cleveland

Mekimi free concert – 8:30 to 10 p.m. Dec. 16 at Milky Way Restaurant in South Euclid

Winter Solstice celebration – Dec. 21 at The West Woods Nature Center in Russell Township

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

Thursday Night Football: Cleveland Browns vs. New York Jets – Dec. 28 at Cleveland Browns Stadium in Downtown Cleveland

Friday Night Lights – Extended hours at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Fridays through Dec. 29

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

'Little Women' – through Dec. 31 at Dobama Theater in Cleveland Heights

'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

'Mrs. Doubtfire' – Jan. 9-28 at Connor Palace at Playhouse Square in Downtown Cleveland

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

The Progressive Cleveland Boat Show – Jan. 18 through 21 at the I-X Center in Cleveland

Cleveland Home Show – Jan. 20 and Jan. 21 at the Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland in Downtown Cleveland

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

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

HAPPY CHANUKAH!

It's the seventh day of Chanukah. The Cleveland Jewish News has been visiting menorah lightings and events around the community over the last week to capture the sights and sounds of the celebration of the Festival of Lights. Check out more Chanukah coverage at cjn.org/chanukah.