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Cleveland’s One World Day 2007: Sunday, September 30


I’ve read about this event before, but googling it has brought up almost no Cleveland-University Circle-related results. I’m a bit baffled by that.

However, this year, the Cleveland Jewish Community Federation will host the event in the Hebrew Cultural Garden, one of 23 gardens just off of University Circle that represent the various ethnicities that contribute to our region.

My friend who is organizing it is also the parent of one of my children’s best friends and we’re hoping to convince the Sunday school to let the kids do a field trip that morning to the event. I hope we’ll see you there.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 9:40 am September 11th, 2007 in Announcements, Culture, Jewish 

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5 Responses to “Cleveland’s One World Day 2007: Sunday, September 30”

  1. 1 LilaTov Cocktail on September 12th, 2007 10:02 am

    Yes, Jill, I echo your invitation to One World Day!

    Did you know that I live on East Blvd., on the edge of the British Cultural Garden? That puts me a few houses away from the Hebrew Garden, in a beautiful neighborhood of old homes, many of them newly renovated and all of them (well, except mine) well-maintained.

    Every year around Brunch ‘n’ Bloom time, I usually overhear some of my suburban acquaintances murmuring about the neighborhood isn’t safe. Last year one coworker told another, “well, they always say that they’re going to clean it up and improve it, but it never really lasts.”

    So untrue! Please come see how beautiful the gardens are, especially the Hebrew Garden, which is faithfully tended by Jewish Volunteers in Action.

    My neighbors are primarily African-American professionals, with a handful of white and Latino residents. Many of my neighbors work in administrative or legislative jobs for the City of Cleveland — my newest neighbor is Cleveland Councilperson Sabra Scott, who with husband Randy (Commissioner of Streets in the city’s Department of Public Service), built a beautiful house on two vacant lots they got from the Cleveland Land bank.

    Daryl and Miriam Ortiz Rush have a restored showplace right across the street from the Hebrew garden — this is a neglected old place they bought for $10,000 and completely renovated and restored with the Cleveland Restoration Society. Daryl is the Director of the city’s Department of Community Development, and Miriam is chief bailiff for Judge Ray Pianka in the Municipal Housing Court (where my husband is a magistrate). Read about their house on the Hotel Bruce website.

    My neighbors are people who have put their money where their mouths are. They don’t just talk about revitalizing Cleveland’s neighborhoods; they’ve invested in homes and raised families in the city of Cleveland.

    Which is why I hate to hear suburbanites talk so cynically about the prospect of improving the city on a long-term basis.

    And why I encourage everyone to come to One World Day and see how glorious the Hebrew Gardens and the neighboring gardens are.

  2. 2 Jill Miller Zimon on September 12th, 2007 3:53 pm

    What a great comment, Lila. You really should get George to post this or you should post it at BFD. I hope the federation submits info to Cool Cleveland – I’ll mention it to Kelly Rubanenko.

  3. 3 Mark Tebeau on September 14th, 2007 9:39 pm

    Thanks for linking to the cultural gardens site that I developed and curate with Cleveland State University students. We have been studying the gardens for a while in my courses and we have several dozen regional teachers in the act. Over the past six months, since the site has been up, we have had nearly 3000 visits, 2000+ unique visitors, from more than 50 countries. The gardens are a living example of just how fabulous our city is!

  4. 4 Mark Tebeau on September 14th, 2007 9:50 pm

    Hey, thanks for the link to the cultural gardens site. I would only add that the site itself says some great things about Cleveland. I developed and funded the site, and currently curate it. But, it’s content was largely developed by Cleveland State University Students, as well as some regional teachers. In the past six months, since we went online, we have had nearly 3000 visits, from 2100 unique visitors, from over 50 countries. The gardens really are a living testament to the history and dynamism of Cleveland.

  5. 5 Jill Miller Zimon on September 16th, 2007 10:02 pm

    Hi Mark – again – I apologize for your comments getting stuck in spam. As I’ve told a few others who’ve unfortunately gotten stuck in there too, I hope that I can train it soon. :)

    I’m thrilled to hear that there’s a person behind the Oz of the gardens because really I was surprised that I could find so little about them. I hope to make it to this year’s One World Event and anything you might want to know about spreading the word about it, please let me know. If you’re not familiar with Coolcleveland.com, you might want to check them out as a good word of mouth resource.

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