THE JEWISH HOSPITAL - MERCY HEALTH

The Jewish Hospital — Mercy Health is a community hospital faithful to its Jewish heritage and grounded in the Jewish and Catholic traditions of service to the community. Our purpose is to reveal God’s love for all, especially the poor and vulnerable, through the delivery of compassionate health care services and the education of health care professionals.

About The Panel

Conversation is vital to a patient’s journey in every aspect. These conversations are represented in pictures of the different people that a patient can touch while at our facility, in addition to the critical component conversation plays between care providers.

The Jteam

The JTeam creates opportunities for Cincinnati’s Young Jewish Professionals of all stripes and types (we’re lookin’ at you, neo-conserveformthodox) to meet, collaborate and bond over the most universally shared Jewish values: contributing to our Jewish community, lively and candid discussions about Big Ideas, and copious amounts of amazing food and l’chaims. Bring your voice, your heart, your hands and your appetite. A project of the Cincinnati Community Kollel.

About The Panel

Our collaborative mural highlighting the Torah was inspired by the knowledge that, as individuals with different styles, ideas, colors, flavors, messages, if we come together with a desire for understanding and teamwork, we can be greater than the sum of our parts. Each piece was created by an individual, representing one person – together, they create a cohesive masterpiece. (Kind of. Our coloring skills are rusty. Too busy changing the world.)

Sukkot, as well, is a process of taking individual bits of wood, canvas, bamboo, cardboard, masking tape, plastic zip ties, safety pins (we’ve seen it all!) and crafting a structure. It may be shaky, but it stands. It may be primitive, but it shelters and holds. It may be simple, but it is warm and inclusive. It may be artless, but it is honest and sincere. It brings us together and holds us all inside. Individuals, with a rainbow of hearts, minds, opinions and beliefs, together, in the same simple sukkah. Under One Roof.

This is us. Our art. Our conversation. The conversation of our art, the art of our conversation. Join our masterpiece of unity, join our conversation as we seek more cohesion and understanding. Then, go out and create your own.

Transcending fragmentation: it’s what Jews are all about.

Jvs Career Services

Our mission is to be the leader in delivering meaningful employment opportunities for all in Cincinnati. JVS Career Services offers businesses access to a large number of qualified potential employees, from entry level to executive. JVS meets with employers to identify their needs, then prescreens and recommends qualified individuals. Executive and leadership coaching services are designed to enhance employee performance. Career Transition services provide departing employees with support as they transition to their next role or career path.

Kennedy Heights Arts Center

Kennedy Heights Arts Center enhances the life of the surrounding community through arts and cultural experiences that embrace diversity, foster creativity and build community. Through a wide range of arts and cultural programs, the Arts Center strives to promote community interaction across generations and all cultural and economic groups, spark community dialogue, provide a venue where artists are nurtured and connect with each other and the community, create opportunities for joyful discovery and collaboration, and make the arts affordable and accessible to everyone. We’re proud that 100% of our programs are accessible to everyone regardless of ability to pay.

About The Panel

Inspired by the theme “The Art of Conversation” and the diversity of Kennedy Heights Arts Center, the central theme to our panel is that it takes the unique voices of many different people to have meaningful and inspiring dialogue. Everyone’s voice is important and we value the variety of people that make up our community.

KLAU LIBRARY, CINCINNATI, HEBREW UNION COLLEGE-JEWISH INSTITUTE OF RELIGION

About: The Klau Library functions as a campus library and as the main research library within the HUC-JIR Library system, and is open to any resident of the greater Cincinnati area. The Cincinnati Library acquires, preserves, and provides access to materials in print, manuscript and other formats, supporting the teaching functions of the Rabbinic and Graduate programs and meeting the research needs of its various users. As the main research library in the system, the Cincinnati Klau Library provides both its depth of resources and various library services to the other HUC-JIR libraries.

About The Panel

Part of the Klau’s extensive collection of unique and special items is our rare book and manuscript collection consisting of over 15,000 items. We wanted our panel to highlight something beautiful and directly related to the holiday of Sukkot, and something that viewers were not likely to see otherwise. We found a kabbalistic poem about sukkot, which was composed in Italy in the 1700s and which we felt captured the theme of “conversation.” The verse we chose for the panel explains how the Sukkah is the place for studying Torah and conversing with friends. We projected the verse onto the panel to replicate the original manuscript as closely as possible.

Once we started putting the concept of the manuscript and decorative flourishes together, the library staff began to assist with the project - from lettering and painting, to applying the final sealant or offering advice on placement and colors. The result is a lovely ensemble of elements from three different rare manuscript items in our collection, a wonderful sampling of the Klau’s treasures, and a reflection of the joint efforts it takes to support a world-renowned library.

Legacy Pointe Church

Legacy Pointe Church is a community of faith where people are empowered with the Word of God, challenged to live their legacy now, and developed to lead families and communities with the faith and fervor of God. We are dedicated to following the example of Jesus by serving those in need with love and respect, generously giving our resources and talents to help change lives and teaching others how to invite Christ into their own lives.

About The Panel

Youth from Legacy Pointe’s HD Life student ministry took complete creative control in designing our canvas. They started by discussing our guiding scripture “We will not hide these truths from this generation, we will tell each generation about the glorious deeds of the Lord.” (Psalm 78:4.) Then they discussed how we as church share these truths through our 4 pillars: Love, Life, Lead, and Live. In the center of it all is the cross. Lastly, they discussed what the cross represents: Christ Jesus. Jesus lived a sinless life and offered Himself as the perfect sacrifice for the sins of all people by dying on a cross.

Mayerson Jcc After Crew

After Crew works to create a safe community for children each day and keep children active and engaged by offering a variety of ageappropriate activities in a supportive and safe after-school environment.

About The Panel

All 40 After Crew kids and staff members worked together to brainstorm ideas for the panel. We put as many handprints as possible on the panel, then turned them into animals. Then, each child came up with the sound that the animal uses, following with the theme of communication.

Mayerson Jcc Blue Jays

The Mayerson JCC Blue Jays connect the youth and adults in our community through sports.

About The Panel

The central idea behind the panel is to illustrate the essence of coaching through the art of conversation. The relationship between a coach and player can last a lifetime, and the core of the relationship is based on conversations between the player and coach, hopefully over many seasons. Ultimately it is not wins and losses that matter most, but the relationships and trust that are built and developed over time.

MAYERSON JCC CHILDREN & FAMILY

The Children & Family Department at the Mayerson JCC enriches children’s lives through experiential classes, Judaic-driven PJ Library programs, professional drop-in child care, and much more. Our mission is to provide excellent service and experiences that will connect people to others and to our community.

About The Panel

The Children & Family Department wanted to create a panel that encompassed our work as it relates to the art of conversation.

“It’s Cool to Be Kind” is a perfect example of the values we teach children every day; demonstrating that using kind words is what we should all aim to do.