Kol Israel Foundation
Hallie Duchon
Executive Director
216.831.3754
Information
Organization Information
Kol Israel Foundation is a non-profit organization that was founded in 1959 by a group of Holocaust Survivors who settled in Cleveland. The organization initially functioned as a social community and extended family for the Survivors, many of whom were the sole Survivors of their families.
In 1961, Kol Israel designed and built one of the first monuments in the United States dedicated to the 6 million Jews who perished in the Holocaust. Ashes of victims of several concentration camps are buried beneath it and the names of deceased family members are engraved on its surrounding walls. The memorial received official historic recognition from the Ohio History Connection in 2017.
Today, Kol Israel Foundation provides meaningful and empowering Holocaust education programs that serve to identify the dangers of intolerance and bigotry. These programs are available to all schools and community institutions. Kol Israel also actively engages the 3rd and 4th generations (grandchildren and great-grandchildren of Survivors) through its programming.
Kol Israel Foundation honors the lives of Holocaust Survivors and engages their descendants, families and supporters to preserve the legacy and lessons of the Holocaust.
- Contact Info:
Hallie Duchon
Executive Director
216.831.3754
- Address:
- 3681 South Green Rd. Suite 306
Beachwood, OH 44122
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- http://www.kifcle.org
- Email Address:
- info@kifcle.org
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- Other Information:
Robert Zelwin, President
Hallie Duchon, Executive Director
Location(s)
Location(s)
- Location Name:
- Kol Israel Foundation
- Address:
- 3681 South Green Rd. Suite 306
- Beachwood
- OH
- 44122
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- Contact:
- Hallie Duchon
- Executive Director
- Phone Number
- 216.831.3754
- hduchon@kifcle.org
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Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 22274
Beachwood, OH 44122
Program(s)
Program(s)
- Program Name:
- Face to Face
- Summary:
Face to Face is a 3-hour, award-winning, Holocaust education program, housed at Congregation Shaarey Tikvah designed for eighth through twelfth grade public and parochial school students.
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- Program Name:
- Sharing Our Stories
- Summary:
Personal video testimonies and other presentations about local Holocaust Survivors, presented by their adult children and grandchildren. These presentations are brought to schools, religious organizations and community groups free of charge.
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