Located in beautiful Northeast Ohio, Akron is the best-kept secret in the U.S. - a wonderful, family-friendly place to live and work. Check out all that Akron has to offer! Only 45 minutes away from downtown Cleveland, Akron is home to 220,000 residents, who enjoy one of the lowest cost-of-living indexes among major cities in the U.S.

We're proud that Akron has a vibrant and close-knit Jewish community. Explore our Web site. Check out our Community Calendar.

Find out what's happening at our vibrant Jerry Shaw Jewish Community Center of Akron. Learn about programs and services for all ages provided by Jewish Family Service.

Discover the opportunities for local Jewish education available to everyone from preschoolers to adults.

If you have a child in grades kindergarten through eight, you'll want to explore the nurturing environment of our Jerome Lippman Jewish Community Day School.  It's the most affordable Jewish day school in the nation.

You can also learn more about the people and the activities of our Akron Jewish community at large by reading the Akron Jewish News online. Then take time to read about our history.

And if you would like to support our Jewish community, you can make a pledge to the Annual Campaign of the Jewish Community Board of Akron or our Renaissance for the Jewish Life capital campaign — right from your desktop — through the Jewish Community Board of Akron.

If you are thinking about relocating to Akron, we hope you will use our Web site to learn more about the community that 3,500 Jews call their home. Welcome!