Cleveland's Jewish community, though modest in size with 80,600 members, demonstrated exceptional solidarity and support for Israel by sending over 1,700 participants to a Washington, D.C., march in response to Hamas' terrorist attack.

During a game against the Orlando Magic, Washington Wizards forward Deni Avdija wrote "Am Yisrael Chai" (the nation of Israel lives) in Hebrew on his sneakers, in response to recent terrorist attacks in Israel.