With Rachel Haug Gilbert, The Dayton Jewish Observer

Lazer Mangel, who made aliyah (immigrated to Israel) in February 2013, serves as a digital media manager on the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) International New Media Team. The unit has two primary responsibilities: in wartime, to be a constant source of official and factual information; and in peacetime, to write blog posts and articles for the official IDF blog. “My unit’s responsibility is to be the voice of the IDF on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google+, YouTube, our blog, and other web platforms,” Lazer says. He is the son of Devorah Leah and Rabbi Nochum Mangel.

Rachel Bloom applied and was selected to be fall analyst for the Buckeye Capital Investors club through The Fisher School of Business at The Ohio State University. Rachel’s parents are Julie and Dr. Rob Bloom. Their son, Jeffrey Bloom, recently received his white coat when he began medical school at the Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine.

David Klass received Wright State University College of Liberal Arts’ Outstanding Alumni Award. A homebuilding developer, David is a past president of the Home Builders Association of Dayton.

Dr. Michael Halasz was elected vice president of the Ohio Dental Association at its 149th Annual Session in Columbus. He has served as speaker of the House of Delegates since 2010 and will assume the VP position next September. This election puts him on the officer track to become president-elect in September 2017 and president in September 2018. He was also elected to serve as vice chairman of the Council on Ethics, Bylaws and Judicial Affairs for the American Dental Association, and will become chairman of that committee in November 2016.

Dr. Heath Gilbert was awarded the Warren G. and Ruth P. Morris Optometrist of the Year Award by the Ohio Optometric Association at its President’s Night banquet in Cleveland. Heath’s father, Dr. Ron Gilbert, is a past recipient of the award.

Among the honorees for the Association of Fundraising Professionals, Greater Dayton Region Chapter’s 26th Annual National Philanthropy Day Awards Luncheon will be Lisa Hanauer and Susan Spiegel, nominated by AIDS Resource Center Ohio as outstanding philanthropists; and Miami Valley School ninth-grader Max Mader, nominated by The Levin Family Foundation as outstanding youth in philanthropy, ages 5 to 17. Max is the son of Jenifer and Joe Mader. The luncheon will be held on Nov. 10 at Sinclair’s Ponitz Center.

John Gaglione received The Miami Valley School Headmaster’s Award at its Distinguished Alumni Dinner Award Ceremony on Sept. 26. John began volunteering at MVS 18 years ago when he and wife Dr. Elaine Gaglione’s children, Sarah and Claire, were in the lower grades. Since then, John has helped create the school’s recording studio, with eighth-graders built a wood-fired oven for the Zoringer Environmental Lab, advises middle school students’ human ecology projects, takes photographs during events, and leads the lighting, sound and stage crews for the school’s performing arts presentations.

Beth Abraham Synagogue will honor congregants Matt Arnovitz, Penney Fraim, Marlene Pinsky, and Ralph Williams for their years of dedicated service, at its Kovod Society Luncheon on Nov. 8.

K12 Gallery and TEJAS are now presenting hundreds of works by late artist Brian Appel in their gallery. The works, created over Brian’s lifetime, were donated to K12 Gallery and TEJAS by his sister, Renate Frydman, to provide inspiration for artists of all ages. K12 and TEJAS held the opening reception for The Brian Appel Memorial Show on Oct. 25.

Becky Guttstein has accepted a position as senior compensation analyst at Zimmer Biomet in Warsaw, Ind. Taking over from her as president of Temple Beth Or are co-presidents Jennifer Pickard and Roger Pankake.

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