Beth Jacob’s Fifth Jewish Women Inspiring Jewish Women luncheon will be held at 11 a.m., Sunday, May 4 featuring the Hon. Susan J. Dlott, Carol Graff, Linda Ohlmann Kahn, Meredith Moss Levinson, Bonnie Beaman Rice, and Mindi Dorfman-Wynne.

Sarah Shmoel has been named executive director of the Hillel at Miami University in Oxford. Originally from Cincinnati, Sarah is a graduate of Ohio University, where she was a student intern with Hillel. She’s served with Tel Aviv University’s Hillel as part of an internship program and then began her career with Cincinnati Hillel. Sarah received her master’s degree in student affairs in higher education from Miami University and has also worked at Rockwern Academy in Cincinnati.

Eli Carr and Avi Gilbert, friends since they met at the JCC Preschool, were awarded first place in Entrepreneurship Team Decision Making at the state level competition for Ohio DECA. The two 11th graders will represent Centerville High School and Ohio DECA at the International DECA Career Development Conference in Orlando, April 25-30. DECA provides leadership and academic opportunities for high school students interested in marketing, finance, hospitality, and management. Cheering them on are parents Carey and Greg Carr, and Rachel Haug Gilbert and Dr. Heath Gilbert. Rachel tells us she also participated in DECA at Centerville High School.

Hillel Academy sixth-grader Arthur Jenkins, son of Gayle and Avi Jenkins, placed fourth in the Wright State University Regional Spelling Bee, March 7. This year’s spelling bee lasted 33 rounds, attracting 41 students from Clark, Darke, Greene, Miami, Montgomery, and Preble counties.

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