Turning To Spirituality Series Jewish Family Education With Candace R. Kwiatek, The Dayton Jewish Observer So, you’re an ardent Zionist and dating someone you think just might be The One. How do you make sure they’ll share your love of Israel? Easy. Just send them to a kibbutz for a

With Rachel Haug Gilbert, The Dayton Jewish Observer The Miami Valley School hosted a special breakfast on March 15 to honor Lois Unger, one of the school’s first teachers and administrators. The League of Women Voters of the Greater Dayton Area honored Dayton Children’s Hospital President and CEO Debbie Feldman

By Rabbi Yuval Cherlow It would be beyond exaggeration to say the founders of the state of Israel could never have foreseen the success that this nation has achieved in such a relatively short amount of time. When David Ben-Gurion stood beneath the picture of Herzl and declared the modern

Look for The Adventures of Bark Mitzvah Boy each month in The Dayton Jewish Observer and at this site.     To read the complete April 2018 Dayton Jewish Observer, click here.

Marlene Sandra (Shapero) Carne, age 86 of Dayton, passed away Feb. 23 at Hospice of Dayton. She was a resident of Friendship Village. Mrs. Carne was a graduate of Fairview High School, Wright State University with a bachelor’s degree in social work, and the University of Cincinnati with a master’s

Jewish community members lead charge to open local co-op market in one of nation’s worst ‘food deserts’ By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer When Lela Klein grew up on Superior Avenue in Dayton View, her family’s idea of freedom at Passover was linked to economic justice. “You can’t really

Anschel’s Story: Determined To Survive By Renate Frydman • Braughler Books • 90 Pages Renate Frydman, the Miami Valley’s longtime champion of Holocaust education, has published her late husband’s story of survival in Nazi-occupied Poland against nearly impossible odds. In Anschel’s Story: Determined To Survive, Frydman shares Anschel “Charlie” Frydman’s

Facilitator will bring project to DAI in conjunction with exhibit By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Since 1993, Israeli artist Miri Golan has used origami as a tool for Israeli and Palestinian children to get to know each other as equals. The founder and director of the Israel Origami

With Rachel Haug Gilbert, The Dayton Jewish Observer The Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation announced that Mark Meister has been named its executive director. Mark recently retired as president and CEO of the Dayton Society of Natural History, where he oversaw the Boonshoft Museum, SunWatch, and Fort Ancient. Mark has

Turning to Spirituality Series Jewish Family Education with Candace R. Kwiatek, The Dayton Jewish Observer Jerusalem. A city holy to three religions. A nerve center of biblical archaeology. A focal point for prayer. A flashpoint in Middle East peace negotiations. A destination for pilgrimage. A microcosm of Israel’s history. A