The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals on Aug. 19 upheld the $1 million verdict in favor of a former Butler County Common Pleas Court magistrate who claimed she was fired because she’s Jewish, the Hamilton Journal-News reported. A U.S. District Court jury in Cincinnati sided with Kimberly Edelstein in the

By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Richmond, Ind. Police believe the swatter who called in a bomb threat that evacuated Richmond’s Walmart July 19 is the same individual who, beginning June 24, placed multiple swatting calls claiming to hold Jewish hostages in Richmond, that he was armed with firearms

A Title VI complaint against OSU alleged that assailants shouted “free Palestine” during the November 2023 incident. By Grace Gilson, JTA A Tipp City man pleaded guilty Aug. 15 to a federal hate crime for assaulting two Jewish students at The Ohio State University in November 2023 after asking if

By Rabbi Karen Bodney-Halasz, Temple Israel This summer, I had the privilege of attending a remarkable gathering at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, celebrating the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army Chaplain Corps. To mark the occasion, the 88th Air Base Wing Chaplain Corps brought in nationally recognized leaders from the

Sacred Speech Series Jewish Family Education with Candace R. Kwiatek, The Dayton Jewish Observer Meshka, the village kvetch, couldn’t stop complaining. She grumbled about her aching body and too-small house. She whined about her daughter’s infrequent visits. She fretted about her son, lazy as “a bump on a kosher pickle.”

By Martin Gottlieb, The Dayton Jewish Observer Some people, when they hear that there’s a book about Teddy Roosevelt and the Jews, are surprised: A whole book? Who knew there was enough material? TR is known – to history buffs, at least – for his activity in many policy realms.

Dayton’s own Flying Klezmerians, led by Rich Begel, performed in the lobby of Cincinnati Music Hall before Cincinnati Opera’s production of Fiddler on the Roof in July. Mike Jaffe will present a photographic retrospective of his works, 2-4 p.m., Friday, Sept. 12 in the Creative Arts Center at Otterbein SeniorLife

The Jewish Community Relations Council will screen the next documentary in its three-part Israel in Focus series, October 8, at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 18 at the Boonshoft Center for Jewish Culture and Education. Executive produced by Wendy Sachs and Debra Messing and directed by Sachs, the documentary digs

Dayton Hadassah presents OSU Hillel’s a cappella group, the MeshugaNotes, 2 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 5. Founded in 1999, the “Shugs” sing OSU spirit songs, oldies, current radio music, and classic and contemporary Hebrew songs, all arranged by current or past members. The venue will be provided with registration, which is

U.S. Air Force Col. (Ret.) Stafford Ouderkirk will talk about trauma and show the 2014 documentary Invisible Scars at Jewish War Veterans Post 587’s brunch, 10:30 a.m., Sunday, Sept. 7 at Temple Beth Or. Invisible Scars was produced by the Crosswinds Foundation for Faith & Culture, a Christian organization that