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Robert Armin Buerki, Springfield resident, passed away June 7 in Dayton. He was born in Madison, Wisc. to the late Robert and Gail (Banks) Buerki and was preceded in death by his in-laws, Lester and Pearl (Farber) Stein and brother-in-law, Eric Stein. His blessed memory is now cherished by his

An interview with Dayton native Brian Horwitz By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Since Sunday, June 1, Brian Horwitz has given interviews to 20 news outlets including ABC, CNN, NewsNation, Scripps News, The Denver Post and the Dayton Daily News. The native Daytonian, who has lived in Denver for

Story and Photos by Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer “Whatever tactics you thought we threw at you before, you just wait for what the student movement has to offer. You just wait for the vengeance that we have,” said Laila Shaikh from University of Cincinnati’s Students for Justice in

An interview with Israel’s delegates to NATO’s Parliamentary Assembly Spring Session in Dayton. By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Member of Knesset Boaz Bismuth, formerly a veteran journalist and editor-in-chief of Israel Hayom, kept checking his smartphone for the latest news. The leaders of Canada, the United Kingdom, and

By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer With busloads of protesters from dozens of cities — including New York, Chicago, and Cleveland — and anti-Zionist students from at least nine large universities converging on Dayton this Sunday, Jewish Federation of Greater Dayton Security Director John Davis has a message for

By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer “I’m coming to the U.S. to perform and it makes me very, very happy because it’s been a while and, also, after last year — the cancellations and all — here I have festivals that did book me,” singer/songwriter Daphna Levy says via

By David A.M. Wilensky, jweekly.com A Hollywood icon made an appearance on opening night of the 44th San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. And by all accounts, she was freshly washed, curled and darned. Lamb Chop, the beloved sock puppet, was in rare form as she interacted with media and festival

By Jessica Steinberg, Times of Israel As the U.N. warned Israel on Sept. 5, 2023 against expelling Eritreans en masse following major clashes, the Jerusalem Cinematheque was hosting a screening of the Ophir-nominated film Running on Sand, a comedy-drama about an Eritrean asylum seeker struggling to survive in Tel Aviv.

By Lior Zaltzman, Kveller There’s something alchemical that happens when you watch Elsa Zylberstein on screen. The French Jewish actress becomes her characters — be they amazing or villainous, comedic and dramatic. After watching her in Simone: Woman of the Century, in which she stars as a somber, serious and