Look for The Adventures of Bark Mitzvah Boy each month in The Observer and at this site.

Less overt controversy, more complex undercurrents By Dr. David Novick The 13,000 pro-Israel activists who attended the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference in Washington, D.C. March 3-5 heard harmonious speeches at plenary sessions from Vice President Joe Biden, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and others. But in

The Jewish Internet By Mark Mietkiewicz, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer Israel is turning 65 and with Yom Ha’atzmaut around the corner, it’s the perfect time to celebrate with some made-in-Israel apps that share the best the country has to offer. Here’s a selection, most of which you can

Hyman J. “Mitzi” Carne age 93 of Dayton, passed away Feb. 24 at Hospice of Dayton. Mr. Carne was a graduate of Stivers High School, Class of 1937 and Sinclair College’s (Dayton YMCA College) first graduating class held at the YMCA. In 1941 he joined the U.S. Army. He was

  Look for The Adventures of Bark Mitzvah Boy each month in The Observer and at this site.

How the Great Dayton Flood shifted the course of Jewish life here By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer For nearly three days, the Israel family huddled on the roof and in the attic of their home, 241 Sycamore St. in Dayton. Trapped above the waters March 23-25 during the

By Martha Moody Jacobs, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer Anyone who’s seen a child learn something new knows the thrill of an “aha” moment. And such moments need not take place in a classroom. Since taking over as co-administrators of Hillel Academy Jewish day school in summer 2011, longtime

Joyce Dumtschin, who served as cantor at Temple Beth Or from 1998 to 2011, died on Feb. 14 from pneumonia as a result of a weakened immune system from myelodysplastic syndrome. She was 56. Myelodysplastic syndrome is a form of cancer in which bone marrow doesn’t make enough healthy blood

By Rabbi Shmuel Klatzkin, Chabad of Greater Dayton Millennia ago, the Sages gave Passover the name of Zeman Cheiruteinu, The Time of Our Freedom. The name is apt; we are celebrating our redemption from Egyptian servitude and our launching off into the wilderness, beyond the sway of any constraining human

Jewish Family Identity Forum By Candace R. Kwiatek, The Dayton Jewish Observer Shelley’s powerful sonnet Ozymandias describes the fragmented statue of a long-ago king abandoned in a barren desert. On its pedestal the sculptor had carved, “My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and