Embark on a once in a lifetime experience for Dayton Jewish Women:   Click Here to view the itinerary In 2014 Embark on a once in a lifetime experience for Dayton Jewish Women: Mix and Match your passions for three incredible excursions in Israel: Heart to Heart Mission – February 9 –

By Pearl Salkin, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer Planning a child’s Bar or Bat Mitzvah celebration can be a rough roller coaster ride that requires a lot of antacid pills and a truckload of patience. But that terrific and somewhat terrifying experience is just basic training for the real

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By Masada Siegel, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer American Jews and Guns: An ambivalent relationship At a Shabbat dinner a few weeks back, someone asked me about my new friend, Josh. I wickedly responded, “Oh we have been together for eight years.” Josh, whom I had only met for

By Rabbi Jon-Jay Tilsen, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer American Jews and Guns: An ambivalent relationship In Western civilization, hunting is seen as a noble and manly pursuit. In Greek and Nordic mythology hunters are heroes; in popular culture hunting is the epitome of manliness. Twelve and a half

American Jews and Guns: An ambivalent relationship Two U.S. Supreme Court rulings in recent years show the organized Jewish community’s widespread support for strict gun control laws. A 5-4 decision in 2008 struck down the District of Columbia’s ban on owning handguns for self-defense, the strictest gun-control law in the

In The Mix By Julie Wiener So, as you no doubt have already heard, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in response to complaints from major American Jewish groups, has pulled the controversial “Come Home Quick, Before You Assimilate Into Nothingness” commercials which are apparently, according to a representative from Israel’s

By Marshall Weiss, The Observer “Hashem makes everything we see and so we pray to Him, Hashem makes our hearts sing, And so we’ll dance and sing for Him.” Hillel Academy Jewish day school’s six kindergartners sang out these words, part of a song they wrote called Caterpillars, Birds &

By Ethel G. Hofman, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer When the wind is howling and it’s cold and wet outside, I love to curl up in a cozy armchair and read about food in far-off places. Then it’s into the kitchen to cook up one of the tempting recipes