Open house at new mikvah The Dayton Ritualarium Society will host an open house for women at its new Rosenberg Dayton Community Mikvah, on the grounds of Beth Jacob Synagogue, on Sunday, March 15 at 10:30 a.m. Ritualarium Society mikvah attendants Chana Fox, Devorah Mangel and Jane Novick will host

Hillel Chinese celebration Hillel Academy kindergartners and first graders helped art teacher Scott Gibbs build this dragon puppet, which the students paraded in the lunch room on Jan. 26, the Chinese new year   By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Students, faculty and staff of Hillel Academy Jewish day

Ophir Azoulay profile Ophir Azoulay with his IDF reserve unit at the Philadelphia Corridor Beth Jacob Synagogue ritual director returns to IDF for Gaza op By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer From the moment he landed at Israel’s Ben-Gurion Airport in the early morning hours of Jan. 6, Ophir

By Rabbi Shmuel Klatzkin, Chabad of Greater Dayton What had changed since last August, when I had first visited Mumbai? Rabbi Shmuel Klatzkin The Indian army squad in a sandbagged position in front of the Knesset Eliyahu Synagogue, where Gabi Holtzberg had served as rabbi. The Shabbat meals being held

Vatican relations op-ed By Marshall Breger WASHINGTON — Last month, Pope Benedict XVI lifted the order of excommunication of four bishops associated with the priestly Society of Saint Pius X. One of those bishops, Richard Williamson, is a known Holocaust denier. After two weeks of intense Jewish and non-Jewish “shock

Yom Hashoah 2009 Cherie Rosenstein Local Holocaust survivor Cherie Rosenstein will share her story of survival, during the Dayton Area Yom Hashoah Observance, on Sunday, April 19 at 7:30 p.m. at Temple Beth Or. The entire community is welcome to this program — in remembrance of the victims of the

Yom Ha’atzmaut 2009 Ido Port and Alfred Molina in The Little Traitor This year’s community Yom Ha’atzmaut celebration will be held on Wednesday, April 29 from 5:30-9 p.m. at Temple Israel. In addition to food for purchase from Bernstein’s Fine Catering, carnival games, face painting, and craft activities for children,

Temple Beth Or expansion Rendering of Temple Beth Or with a new 8,500 square-foot social hall complex (L) and updated facade Despite capital campaign shortfall, Temple Beth Or to expand and renovate – with economies of scale By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Two years ago, the board of

Interview with Armond Budish Beachwood’s Armond Budish first Jew to hold position By Marilyn H. Karfeld, Cleveland Jewish News Pundits have called him “an ATM with legs” for his fund-raising prowess and “the second most powerful official in Ohio” for his political clout. Ohio House Speaker Armond Budish But on

By Rabbi Karen Bodney-Halasz, Temple Israel Rabbi Karen Bodney-Halasz Over the last 20 years or more, the Internet has made major contributions to the world as we know it, connecting nearly everyone to a world larger than we ever could have imagined. At the same time, the Jewish community also