This summer, the DJCC will participate in the JCC Maccabi Games in Houston.  Our delegation, which has been taking part in the Games for the past 15 years, will consist of five athletes, competing in tennis, swimming, bowling, dance and golf.  This summer, the Games will celebrate 25 years of

2007 Clergy Institute Martha Moody Jacobs Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer                 John Harris, an ordained American Baptist minister and the head chaplain at Miami Valley Hospital, has been attending Temple Israel’s annual day-long clergy institute for years. The session he remembers

Oakwood OKs Sugar Camp site plan Marshall Weiss The Dayton Jewish Observer At its meeting on April 23, the Oakwood City Commission unanimously approved the Sugar Camp site plan proposed by developers Oakwood Investment Group and the Versant Group. The approved plan includes a mikveh building near the future site

Karnit Goldwasser interview Michelle Tedford Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer Karnit Goldwasser remembers asking her husband to describe what he tried to capture in the photographs he took of people and places. “He loves to take pictures that make you think what was here, what was happening, and when

Marshall Weiss The Dayton Jewish Observer At their board meetings in March, Hillel Academy, the Miami Valley’s Jewish day school, and the Jewish Federation of Greater Dayton agreed to explore the possibility of Hillel moving to the campus of the Federation’s Boonshoft Center for Jewish Culture and Education in Centerville.

Interview with Lee Fisher Marshall Weiss The Dayton Jewish Observer Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher on economic development, faith and prejudice After seven years as president and CEO of the Center for Families and Children in Cleveland, Lee Fisher returned to public office with his inauguration as lieutenant governor of Ohio

Local connections with Broadway lyricist Sheldon Harnick will come full circle this month when the Dayton Playhouse presents his most famous musical, Fiddler on the Roof, May 4-20. Playing the role of Tevye will be The Dayton Jewish Observer’s Marshall Weiss, who brought Harnick to Dayton last May as part

Religion May 2007 Rabbi Shmuel Klatzkin Chabad of Greater Dayton It’s now graduation season. The individual students who put in the effort, the families who supported them and cheered them on, the communities who take pride in their accomplishments and look forward to the contributions they will make all have

Chaplain (Capt.) Joshua Narrowe Marshall Weiss The Dayton Jewish Observer On a sunny Wednesday lunch hour before the High Holy Days, a dozen people came together at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base to study Maimonides’ Laws of Repentance and to enjoy a kosher meal. Those who participated included Air Force personnel,

2004 JCC Maccabi Games Marc Jacob   With Olympic fever spreading across the nation, it was easy to see the excitement and anticipation building at this year’s JCC Maccabi Games. More than 900 Jewish athletes along with 250 coaches and delegation heads converged onto the Leo Yasenoff JCC campus for