Blessed filmmaker comes to Dayton Documentary recreation of Hannah Senesh and her mother imprisoned by the Nazis   Filmmaker to attend Dayton premiere By Michael Fox, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer For generations of American Jews, an innocent, unformed teenager hiding in an attic in Amsterdam has personified the

Yiddish film Review by Michael Fox, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer What’s most striking about Yiddish Theater: A Love Story, Dan Katzir’s valuable documentary about a crucial week in the life of the last Yiddish stage company in New York, is its refusal to wallow in bathos. Filmmaker Dan

Sixty Six director Gregg Sulkin and Helena Bonham Carter in Sixty Six Director Paul Weiland brings autobiographical Bar Mitzvah tale across the pond By Michael Fox, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer When Paul Weiland was growing up in London and his schoolmates chose sides to play soccer, he was

Coping with Canavan By Marshall Weiss The Dayton Jewish Observer Children of mixed marriages can still inherit genetic diseases most commonly associated with Ashkenazi Jews The first thing you notice about Brooklyn Van Skoyck is how beautiful her eyes are. The second thing you notice is how loved the 4-year-old

Gutmann’s escape from Nazi Germany By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Max Gutmann Max Gutmann, retired chairman and chief executive officer of Elder-Beerman Stores Corp., passed away on March 26 in Hilton Head, S.C. at the age of 86.In the fall of 1999, as he was preparing to dedicate

Contemporary Seders By Amy Klein, JTA LOS ANGELES (JTA) — On April 5, 1968, Arthur Waskow was walking to his house in Washington, D.C., among rioters and armed guards. It was a neighborhood under curfew, the night after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed. Waskow, who had been

Passover Videos Scene from ‘Let my people grow’ video written by Dayton natives Stephen and Joel Levinson By Amy Klein LOS ANGELES (JTA) — FADE IN. SCENE: A fat, white Jewish boy wearing a backwards baseball cap, pink sunglasses and a snarl, walks down the street to the tune of “Baby’s

Beth Abraham Torah readings Beth Abraham encourages members to lead challenging weekly ritual Cantor Andrea Raizen (Center) with Beth Abraham Synagogue lay Torah readers (L to R): Elaine Arnovitz, Steve Horenstein, & Norm Lewis   By Martha Moody Jacobs, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer Shavuot, which falls this year

Sons of Israel plays key role among Jewish bike clubs A Sons of Israel meet-up at  Temple Beth Or in Washington Twp. By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer In the two years since its founding in Dayton, the Sons of Israel motorcycle club and its president, Ron Wynne, have

Profile of Stanley Blum By Meghan McDevitt, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer Sunlight streams through the large windows in the lobby of the Boonshoft Center for Jewish Culture and Education, brightening a corner where a group of senior citizens are clustered around a table. A woman, bundled in a