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

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

Alysa Stanton profile By Sue Fishkoff, JTA Alysa Stanton isn’t particularly interested in being a standard-bearer. Alysa Stanton She’s proud to be black, proud to be a woman and proud to be a 45-year-old single mother who raises her adopted child on her own. And when she says that on

Maurice Gordon obituary Partisan fighter Maurice Gordon with the Torah his family rescued Englewood resident Maurice Gordon, who served with the partisan resistance in the forests of Belarus during World War II, died on May 20 at his home. He was 78. Gordon and his family were among more than

Honor flight (L to R) Gil Unger, Oscar Soifer, Irv Zipperstein, Bert Lieberman, and Ray Furst, shown here at the Iwo Jima Memorial in Washington, D.C., were among 44 World War II veterans from the Miami Valley to take part in Honor Flight on June 20 By Renate Frydman, Special

Style Observations, August 2009 Selections from Wendy Ritter’s Michael Kors collection on exhibit at The Kent State University Museum through Nov. 2 By Vicki Bernie, The Dayton Jewish Observer Vicki Bernie Michael Kors called her “the last warrior.” To most people, the late Wendy Zuckerwise Ritter was the epitome of

The history of Dayton’s Jewish cemeteries

In June 1912, publications across the country eulogized Arthur L. Welsh, the pilot who had garnered the respect and admiration of those working in the new industry of aviation. Here is an excerpt from the Washington Herald of June 12, 1912: “Al Welsh was one of the five original pupils

Next year in Oakwood, but as the last High Holy Days on Salem Ave. approach, longtime Beth Abraham members take a look back By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer   Irv Reingold (L) and Clara and David Hochstein recall memories of Beth Abraham at its Salem Ave. location. In