Interview with Larry Miller, May 2011 Larry Miller, the man of a thousand appearances, to play the Victoria   The comedian at work in his one-man show, Cocktails With Larry Miller By Masada Siegel, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer You’ve seen his face but may not know his name.

Passover memories, May 2011 My Passover memories By Samuel Heider, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer   Samuel Heider Passover is celebrated throughout the Jewish world as the Festival of Freedom, the Exodus from slavery in Egypt to freedom. But for the 6 million Jewish people including my three sisters,

Religion, May 2011 Choosing life after the Shoah By Rabbi Nochum Mangel, Chabad of Greater Dayton   Rabbi Nochum Mangel About 1,900 years ago, a horrific scene played out. A generation earlier, Rome had put down Jewish resistance and destroyed the great Temple in Jerusalem. Now, Rome was waging a

Children’s author Kate Feiffer, May 2011 A spate of Kate Children’s author brings three programs to town By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer   Kate Feiffer The last time Kate Feiffer was in Dayton, she was a documentary filmmaker. Now, she returns as the author of nine acclaimed children’s

Each of Dayton’s four synagogues is home to a Torah scroll that served European Jewish communities until the Nazi occupation. Here are their stories.

Children of the Bible Series Jewish Family Identity Forum By Candace R. Kwiatek, The Dayton Jewish Observer Pick up a children’s Bible storybook and you’re likely to see the characters depicted as youngsters — Isaac toddling up the mountain to the altar, Joseph taunting his brothers with a coat of

Scrolls of Survival is the theme of the Dayton Area Yom Hashoah Observance: A Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Holocaust, on Sunday, May 1 at 7 p.m. at Beth Jacob Synagogue, 7020 N. Main St. in Harrison Township. Rabbis and members of Dayton’s four synagogues will share

The Power of Half, April 2011 Author to share message for Jewish community’s Mitzvah Week By Masada Siegel Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer Life is about perspective. Do you see the glass as half empty or half full? More importantly, what can you do to impact the world in

Bone marrow registry, April 2011 By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Cantor Joyce Dumtschin About eight years ago, Cantor Joyce Dumtschin of Temple Beth Or was at a conference for Jewish educators, listening to a presentation from the Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation, North America’s Jewish bone marrow

Matter of Size review, April 2011   Scene from A Matter of Size   Film Review By Michael Fox, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer Ruthlessly and riotously, A Matter of Size (Sipur Gadol) proves once and for all that Israel is the world’s capital of tough love. Four seriously