An orphan who became a rabbi, David Lefkowitz worked for the betterment of all Dayton citizens By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Rabbi David Lefkowitz had served Dayton’s B’nai Jeshurun Congregation (now Temple Israel) for 10 years when he arranged a meeting to improve the quality of life for

Victory Day 2010 Dayton’s Jews from the former Soviet Union recall the Nazi surrender – 65 years later. Photos and Story by Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer, June 2010 Each May 9, there are fewer guests. But those who are able come to the activities room of Covenant Manor

Beth Jacob Parking Lot Extravaganza 2010 It’s all in the eye of the beholder…some of the treasures that Helene Gordon and Helen Halcomb and volunteers have rescued for the Beth Jacob Parking Lot Extravaganza In the fall, the board of Beth Jacob Congregation was looking at a list of potential

Religion, June 2010 By Rabbi Samuel Fox, Rabbi Emeritus, Beth Jacob Congregation Our rabbis teach us that when one intends to do a mitzvah, a commandment or good deed, he should do it without delay.  They have a beautiful saying that makes this point, “Mitzvah haba liyadcha al tachmitsena.” A

Orville’s Aviators   Arthur L. Welsh on a Wright Model B, 1911 By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer, June 2010 Through sheer persistence, Arthur L. Welsh persuaded the Wright brothers to give him a job with the exhibition division of the Wright Company in 1910. Born in Kiev in

The Ten Commandments: A series Jewish Family Identity Forum By Candace R. Kwiatek, The Dayton Jewish Observer, June 2010 It has been a season of simchas. Among our extended family and friends have been numerous weddings and graduations, two birthdays, a military commission ceremony, a Bat Mitzvah, a brit, and

Haifa office opens By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer May 2010 On April 16, the city of Dayton announced that Rafael Advance Defense Systems of Haifa, Israel will license the manufacture of its boron carbide ballistic body armor plates to B4C, a Dayton-based developer and maker of composite materials.

Gluzman recital, May 2010   Vadim Gluzman   By Masada Siegel, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer May 2010 Vadim Gluzman says he became a musician partly out of jealousy. “My father plays clarinet and is a conductor and my mom is a musicologist,” he says. “My parents were always

Zwellings depart Dayton, May 2010 By Martha Moody Jacobs, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer May 2010 Deva and Josh Zwelling Josh and Deva Zwelling first met in Jerusalem, in a square overlooking the Western Wall plaza. Josh was two years out of high school and Deva just one year

Remembering Oscar Boonshoft, May 2010 The Dayton philanthropist approached giving as investments in community By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer May 2010 Oscar Boonshoft at the dedication of the Boonshoft Center for Jewish Culture and Education in Centerville, Nov. 23, 2003   The first time Peter Wells met Oscar