Sacred Speech Series Jewish Family Education with Candace R. Kwiatek, The Dayton Jewish Observer The Talmud tells of a man who prepared a party, but the invitation to his friend Kamtza mistakenly went to his sworn enemy, Bar Kamtza. When the host discovered his enemy at the party, he ordered,

By Rabbi Leibel Agar, Beth Jacob Congregation As November rolls around, my thoughts turn to Thanksgiving. For many Americans, Thanksgiving is a chance to take a break from work or school and hang out with our families. We gather around the table and share a big dinner of turkey and

The Dayton region’s Jewish day school, Hillel Academy, will host One Enchanting Evening, 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 16 at the PNC Arts Annex, 46 W. Second St., Dayton. The fundraiser will feature the Hauer Swing Band, a gaming parlor, kosher hors d’oeuvres and desserts, cocktails and mocktails. The cost is

The University of Dayton will hold its annual Kristallnacht Remembrance, 5 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 6 at the Immaculate Conception Chapel. Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass — Nov. 9 and 10, 1938 in Nazi Germany — is considered the start of the Holocaust. Assistant Prof. Ryu-Kung Kim will conduct UD’s

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Henrietta “Henny” Torf Lubow, 95, of Columbus, passed away on Oct. 19. Henny was born on March 9, 1929 into a large extended family in Cincinnati. She attended the University of Cincinnati and received a bachelor’s degree in education from The Ohio State University in 1952 and a master’s degree

By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Aleksandar Svager, who along with his wife, the late Thyrsa Svager, funded numerous college scholarships for African American women to complete their degrees in mathematics, died Oct. 3 at Brookdale Oakwood. He was 93. “He always thought about helping people in my sister’s

Though he insists he was taken out of context, interview was ‘politicized.’ By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer A day after JTA distributed the news story, The only rabbi in Springfield, Ohio, says local Haitian migrants lack ‘Western civilized values,’ the rabbi, Cary Kozberg, issued a statement that he

The rabbi’s comments come as Jewish groups decry Donald Trump’s claims about migrants eating pets. By Andrew Lapin, JTA Since Donald Trump amplified baseless rumors about Haitian migrants eating pets in Springfield, Ohio, last week, the community has been beset with bomb threats and white nationalist activity. A leading Jewish

In person Oct. 7 & via Zoom with Western Galilee, Israel, Oct. 27 By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer The Jewish Federation of Greater Dayton will present two memorial programs to mark one year since the Hamas massacre of Oct. 7: one in person on Oct. 7, the other