Chanukah in light of Twilight Override By Rabbi Aubrey L. Glazer, Beth Abraham Synagogue What are we really kindling during this winter solstice season? I was moved recently by the description of kindling in the 2020 book How God Becomes Real: Kindling the Presence of Invisible Others, where author T.M.

Tammy Evans, office manager for Beth Jacob Congregation, celebrated 25 years of service to the synagogue in October. Beth Jacob leadership put together a lunch in her honor, to show their appreciation for her dedication, talent, and energy. Jonah Sandler, founder of Scene75 Entertainment Center and a longtime supporter of

In the news series Jewish Family Education with Candace R. Kwiatek, The Dayton Jewish Observer In the Nov. 6 AP News video Denmark eyes new law to protect citizens from AI deepfakes, Marie Watson tells of opening a favorite video game only to discover that someone had taken her Instagram

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Ben Harrison Bader, Sept. 22, 2000 – Oct. 23, 2025. From the moment he entered this world — tiny and determined at just two pounds — Ben Harrison Bader showed the strength, courage, and grace that would come to define him. Born a fighter, he grew into a young man

By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer The owner of Middletown Plaza shopping center removed from a vacant area of the property a tractor trailer on Nov. 18 that was tagged with “Was Hitler Right” and a swastika. Middletown Police received reports about the tagged truck the previous weekend. “Once

CEO — son of Holocaust survivors and a member of Dallas, Texas Jewish community — stands behind former editor’s decision to run columns By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Isaac Weintraub has lived in Beavercreek for a decade. While furloughed from his work as an electrical engineer at Wright-Patterson

By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer One striking aspect of the World War II Gallery at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Fairborn is how Nazi artifacts are on display in ways that intentionally don’t glorify them. A gilt bronze Nazi eagle from the entrance to

By Andy Baskin, Cleveland Jewish News If there is one clear message in college football, Ohio State shows no signs of letting anybody knock them off the top of the mountain. The Buckeyes remain the No. 1 team in the country after knocking off Wisconsin. They play Penn State at

Felix Weil, who at the age of 11 in 1939 was rescued from Nazi Germany with the Kindertransport program, died Oct. 14. He was 97. Born in Frankfurt, Weil lived in England with a host family for the duration of the war in Europe. After his arrival in London, he