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With Rachel Haug Gilbert, The Dayton Jewish Observer Beth Abraham Synagogue Sisterhood has announced its 2017 Women Of Valor honorees: Rena Beyer, Leslie Buerki, Debbie DiSalvo, Beverly Farnbacher, Esther Feldman, Linda Horenstein, and Susan Joffe. The Women of Valor luncheon will be held on May 3. Bonnie Parish, executive director

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Look for The Adventures of Bark Mitzvah Boy each month in The Dayton Jewish Observer and at this site.     To read the complete January 2017 Dayton Jewish Observer, click here.

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By Ronnie Fein, JTA Koshary, an Egyptian specialty, is one of the best vegetarian dishes I have ever tasted. It’s street food, sold everywhere you look, including carts and stalls in Cairo — along with everywhere else in Egypt. It’s carb-loaded and comforting, bountifully flavorful and rib-sticking. My grandma would

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By Linda Buchwald, JTA TV Land’s Younger is a fun sitcom about Liza (Sutton Foster), a recently divorced 40-year-old mother who passes herself off as 26 after having a tough time landing a job in the publishing industry. The show — created by Darren Star, of Sex and the City

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Gerald R. (Jerry) Colp, age 90 of Dayton, passed away Nov. 23. Mr. Colp was born in Dayton on Aug. 14, 1926 to Jacob and Rose Colp, who preceded him in death along with his twin sister, Gloria Klein, and older brother, Terry Colp, and his son Ronald Colp. He

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Springfield’s only Jewish congregation continues to shrink, but not ready to close. ‘We’re going to fight it until the very end.’ By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer In 1951, New Yorkers Ray and Marilyn Schneider were driving to Dayton. Ray, an engineer with the Air Force, had just been

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By Rabbi Nochum Mangel, Director, Chabad of Greater Dayton As we approach this time of year, you may hear people saying that Chanukah is really a minor Jewish holiday. They may be basing their judgment on any one of the following points, alone or in combination: • Chanukah has no

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Back to Basics Series Jewish Family Education With Candace R. Kwiatek, The Dayton Jewish Observer If you could guarantee your child would be one of the following, which would you most want him or her to be: happy, good, successful or smart? First described by commentator Dennis Prager, this exercise

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With Rachel Haug Gilbert, The Dayton Jewish Observer Reach Out Montgomery County, a nonprofit agency providing health care services for Montgomery County residents who are underserved or uninsured, dedicated its new pharmacy in honor of retired pharmacist Joe Bettman on Nov. 15. For many years, Bettman’s Pharmacy was the only

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Look for The Adventures of Bark Mitzvah Boy each month in The Dayton Jewish Observer and at this site.     To read the December 2016 Dayton Jewish Observer, click here.

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