Yom Hashoah 5770 By Rabbi Judy Chessin, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer Rabbi Judy Chessin While the watchword “Never Again” is customarily and universally applied to Holocaust remembrance, the phrase is also increasingly appropriated as a universal rallying cry against all genocides. And this shift from particular to universal

Wiesel interview March 2010 An interview with the Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer, March 2010 On March 25, author, professor, and human rights activist Elie Wiesel will return to Dayton to present a lecture (sold-out) sponsored by the University of Dayton and to meet

Style Observations March 2010   Fred Weber, owner of Weber Jewelers, at his store on Far Hills Ave. in Kettering   Style Observations by Vicki Bernie, The Dayton Jewish Observer, March 2010   Vicki Bernie With the right combination of experience and a loyal clientele, Weber Jewelers is a luxury

Dayton DMAT in Haiti   The Dayton DMAT OH-5 Disaster Medical Assistance Team — including Paramedic Judi Grampp (seated at table, 2nd from R) and Dr. Kim Kwiatek (seated, R) — was in Port-au-Prince Jan. 25-Feb. 3. This was the team’s first overseas deployment.   By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton

Jewish Family Identity Forum A series by Candace R. Kwiatek, The Dayton Jewish Observer March 2010 “If there is no God, all is permitted,” argues Ivan Karamazov in Doestoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov. After all, without God, who then has the authority to determine right and wrong? The state? Its laws

Can do Dayton area flooded the food company’s Facebook page with fans in online promotion By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer, February 2010 When a representative of the Manischewitz kosher food company e-mailed the Jewish Federation on Jan. 13 that its food pantry had won 500 cans of soup,

Jewish Family Identity Forum A series by Candace R. Kwiatek, The Dayton Jewish Observer February 2010 It would appear that the Ten Commandments have become quite popular lately. After all, you can go into any bookstore and find “The Ten Commandments of…” marriage bliss, fund raising, trimming tax bills, positive

Temple Sholom budget cuts By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer, January 2010 Citing a budget deficit that is eating away at its endowment, the board of Temple Sholom in Springfield informed Rabbi Janice Garfunkel in November that the congregation won’t renew her contract when it expires July 31. “It’s

January Holocaust commemoration By Rabbi Judy Chessin, Temple Beth Or & Chair, Dayton Synagogue Forum  January 2010 Rabbi Judy Chessin While we in the United States are accustomed to memorializing the Holocaust in the spring, between Passover and Israeli Independence Day, many of our European neighbors observe the International Holocaust

An article for Jewish mothers to show their sons By Steve Hofstetter, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer, January 2010 I have spent the better part of the last four years convincing my parents that I don’t need to marry a Jewish girl. Turns out I was wrong. It’s not