Religion, August 2009 By Rabbi Levi Simon, Chabad of Greater Dayton On July 30, corresponding to the 9th of the Hebrew month of Av, is a special day known as Tisha B’Av. It is the culmination of a three-week period of mourning, beginning with the fast of the 17th of

By Shel Bassel, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer The recitation of the Kaddish by mourners has come to be perhaps the single most important reason found by many to attend shul. Oddly, most of those people don’t know why the Kaddish is so important nor what it means. The

Perlman and Johnson   Flutist Ariella Perlman, daughter of violinist Itzhak Perlman, and her husband, Robert Johnson, new principal horn player with the Dayton Philharmonic (shown here in Oakwood on June 21), will move to Dayton in August   By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Only a week after

Grandparents Circle By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer After native Clevelanders Cheryl and Franklin Lewis retired from their jobs, they moved to Dayton in 2004 to be close to their daughter and her family. Their son-in-law isn’t Jewish and their four local grandchildren aren’t being raised as Jews. The

Hillel trip 09 By Marla Guggenheimer, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer Hillel Academy graduating eighth-graders at an Ethiopian absorption center in Israel during their class trip in April (L to R): Ari Vandersluis, Riley Jacobs, Tzvi Fox, and Marla Guggenheimer You can’t really know Israel until you experience it

Religion July 09 By Rabbi Nochum Mangel, Chabad of Greater Dayton The lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer have arrived. Time to do things that we don’t get a chance to do, or do enough of the rest of the year. Time to set aside a few days or a

Style Observations July 09   Iris Goldflies carries on her Aunt Candace’s business, Skin, An Apothecary, on Wayne Avenue in the Oregon District. Her skin-care products are made by hand, in batches, to keep them fresh.   Style Observations By Vicki Bernie, The Dayton Jewish Observer It began with a

Archives   This image of a 1928-29 dance class at the Jewish Federation’s JCC at 59 Green Street is among the thousands of photos, documents and artifacts that comprise the collection of the Jewish Federation’s newly established archives   By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Last year, most historical

Shmuley on teen sex By Rabbi Shmuley Boteach Rabbi Shmuley Boteach A few weeks ago, Oprah featured two teenagers, all of 14 years old, who had decided they were going to progress their fledging relationship to full-on sex. The mother of the boy, hearing of her son’s plans, went to

Nancy Cohen profile   The journey to Judaism of Temple Israel’s new president       Nancy Cohen at Temple Israel. ‘I’ve always felt embraced, accepted, encouraged.’   By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer A few weeks into her role as president of the Dayton area’s oldest and largest