Dayton Hadassah presents OSU Hillel’s a cappella group, the MeshugaNotes, 2 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 5. Founded in 1999, the “Shugs” sing OSU spirit songs, oldies, current radio music, and classic and contemporary Hebrew songs, all arranged by current or past members. The venue will be provided with registration, which is

U.S. Air Force Col. (Ret.) Stafford Ouderkirk will talk about trauma and show the 2014 documentary Invisible Scars at Jewish War Veterans Post 587’s brunch, 10:30 a.m., Sunday, Sept. 7 at Temple Beth Or. Invisible Scars was produced by the Crosswinds Foundation for Faith & Culture, a Christian organization that

The Miami Valley Mikvah will honor its founders, Patti and Lee Schear, Susan and Martin Schear, and Brenda Rinzler, at 5 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 7 at the facility, 600 Sugar Camp Circle, Oakwood. The Miami Valley Mikvah was established as an entity in 2007; the facility opened in September 2009.

Look for Bark Mitzvah Boy each month in The Dayton Jewish Observer and at this site!   To read the complete September 2025 Dayton Jewish Observer, click here.

Doris Rosamond Constantine (née Sheinker) late of Kettering, passed away Aug. 1 at age 98, after a very full life of love, family, and friendship. Doris was a caring wife, beloved mother, grandmother, mother-in-law, and a loyal and loved friend to many people in and around the Centerville, West Carrollton,

The League of Women Voters of the Greater Dayton Area’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee will host an interfaith panel discussion, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: A Religious Perspective, at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 13 at the University of Dayton’s Fitz Center. Panelists include Pastor Gerald A. Cooper of Wayman Chapel

Trauma therapist Miri Bar-Halpern — who with Jaclyn Wolfman coauthored the paper Traumatic invalidation in the Jewish community after Oct. 7 in the Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment in May — will keynote the Jewish Federation of Greater Dayton and its agencies’ annual meeting brunch, 11:30 a.m.,

Miri Bar-Halpern and Jaclyn Wolfman strike a nerve with a paper about the mental toll of being told your distress and fears don’t count. By Andrew Silow-Carroll, JTA Miri Bar-Halpern and Jaclyn Wolfman don’t use the term “gaslighting” in their paper on Jewish trauma after Oct. 7, but they might

By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Of the hundreds of interviews Mike Sakal conducted over three decades for his just published two-volume book, Dayton Hungarians: Their Stories, Glories and Folklore, it was Rose Vegso’s that set the tone for the project. Vegso came to the United States from Hungary

If you’ve been dreaming of kosher barbecue — and at a family-friendly price — things are looking up. For its next Shabbat in the Park, PJ Library in partnership with Chabad of Greater Dayton will bring in Smoked on Chai Kosher BBQ food truck from Columbus, Friday, Aug. 22 from