By Hannah Kasper Levinson, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer Days after the final edits on his first novel, Sadness is a White Bird, Israeli American author Moriel Rothman-Zecher set out to create his next work of fiction. The discovery of a Yiddish poetry collection led to his new novel,

Some insider hacks ahead of their big day, Dec. 4 By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer It began with their entry in Chabad’s Kosher Brisket Cook-Off in April 2013. Members of Temple Beth Or decided to put together a team. “Heath Gilbert contacted a couple of us and said,

By Ari L. Noonan, Jewish Journal (Los Angeles) Simon Wiesenthal — history’s most successful pursuer of Nazis,who brought almost 1,100 criminals to justice — lives again in playwright and actor Tom Dugan’s talented hands. Dugan has been performing his one-person play, Wiesenthal, around the world since 2009. And last year,

ThinkTV and the Jewish Federation will present a panel discussion about the documentary The U.S. and the Holocaust, with local survivors Renate Frydman and Eleanor Hambury Must in person, and film co-creator Sarah Botstein and film advisor Rebecca Erbelding virtually, at 7 p.m., Monday, Dec. 5 in the Carney Auditorium

The Power of Stories Series Jewish Family Education with Candace R. Kwiatek, The Dayton Jewish Observer At the 2012 Diamond Jubilee celebration of Queen Elizabeth II, one ceremonial address was given by a representative of the Jewish community, Vivian Wineman. He included the traditional Jewish blessing, wishing her majesty well

Dan Phillips was elected Butler County Juvenile Court Judge. Dan grew up in the Englewood/Clayton area and is the son of Stan and Sue Phillips. Dan has been with the Butler County Prosecutor’s Office since 2006. Currently, he lives in West Chester with his wife, Sarah, a pediatric psychologist at

Look for The Adventures of Bark Mitzvah Boy each month in The Dayton Jewish Observer and at this site!     To read the complete December 2022 Dayton Jewish Observer, click here.

Michael Fishbein, age 69, died peacefully in his sleep Nov. 9 at home in Franklin, Mass. Michael was born and grew up in Queens, N.Y. He graduated from Stuyvesant High School, Bernard Baruch College of the City University of New York, and received his Ph.D. from Clark University in Worcester,

This afternoon, the Oxford, Ohio Police Department released a statement that it has charged three Miami University students — Santiago Arenas, 19; Kevin J. Ladriere, 20; and Eli W. Lauger, 20 — with vandalism, a felony, for overturning MU Hillel’s sukkah on Oct. 15. The statement added that Oxford police

By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer The call came Wednesday, Sept. 21, four days before the beginning of Rosh Hashanah. “Can you cross on Thursday?” Beth Abraham Synagogue President Scott Liberman asked Rabbi Aubrey L. Glazer. “We’re packing up right now,” the rabbi said. He and his wife, Elyssa