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Eva Strauss Izenson passed away on March 22 at home with her husband and three children by her side. Born in Leipzig, Germany in 1937, Eva grew up in Portsmouth, Ohio. She practiced as a dental hygienist after graduating from The Ohio State University. She enjoyed traveling, playing competitive bridge,

How locals’ families in Ukraine have navigated the Russian invasion By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer As soon as Centerville resident Lidia Zambilovici received push notifications that Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, she called her brother in Israel. “And he’s not picking up. I’m calling my parents in

By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer A social media post by a Centerville High School student on Feb. 18 helped administrators identify a student who had vandalized with hate symbols a Jewish Student Union poster in the school back in November. And at Watts Middle School — one of

Beth Abraham Synagogue President Scott Liberman announced to members on March 18 that Rabbi Aubrey L. Glazer of Montréal will begin his role as the congregation’s rabbi in August. Glazer most recently served as senior rabbi of Congregation Shaare Zion in Montréal and has served as senior rabbi of Congregation

By Robert Kahn “A person is only forgotten when his or her name is forgotten.” — The Talmud At the end of World War II, the world and Jews everywhere were stunned when the realization set in that the murder of approximately six million Jews at the hands of the

The Greater Dayton Yom Hashoah Remembrance will be held at 4 p.m., Sunday, April 24 at Temple Israel, 130 Riverside Dr., Dayton. With the theme Children of the Holocaust, this year’s program will feature second-generation survivor Judy Rosenthal of Frankfurt, Germany. Rosenthal works as a translator for Holocaust-related institutions and

By Rabbi Melissa Crespy, Beth Abraham Synagogue The Pesach Seder is a cherished moment on our calendar. Just about everyone looks forward to it. It’s full of intriguing symbolism, funny ironies, favorite songs, and of course, delicious foods. I’d like to take a look at one passage in the Haggadah

with Bark Mitzvah Boy, The Dayton Jewish Observer The Dayton connection continues on for the U.S. Central Consortium of Partnership2Gether, with former Daytonian Bracha (Beth) Zuriel’s retirement as its director and the announcement of Marcy Paul as her successor. Bracha, who lives in Ma’ale Adumim in the West Bank, is

Deborah Dash Moore, professor of history and former director of the Frankel Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan, will present the lecture, GI Jews: How World War II Transformed American Jews, for the 42nd Ryterband Symposium in Judaic Studies, 7 p.m., Thursday, March 31 at Wright State