In conjunction with the Jewish Museum of Florida, Dayton Hadassah will present a Zoom tour at 10 a.m., Sunday, April 3 of the museum’s exhibit, Hello Gorgeous, celebrating the life of Barbra Streisand. Hello Gorgeous features costumes, photos, videos, record jackets and objects connected to the iconic singer, actor, director

The Power of Stories Series Jewish Family Education with Candace R. Kwiatek, The Dayton Jewish Observer One of the greatest Mishnaic sages, Rabbi Meir was widely admired for his exceptional scholarship, deep wisdom, and warm humanity. He lived by the value of tolerance for the views of others with whom

By Andrew Lapin, New York Jewish Week If you never experienced a meal at an automat — an innovative “automated restaurant” that was once a fixture of mid-century New York City and Philadelphia — then allow iconic Jewish comedian Mel Brooks to explain: “There was nothing like the coffee at

By Chanie Apfelbaum, The Nosher There’s nothing like Passover to remind us where we come from. Stuffed cabbage is popular in Ukraine and is known as holubtsi, which literally translates as little pigeons. Make some in solidarity with the Jews in harm’s way, forced to hide, flee or to defend

By Liz Susman Karp and Natalie Gorlin, The Nosher Last April, as the pandemic raged in my area, I opened my front door to my dear friend Natalie, who threw at me from a distance a plastic sandwich bag containing her family’s cherished Passover tradition: flädla. Less commonly known than

By Shannon Sarna, The Nosher I love it when people taste my pareve desserts and say, “Wow — this is pareve!?” It’s the same rule with Passover dishes and desserts. Which is why I am on a never-ending search for the perfect Passover desserts that are good enough to eat

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

Marilyn Ann Abrams, age 89 formerly of Dayton, passed away March 11 in Phoenix. Marilyn was a music and theatre lover and a devoted wife to George. She held a strong belief that the retail customer is ALWAYS right. She was preceded in death by her husband, George Abrams; mother,

By Rabbi Leibel Agar, Beth Jacob Congregation As we enter the month of March, our thoughts begin to turn to Purim. Even though the Jewish leap year’s extra month of Adar pushes Purim into mid-March this year, schools and synagogues all over the Jewish world are making plans for Purim

Former Daytonian Shel Bassel, a sofer (ritual scribe) who lives in Jerusalem, will lead programs for local Jewish organizations when he returns to the Miami Valley in March. Bassel, who made aliyah (immigrated to Israel) in 1983, has written more than two dozen Torah scrolls, numerous megillahs, tefillin, and mezuzahs.