By Lior Zaltzman, Kveller There’s something alchemical that happens when you watch Elsa Zylberstein on screen. The French Jewish actress becomes her characters — be they amazing or villainous, comedic and dramatic. After watching her in Simone: Woman of the Century, in which she stars as a somber, serious and

By Alan Zeitlin, JNS Director and writer Daniel Robbins was looking for a different kind of comedy when producer Adam Mitchell had an idea that he had never seen done on screen before. Robbins — a Modern Orthodox graduate of the Ramaz day school on Manhattan’s Upper East Side and

By Rabbi Haviva Horvitz Temple Beth Sholom Have you ever completed reading a book or a series of books and immediately commenced reading it again? Did you notice something the second or third time that you hadn’t quite comprehended the first time? I have found that sometimes, foreshadowing isn’t obvious

Sacred Speech Series Jewish Family Education with Candace R. Kwiatek, The Dayton Jewish Observer A true story from a Jewish mother who wishes to remain anonymous. At day’s end, she collected her daughter from her toddler classroom and headed, as usual, to the infant room. There, the two briefly chatted

Molly Blumer is One Lincoln Park Premier Retirement Living’s new director of business development. Molly has more than a decade of senior living sales experience. The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force honored Renate Frydman at its annual volunteer banquet April 24 for her 25 years as a volunteer

Opinion By Martin Gottlieb So now Jews are the chosen minority? The Trump administration is energetically – hyperenergetically – destroying programs that are designed to combat historic and current prejudice against other minorities: Black people, women, Muslims, and members of the LGBTQ+ community. The destruction of these DEI programs is

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Jeanne M. Hochman passed away peacefully on May 5 in Palo Alto, Calif. at the age of 84. She was born on Feb. 16, 1941 in Cleveland and was predeceased by her husband, James B. Hochman who passed away on Sept. 23, 2021, also in Palo Alto. Both Jeanne and

Police: Opening manager first at the scene is Jewish By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Customers heading to lunch at Applebee’s Grill and Bar at 105 N. Springboro Pike in Miamisburg on Saturday, April 26 were met with a closed restaurant that had been vandalized with messages and symbols

Jewish day school first-year team takes first place for instant challenges at regional and state competitions By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Not only did Hillel Academy Jewish day school field its first Destination Imagination teams this year, its third through fifth grade team earned the top spot for