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Robert “Bob” Cohen, age 86, of Lake Mary, Fla., passed away March 31 at Oakmonte Village. He was born Dec. 25, 1931 in Philadelphia and was the only child of the late Simon and Dora Garlikov Cohen. Mr. Cohen grew up in Dayton and graduated from Fairview High School in

Startup generation talks opportunities and obstacles of life in the Jewish state Story and Photos By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Lazer Mangel says Israel is the land of paradoxes. “It’s both one of the happiest places in the world, it’s also one of the most tense. And it’s

Daytonian Fred Scheuer provided intelligence to the Jewish Agency before & during War of Independence  By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer “I was outside the museum, on Rothschild Boulevard,” Fred Scheuer recalls of May 14, 1948, the day when Jewish Agency Chairman David Ben-Gurion announced Israel’s Declaration of Independence

By Masada Siegel, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer It’s no shock that clarinetist/saxophonist Anat Cohen — nominated for two Grammy Awards, one of which is for a piece called Happy Song — bubbles over with passion for her profession. Cohen was born and raised in Tel Aviv in a

By Masha Kisel Tikun olam, the notion that we have been tasked by God to repair the world, has rarely been associated with garbage. Yet, from an environmental perspective, wastefulness is a destructive act. If we are to repair the world, we would do well to not destroy it in

Chef Morris Zrihen, owner of The Breakfast Club restaurant at Moshav Shavei Zion in Israel, returns to Dayton to prepare dinner for the Jewish community’s Israel @ 70 celebration on Sunday, April 15 at the Boonshoft Center for Jewish Culture and Education in Centerville. Zrihen last visited Dayton in 2015

By Tami Ganeles-Weiser thenosher.com This cake is inspired by the uber-popular Israeli sweet lemonade that’s always punched up with fresh mint called limonana. Light and delicate, this lemony chiffon cake is lovely paired with a minted whipped cream and candied mint. A few tips: Superfine sugar, also called caster sugar,

Turning To Spirituality Series Jewish Family Education With Candace R. Kwiatek, The Dayton Jewish Observer So, you’re an ardent Zionist and dating someone you think just might be The One. How do you make sure they’ll share your love of Israel? Easy. Just send them to a kibbutz for a

With Rachel Haug Gilbert, The Dayton Jewish Observer The Miami Valley School hosted a special breakfast on March 15 to honor Lois Unger, one of the school’s first teachers and administrators. The League of Women Voters of the Greater Dayton Area honored Dayton Children’s Hospital President and CEO Debbie Feldman