Daniel Kory Weckstein of Oakwood, passed away on Aug. 28 after a resilient battle with brain cancer at the young age of 44. Mr. Weckstein is survived by his wife, Kellie; children, Collin and Casey; parents, Donald and Caryl Weckstein; sister, Debbie (Larry) Frank; and brother Jerry (Caryn) Weckstein. Mr.

Look for The Adventures of Bark Mitzvah Boy each month in The Dayton Jewish Observer and at this site.     To read the complete October 2018 Dayton Jewish Observer, click here.

Russian-Jewish violinist Yevgeny Kutik returns to the Miami Valley for a series of concerts, performing Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1 with the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, Sept. 28, 29, and 30 at the Schuster Center. A native of Minsk, Belarus, Kutik immigrated to the United States with his family when he

Pastor Chris Edmonds, son of late Righteous Among the Nations honoree Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds, will share the story of how his father saved 200 Jewish GIs, at Temple Israel’s Shabbat service on Friday, Sept. 7 at 6 p.m. During the Battle of the Bulge in 1944, the Germans captured the

By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer “I wanted to do whatever my sister did,” Carol Ann Shockley recalls. “She was three-and-a-half years older than me. And I wanted to be just like her. She wanted to dance.” Carol Ann’s sister was the late Jeraldyne Blunden, founder of Jeraldyne’s School

Caterer for the banquet that divided American Judaism in 1883 is buried at Temple Israel’s Riverview Cemetery. By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer It’s no exaggeration to say that the person who set in motion the contours of American Judaism we know today is buried at Temple Israel’s Riverview

Spouses teach Psychology of the Holocaust, Ideology & Identity in Polish Culture By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer “Our trip is very, very different than many trips to Poland (that is, among those which have any sort of Holocaust theme), as we really try to understand the Catholic majority

By Rabbi Nochum Mangel, Chabad of Greater Dayton The high point of Rosh Hashanah and the unique mitzvah (commandment) of the day is the blowing of the shofar. The words of the holiday prayer book are deep and their extraordinary poetry is beautiful and moving, but the focus of the

The Bible: Wisdom Literature Jewish Family Education with Candace R. Kwiatek Frontier justice. Outlaw gangs. Gunslingers. Vengeance-seekers. Accurate or not, these images of the Wild West reflect widely-held views about the American era of westward expansion. They’re not all that different from images of a periodically chaotic, lawless, and violent

With Rachel Haug Gilbert, The Dayton Jewish Observer Annie Greene earned her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago’s Department of Near East Languages and Civilizations. Upon graduating from Oakwood High School in 2006, she first attended McGill University in Montreal before completing her master of arts degree at the University