By Jordana Horn, Kveller.com My son’s Bar Mitzvah happened about two months ago. Obviously, being the proud Jewish mama that I am, I have to say the kid nailed it. But I am not here to write The Ultimate Kvell. Rather, I’d like to share with you the lessons I

By Josefin Dolsten, JTA When Esther Thorpe came out as non-binary a year ago, identifying neither as male nor female, Miriam Taylor Thorpe was worried. Esther’s mother already had a child come out as gay and feared that Esther, 14, would have trouble finding a Jewish community that would be

At its annual conference in June, the American Jewish Press Association presented its first-place Simon Rockower Award for Journalistic Excellence in American Jewish History to The Dayton Jewish Observer, in the category of publications with circulation below 15,000. Observer Editor and Publisher Marshall Weiss received the award for his article,

The Jewish Federation of Greater Dayton will reveal its major upcoming community priorities, at its 108th annual meeting, on Wednesday, Aug. 15 at 6 p.m. at the Boonshoft Center for Jewish Culture and Education. The priorities came out of the Jewish Dayton Dreams Big visioning study and focus groups, which

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

Albert Schneider, age 98 of Cincinnati, formerly of Dayton, passed away July 5 at his residence. Mr. Schneider was a member of Beth Jacob Congregation. Mr. Schneider is survived by his wife of 62 years, Beryl; daughters and sons-in-laws, Abbe and Eric Froimson of Shaker Heights, Nancy and Ed Schulman

By Marc Katz, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer Norris Cole broke into a wide smile. “Yalla Maccabi!” he said with gusto. “Yalla Maccabi! That’s the number-one chant they use. Yalla Maccabi!” Approximating “let’s go,” Cole repeats the Hebrew chant with pride as he flashes the championship ring he won

By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer “He Who blessed our forefathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob — may He bless this entire holy congregation along with all the holy congregations . . . and those who dedicate synagogues for prayer and those who enter them to pray, and those who

Whaley concerned that support for Jewish state could become a partisan issue By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer In the American Jewish Committee’s briefing before Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley chaired a delegation of four U.S. mayors to Israel in May, AJC’s Melanie Maron Pell told the participants, “If you

Cincinnati-based study to be broadened to more Jewish overnight camps this summer By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer A study last year at a Jewish overnight camp serving the region concluded that its campers are far more glad than frustrated to be disconnected from their smartphones while there. This