The Jewish Federation of Greater Dayton will hold its 107th annual meeting at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 16 at the Boonshoft CJCE, 525 Versailles Dr. in Centerville. The program will include elections of the Federation’s 2017-18 board and officers for its agencies, will honor community volunteers, and will celebrate

The Ohio Society of Professional Journalists Awards competition announced in July that The Dayton Jewish Observer is the recipient of two of its first-place 2017 awards. Freelancer Michelle Tedford received the award for Best Medical/Science Reporting for her October 2016 article, Sweet project to save bees, crops. Observer Editor and

With Rachel Haug Gilbert, The Dayton Jewish Observer Natalie Davis, a graduate of UC Berkeley, has received her R.N. from Johns Hopkins. She now works in a neonatal unit at a hospital in Los Angeles. Her brother Parker Davis just graduated from Florida State. Their parents are Jill Davis and

By Aly Miller, The Nosher Tabbouleh is a classic Middle Eastern salad made with bulgur, tomatoes and a high ratio of chopped fresh herbs. It’s easy to make, fresh, delicious and healthy, making it a much-beloved side dish around the world. Instead of classic bulgur, we wanted to try a

Look for The Adventures of Bark Mitzvah Boy each month in The Dayton Jewish Observer and at this site.     To read the complete August 2017 Dayton Jewish Observer, click here.  

‘Caring for the sick and wounded extends beyond borders.’ By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer On a night in 2013, two years after the start of the Syrian Civil War, Syrian families placed their injured relatives on donkeys and approached the border fence with Israel. At a section where

By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Eight years ago, at the 18th World Maccabiah Games in Israel, Team USA swimmer Tina Sobo decided she wanted to become a rabbi. This July, Sobo returned to Israel for the 20th World Maccabiah Games as the assistant rabbi for Team USA. “When

By Marc Katz, Special To The Observer If your legs go wobbly every time you see a historic baseball exhibit — and you’re especially interested if the exhibit is about Jewish players — the Skirball Museum at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati should be on your list

It is with sadness that we report the death of Edward (Ed) Hammerman, son of the late Anne (former editor and publisher of the Dayton Jewish Chronicle) and Ben Hammerman, brother of Miriam (Mimsy) Hammerman Goodman (Martin) and Stanley Hammerman (Cheryl). Mr. Hammerman died on June 23 (29 Sivan) in

The Federation of Israeli Chambers of Commerce will present the seminar, Exporting to Israel, on Friday, July 21 from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. at Business Solutions Center, 1435 Cincinnati St. #300, in Dayton. Featured speakers for the event will be Uriel Lynn, president of the Federation of Israeli Chambers of