Morris Zrihen to oversee meal for local women’s Seder By Masada Siegel, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer Following your passion can be daunting, especially when you’ve spent years studying engineering and your gut tells you to become a chef. Morris Zrihen followed his feelings and it led him on

Boston College Film Studies Prof. Dr. John Michalczyk will present a screening and discussion of his PBS documentary The Shadow of the Reich: Nazi Medicine for the first community seminar of Wright State University’s Medicine and the Holocaust course. The community is invited to attend the public program, to be

By Rabbi Shmuel Klatzkin, Chabad of Greater Dayton I grew up in a home where the politics was middle-of-the-road, Cold War-consensus Republican. When, as a high-schooler, caught up in the growing disenchantment with the war in Vietnam, my politics veered wildly leftward, it led to some high-heat political debates at home.

  Beginning Feb. 1, Embassy Healthcare took over operations of the Jewish Federation-owned nursing home building at 4911 Covenant House Drive in Trotwood. Embassy, which operates more than 20 nursing, rehabilitation and senior living facilities across Ohio, has signed a seven-year lease with the Federation. “They are currently evaluating operations

Creative hamantashen JNS.org We all recognize that poppy seed or jam taste when we bite into hamantashen on Purim every year. But given the right filling or dough, the traditional pastry has a lot more to offer. Hailed as the “Queen of Kosher” and the “Jewish Rachael Ray,” best-selling author

Look for The Adventures of Bark Mitzvah Boy each month on this page and in The Dayton Jewish Observer. To read the complete March 2015 Dayton Jewish Observer, click here.

The Jewish Internet with Mark Mietkiewicz, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer Name a traditional food associated with Purim. Good. Now name another. If you have trouble getting beyond the H-word, then you’re in for a treat. There’s nothing wrong with that prune, poppy or chocolate-filled delight. But isn’t it

Leshon Ima, Mother Tongue with Dr. Rachel Zohar Dulin, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer We are blessed with two holidays this season, Purim and Pesach. For both, we drink wine to symbolize our joy. On Purim, one is advised by the rabbis of the Talmud to drink to the

With Rachel Haug Gilbert, The Dayton Jewish Observer At the American Advertising Federation-Dayton Hermes Awards on Feb. 14, Linda Kahn, senior vice president of media services with The Ohlmann Group, was honored with the AAF Silver Medal, in recognition of her lifelong contributions to the advertising industry. The honor marked

New series: The Jew in the Christian World Jewish Family Education with Candace R. Kwiatek, The Dayton Jewish Observer What can we learn from a house of worship? Interested in exploring a variety of religious experiences, my friend Atarah recently visited a nearby church. She noted that there was a