Producers of documentary about Ethiopian aliyah consider next steps By Marc Katz, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer Even though the locally-produced documentary Take Us Home is a little past its film circuit prime, it continues to have a shelf life as producer and director Aileen LeBlanc and Dayton’s Levin

By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer In 1991, Israel brought 14,325 Ethiopian Jews to the Jewish state in 36 hours on 34 airplanes. One of the key architects of this covert military operation — Operation Solomon — was the Jewish Agency For Israel’s Micha Feldmann. Now the director of

Nazi manipulation of legal system focus of exhibit By Marc Katz, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer Nazi Germany’s plan to eliminate the Jews was helped considerably when in 1933 Hitler gained power and moved quickly to refuse access to courts for all Jewish judges, public prosecutors and lawyers. After

With Rachel Haug Gilbert, The Dayton Jewish Observer Ray Must’s artwork will be on exhibit at the Dayton Visual Arts Center. The retrospective, Oil & Water: Raymond Must and Ernest Koerlin, runs May 9-June 21 and was selected from 117 applications through DVAC’s call for exhibitions. Ray and Ernest taught

A look at the Holy Book series The Jewish Family Identity Forum with Candace R. Kwiatek, The Dayton Jewish Observer  Preparing the kitchen for Passover is a grueling process. Packing away the chametz (leaven). Polishing the silver. Cleaning the oven. And the list goes on. Rescuing me from some of

Look for The Adventures of Bark Mitzvah Boy each month in The Dayton Jewish Observer and at this site. To read the complete 2014 Dayton Jewish Observer, click here.

Leshon Ima – Mother Tongue with Dr. Rachel Zohar Dulin, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer This month we celebrate Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel’s Independence Day. We are proud that the state of Israel is a beacon of hope to the Jewish people around the world. We are proud of Israel’s

The Jewish Internet with Mark Mietkiewicz, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer It is the sixth most popular website on the planet. It has become the go-to repository for information replacing venerable — and dusty — encyclopedias. And it’s where controversy over Israel and Judaism are a daily affair. Welcome to

Joseph Benjamin Braunstein, age 97, of Dayton, passed away April 5. He was born Jan. 14, 1917 in Cincinnati and moved to Dayton shortly thereafter. Mr. Braunstein was preceded in death by his parents, Nathan and Esther Braunstein, sister, Bette Getline, and stepson, Thomas May. Mr. Braunstein is survived by

By Martha Moody Jacobs, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer Last year, a Chasidic woman earned a master’s degree in creative Jewish expression from Antioch University Midwest in Yellow Springs, under the guidance of a Chabad rabbi. That woman is Miriam Karp of Cincinnati, and the rabbi is Dayton’s Shmuel Klatzkin.