By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer As of July, Cantor Joyce Dumtschin’s position at Temple Beth Or as full-time cantor will be eliminated and she will serve the congregation in the part-time job of music specialist. Temple Beth Or President David London initially announced the board’s decision in a

Fledgling liberal Jewish congregation in Germany receives Torah from Temple Israel By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer On June 5, Deborah Tal-Rüttger’s 10-year search for a kosher Torah scroll for her small, liberal Jewish congregation in Germany came to a grand conclusion at Temple Israel. The 161-year-old Reform Dayton

  Panoramic detection camera ‘way ahead’ of competition By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer On May 27, representatives of Adaptive Imaging Technologies of Haifa joined staff of STAN Solutions and IDCAST at Dayton’s Tech Town to demonstrate Adaptive’s new ResoLUT 77 Panoramic Camera. Adaptive developed the 160-degree high-resolution camera

Religion, June 2011 By Rabbi David Burstein, Temple Beth Or V’shinan’tam l’vanekha v’dibar’ta bam And you shall teach them diligently to your children, and you shall speak of them b’shiv’t’kha b’veitekha uv’lekh’t’kha vaderekh uv’shakh’b’kha uv’kumekha when you sit at home, and when you walk along the way, and when you

Joel Chasnoff interview, June 2011 By Cindy Sher, JUF News  CHICAGO — Many Jewish kids have Hebrew school teachers who make Israel come alive inside their classrooms. Joel Chasnoff Comedian Joel Chasnoff, originally from Evanston, was one such Jewish student. At Solomon Schechter Jewish Day School, back in the second

Jews in medieval England, June 2011 Dr. Miriamne Krummel New book by University of Dayton’s Miriamne Krummel shows Jews as objects of hate long after their official exile Crafting Jewishness in Medieval England: Legally Absent, Virtually Present by Miriamne Ara Krummel • Palgrave Macmillan • 243 Pages • $69.54 By

Deir al-Assad visit, June 2011 Students, chaperones and teachers from the Israeli-Arab village of Deir al-Assad visited Dayton April 9-23   By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer On April 19, 10 Israelis experienced their first Passover Seder: at Temple Beth Or in Dayton. Six middle school students from the

Hillel Academy reboots, 2011    With secular curriculum and principal from Miami Valley School, new Judaics program, tightened budget & reevaluation of all staff, Dayton’s Jewish day school steps up fight to survive   By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Facing the lowest enrollment since its fledgling years and

Federation Archives Federation’s history preserved through new endowment fund If you’re enjoying the Ten Decades of Tzedakah page in The Observer during Federation’s centennial year, you’re benefiting from the Federation Archives and the valuable information it contains about the history of our Federation. Thanks to the generosity of the Clarence

Jewish Federation of Greater Dayton Archives About the Jewish Federation of Greater Dayton Archives Collection The Jewish Federation of Greater Dayton Archives Collection was established in January 2009 in anticipation of the Federation’s 2010 centennial. In February 2011, the collection became part of Wright State University’s Special Collections and Archives. The