New curriculum at Temple Israel Marshall Weiss The Dayton Jewish Observer   This fall, students and teachers are in for a change at Temple Israel’s religious school. The Reform congregation will introduce a new curriculum developed by a parent committee over several months. The end result, they hope, is a

Hillel prepares for expanded preschool Marshall Weiss The Dayton Jewish Observer   On July 12, Hillel Academy learned that it had received its certificate of occupancy from Montgomery County to operate a preschool for children ages 30 months and over, clearing a major hurdle as it prepares to expand to

March of the Living Beverly Louis Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer   Never again will I utter the word camp and only think of the fun place children spend their summers. From Poland, I would travel to Israel to mark its Memorial Day and Independence Day. With several thousand

Adult Bat Mitzvah Marshall Weiss The Dayton Jewish Observer   After raising three children to have Bar and Bat Mitzvahs, Mary Rita Weissman decided it was her turn. Weissman — who became a Jew 25 years ago when she married her husband, Norm — chanted her Torah and Haftorah portions

Profile of Judge Rice Renate Frydman The Dayton Jewish Observer An interview with U.S. District Court Judge Rice In a spacious office in Dayton’s Federal Building, surrounded by volumes of law books and memorabilia, Judge Walter H. Rice reflected on his judicial and law career. It is an auspicious one

Wedding at Boonshoft CJCE Marshall Weiss The Dayton Jewish Observer New Orleans JCC employee and girlfriend escape Katrina, wed at Boonshoft CJCE Danielle and David Salib agree that their Sept. 14 wedding at the Boonshoft Center for Jewish Culture and Education in Centerville was meant to be. Members of the

Art of the cantor Marshall Weiss The Dayton Jewish Observer WDPR 88.1 and WDPG 89.9 offer a treat for those who love the classic cantorial voices of the past. Leading up to the High Holy Days, Dayton Public Radio will broadcast its three-part original series, The Art Of The Cantor,

DPO chamber concert Renate Frydman Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer   DPO quartet performs Nazi prison camp chamber piece Even in the worst of times, in the worst of places, music can play an important role. This is the message of a musical composition written by Olivier Messiaen entitled

Operation Promise Marshall Weiss The Dayton Jewish Observer   “Being Ethiopian in Israel is not a picnic,” says Micha Feldmann. The man who oversaw the immigration of tens of thousands of Ethiopian Jews to Israel since the 1990s, Feldmann says that most Israelis keep their distance from Ethiopians. “In a

God and Katrina Rabbi David Burstein Education Director, Temple Beth Or God and Hurricane Katrina “The earth was null (tohu) and void (vohu), and there was darkness upon the face of the deep, and the spirit of God hovered above the water (Gen. 1:2).” It is Sunday night — the