Yom Hazik/Yom Ha’atz On Tuesday, May 2 at 7 p.m., Beth Jacob Congregation, Hillel Academy, Kollel Torah MiTzion of Dayton and the Jewish Federation of Greater Dayton will present Dayton Sings With Israel, to commemorate Yom Hazikaron (Israel’s Day of Remembrance) and Yom Ha’atzmaut (Israeli Independence Day). The evening will

Mother’s Day 2006 Rabbi Judy Chessin Temple Beth Or Jewish mothers evoke jokes with punch lines about light bulbs and martyrdom. But missing Mother’s Day is no laughing matter, making us wonder if Mother’s Day could possibly be a Jewish holiday. The earliest known tributes to mothers date back to

The class of 2006 Vicki Bernie Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer As the end of the school year approaches, more than 30 Jewish teenagers across the Miami Valley prepare to leave their high school days behind, embarking on the next stage of their lives. For them, this is a

Beth Abraham move Marshall Weiss The Dayton Jewish Observer On April 26, the board of Beth Abraham Synagogue voted to move ahead with plans to relocate to a 54,832-square foot building on the former site of NCR’s Sugar Camp in Oakwood. According to Susie Katz, president of Beth Abraham, the

Kosher meals at DJCC camp Marshall Weiss The Dayton Jewish Observer   Funding is result of McDonald’s lawsuit In April, the national JCC Association notified the Dayton Jewish Community Center that its summer camp was awarded a $5,000 grant to provide campers with hot, kosher meals. The lunches will be

Bar Mitzvahs Michelle Tedford Special To The Observer   When Michael Sherbet tried to read, eachlinebecamearun-onwithoutspaces. His brain filtered out and discarded the spaces between words that are key to cognition. And although the fourth-grader couldn’t read, he was smart. He compiled strategies to get by: look at the first

Mitzvah projects Martha Moody Jacobs Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer Bar and Bat Mitzvah announcements in The Observer often mention celebrants’ “mitzvah projects”— good deeds done in concert with a young person’s being called to the Torah. Mitzvah projects take on dimensions as unique as the interests and concerns

Bar/Bat Celebrations Martha Moody Jacobs Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer What’s the latest in Bar or Bat Mitzvah celebrations? Local caterer Steve Bernstein has an answer: “edible spoons.” Of course, there’s more to making a celebration than the spoons, edible or otherwise. Event planner Stephanie Via-Hagar of Entertainment Unlimited

BA capital campaign Marshall Weiss The Dayton Jewish Observer Congregation halfway toward goal for Oakwood synagogue In July, Beth Abraham Synagogue Capital Campaign Chairs Renate Frydman and Bernie Rabinowitz announced that the congregation was launching the public phase of its $7 million campaign for its planned Oakwood site — with

Beth Jacob concert Marshall Weiss The Dayton Jewish Observer The evening of Sunday, Aug. 13 will have special meaning for Beth Jacob Congregation’s Cantor Jason Green. The cantor, who began his work with Beth Jacob in the spring of 2005, will present a concert of Jewish music alongside the mentors