Area Fulbrights Marshall Weiss The Dayton Jewish Observer Among the 1,200 U.S. citizens who will travel abroad for the 2006-07 academic year with Fulbright Student Scholarships are two members of the Miami Valley’s Jewish community. Jill Abromowitz of Clayton and Jay Rothman of Yellow Springs have been awarded Fulbrights, the

Profile of Debby Goldenberg Marshall Weiss The Dayton Jewish Observer An interview with new Jewish Federation President Debby Goldenberg When Debby Goldenberg was chair of the Jewish Federation’s Women’s Division in the early 1990s, her job was to run a two-line campaign: one for the annual United Jewish Campaign, the

Dor L’Dor Mission to Israel Renate Frydman Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer Dayton mission to Israel a study of contrasts, a celebration of Zionism The trepidations were primarily concerns for personal safety. Our security guard, Yoni, alleviated this concern. He was young, originally from Russia, well-trained and always at

On Sunday, October 23rd our Dayton for Darfur Interfaith Coalition hosted an education and action meeting at Beth Abraham Synagogue.  Approximately eighty people were present to hear our two main speakers.   Dr. Sam Laki, Agricultural Economics Professor at Central State University and a native of southern Sudan spoke about

IDF tank commander Marshall Weiss The Dayton Jewish Observer Slain Israeli tank commander with family in Dayton volunteered to be ‘sitting-duck’ On Aug. 2 — the Ninth of Av — the Israeli Defense Forces called up Noam Yakov Mayerson to active duty from the reserves. A week later, he was

Brigitte Gabriel, a former news anchor for Middle East Television’s World News, will discuss the threat of militant Islam on Sunday, Sept. 17 at 2:30 p.m. at Beth Jacob Congregation. The program is sponsored by the Dayton Jewish Community Relations Council of the Jewish Federation. Gabriel grew up in south

Owners request permit to facilitate synagogue’s move to campus Beth Abraham Synagogue’s plans to move to Oakwood came one step closer on Aug. 2, when the Oakwood Planning Commission voted 3-1 (with one absence) to recommend that the Oakwood City Council grant the new owners of Sugar Camp a special-use

Dayton responds to the crisis The Dayton Jewish Observer In a massive show of support for Israel, Dayton’s Jewish community has raised more than $388,000 for the Israel Emergency Campaign launched by the Jewish Federations of North America. In one evening alone, at the community-wide Israel Solidarity Rally and Prayer

Felix Weil Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer             For 30 years, the city of Frankfurt, like most German cities, has hosted a number of guests who were chased out of the country during the Nazi years. This year, it was my turn. I haven’t

Rembrandt at DAI Robert Thum Special To The Observer With more than 2,000 works to his name, Rembrandt devoted a portion of his work to narratives from Hebrew Scriptures, portraits of contemporary Jewish leaders, and the Jewish culture and daily life he saw in Amsterdam. Four of these Jewish-themed works