The Class of 2026 – Celebrating our high school graduates   Hannah Simone Dritz Parents: Jay and Michele Dritz Grandparents: Robert and Phyllis Dritz, Rod and Cindy Frilot School: Miami Valley Activities: MVS Soccer, Track, Basketball, Half Marathons, Full Marathon, YMCA Junior Leadership Dayton, MVS Musicals, Hope Squad, Sources

Looks for Bark Mitzvah Boy each month in The Dayton Jewish Observer and at this site!     To read the complete June 2026 Dayton Jewish Observer, click here.

Daniel A. Cohn, age 96 of Dayton, passed away April 19 at Ohio’s Hospice of Dayton. Daniel was a retired system director for Standard Register with over 47 years of service. He was a member of Temple Israel, a U.S. Army Veteran of the Korean War, a member of VFW

By Brian Fishbach, Jewish Journal (Los Angeles) On Oct. 7, 2023, Jonah Platt was rehearsing for the West Coast premiere of the play The Engagement Party at the Geffen Playhouse in Westwood. It’s a play about a friendly gathering that devolves into a slew of accusations over a missing engagement

(even if Hitchens thought it’s all hogwash) By Rabbi Aubrey L. Glazer, Beth Abraham Synagogue Everybody regales how Christopher Hitchens never met a sacred cow he didn’t try to turn into brisket. In God Is Not Great, he famously declared that “religion poisons everything,” a line he delivered with the

In the News Series Jewish Family Education with Candace R. Kwiatek, The Dayton Jewish Observer ‘Death by doctor’ goes global in 2026. Canada set to surpass 100,000 assisted suicides — more than the country’s WWII death toll. Assisted Dying Rises Over Time in States With Oldest ‘Medical Aid in Dying’

Beth Jacob’s Sixth Jewish Women Inspiring Jewish Women luncheon will be held at 11 a.m., Sunday, June 14 with speakers Sandy Sloane-Brenner, Renate Frydman, Judy Heller, Lori Lipp, Cantor Andrea Raizen, and Mary ‘Mahira’ Rogers. The cost is $26. Beth Jacob is located at 7020 N. Main St., Harrison Township.

Temple Israel will host its annual Jewish Cultural Festival from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday, May 31. This year’s food vendors are Smoked on Chai Kosher BBQ from Columbus, Graeter’s Ice Cream, and Temple Israel’s bakery. Temple Israel volunteers will also sell hot dogs. The festival brings members of

The League of Women Voters of the Greater Dayton Area’s Julie Grunwald will be the guest speaker at Jewish War Veterans Post 587’s brunch at 10:30 a.m., Sunday, May 17 at Temple Beth Or. She’ll talk about the league’s history and the legacy of suffragists. The cost is $10; JWV

Look for Bark Mitzvah Boy each month in The Dayton Jewish Observer and at this site!   To read the complete May 2026 Dayton Jewish Observer, click here.