Vatican relations op-ed By Marshall Breger WASHINGTON — Last month, Pope Benedict XVI lifted the order of excommunication of four bishops associated with the priestly Society of Saint Pius X. One of those bishops, Richard Williamson, is a known Holocaust denier. After two weeks of intense Jewish and non-Jewish “shock

Yom Hashoah 2009 Cherie Rosenstein Local Holocaust survivor Cherie Rosenstein will share her story of survival, during the Dayton Area Yom Hashoah Observance, on Sunday, April 19 at 7:30 p.m. at Temple Beth Or. The entire community is welcome to this program — in remembrance of the victims of the

Yom Ha’atzmaut 2009 Ido Port and Alfred Molina in The Little Traitor This year’s community Yom Ha’atzmaut celebration will be held on Wednesday, April 29 from 5:30-9 p.m. at Temple Israel. In addition to food for purchase from Bernstein’s Fine Catering, carnival games, face painting, and craft activities for children,

Temple Beth Or expansion Rendering of Temple Beth Or with a new 8,500 square-foot social hall complex (L) and updated facade Despite capital campaign shortfall, Temple Beth Or to expand and renovate – with economies of scale By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Two years ago, the board of

Interview with Armond Budish Beachwood’s Armond Budish first Jew to hold position By Marilyn H. Karfeld, Cleveland Jewish News Pundits have called him “an ATM with legs” for his fund-raising prowess and “the second most powerful official in Ohio” for his political clout. Ohio House Speaker Armond Budish But on

By Rabbi Karen Bodney-Halasz, Temple Israel Rabbi Karen Bodney-Halasz Over the last 20 years or more, the Internet has made major contributions to the world as we know it, connecting nearly everyone to a world larger than we ever could have imagined. At the same time, the Jewish community also

Arranged feature Zoe Lister Jones (L) and Francis Benhamou star as fervently religious Jewish and Muslim women who forge a friendship in Arranged   Story of Jewish and Muslim arranged marriages opens film festival By Debra Nussbaum Cohen, The New York Jewish Week Devout Jews and Muslims in New York,

The Little Traitor review Film part of Israel Independence Day celebration Review By Michael Fox, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer There was a time, not so many years ago, when the British were the despised enemy that the Jews of Palestine fought with every means at their disposal. Ido

Blessed filmmaker comes to Dayton Documentary recreation of Hannah Senesh and her mother imprisoned by the Nazis   Filmmaker to attend Dayton premiere By Michael Fox, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer For generations of American Jews, an innocent, unformed teenager hiding in an attic in Amsterdam has personified the

Yiddish film Review by Michael Fox, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer What’s most striking about Yiddish Theater: A Love Story, Dan Katzir’s valuable documentary about a crucial week in the life of the last Yiddish stage company in New York, is its refusal to wallow in bathos. Filmmaker Dan