Alysa Stanton profile By Sue Fishkoff, JTA Alysa Stanton isn’t particularly interested in being a standard-bearer. Alysa Stanton She’s proud to be black, proud to be a woman and proud to be a 45-year-old single mother who raises her adopted child on her own. And when she says that on

Shmuley on teen sex By Rabbi Shmuley Boteach Rabbi Shmuley Boteach A few weeks ago, Oprah featured two teenagers, all of 14 years old, who had decided they were going to progress their fledging relationship to full-on sex. The mother of the boy, hearing of her son’s plans, went to

Maurice Gordon obituary Partisan fighter Maurice Gordon with the Torah his family rescued Englewood resident Maurice Gordon, who served with the partisan resistance in the forests of Belarus during World War II, died on May 20 at his home. He was 78. Gordon and his family were among more than

Nancy Cohen profile The journey to Judaism of Temple Israel’s new president Nancy Cohen at Temple Israel. ‘I’ve always felt embraced, accepted, encouraged.’ By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer A few weeks into her role as president of the Dayton area’s oldest and largest Jewish congregation, Nancy Cohen sits

Student ID By Miriam Mogilevsky, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer BEAVERCREEK — In early May, the U.S. Department of Justice dropped a case against Steve Rosen and Keith Weissman, two former employees of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). The former staffers of the powerful pro-Israel lobby were

Grandparents Circle By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer After native Clevelanders Cheryl and Franklin Lewis retired from their jobs, they moved to Dayton in 2004 to be close to their daughter and her family. Their son-in-law isn’t Jewish and their four local grandchildren aren’t being raised as Jews. The

Hillel trip 09 By Marla Guggenheimer, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer Hillel Academy graduating eighth-graders at an Ethiopian absorption center in Israel during their class trip in April (L to R): Ari Vandersluis, Riley Jacobs, Tzvi Fox, and Marla Guggenheimer You can’t really know Israel until you experience it

Religion July 09 By Rabbi Nochum Mangel, Chabad of Greater Dayton The lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer have arrived. Time to do things that we don’t get a chance to do, or do enough of the rest of the year. Time to set aside a few days or a

Style Observations July 09 Iris Goldflies carries on her Aunt Candace’s business, Skin, An Apothecary, on Wayne Avenue in the Oregon District. Her skin-care products are made by hand, in batches, to keep them fresh. Style Observations By Vicki Bernie, The Dayton Jewish Observer It began with a quirky, inventive,

Perlman and Johnson Flutist Ariella Perlman, daughter of violinist Itzhak Perlman, and her husband, Robert Johnson, new principal horn player with the Dayton Philharmonic (shown here in Oakwood on June 21), will move to Dayton in August By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Only a week after their wedding,