Bert Brant obituary By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Bertram Brant Bertram Brant, who served as the first director of Covenant House, from 1972 to 1982, died Oct. 17 at the age of 92. His career in Jewish communal service spanned 35 years. The Jewish Federation of Greater Dayton

Kopmar in recital 09 Cantor Jerome B. Kopmar Jerome B. Kopmar, who served as cantor of Beth Abraham Synagogue from 1969-1996, will present a recital at the synagogue on Sunday, Feb. 15 at 7:30 p.m. The concert will feature works by Brahms, Handel, Schubert, Schumann and Verdi. “I’m also doing

Children of the Bible Series Jewish Family Identity Forum By Candace R. Kwiatek, The Dayton Jewish Observer Open our family’s Friday evening photo album and you would see dinner at the dining room table with a tablecloth and candles. Wine and blessings. Two challot. Birkat hamazon — the blessing after

By JTA Staff JERUSALEM (JTA) — Four months ago, shortly after appearing to make it to the top of the Israeli political pyramid, Tzipi Livni stumbled. Ehud Olmert had resigned as prime minister and Livni had won the Kadima primary election, but she was having trouble assembling a coalition government.

DJCC 100 percent rating DJCC Dir. of Early Childhood Services Audrey MacKenzie On Feb. 11, Dayton Jewish Community Center Director Cheryl Carne announced that the DJCC’s early childhood services program received a 100-percent rating during an unannounced visit by Ohio’s early childhood licensing bureau. The Ohio Department of Job and

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

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

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,

Coping with Canavan By Marshall Weiss The Dayton Jewish Observer Children of mixed marriages can still inherit genetic diseases most commonly associated with Ashkenazi Jews The first thing you notice about Brooklyn Van Skoyck is how beautiful her eyes are. The second thing you notice is how loved the 4-year-old

Gutmann’s escape from Nazi Germany By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Max Gutmann Max Gutmann, retired chairman and chief executive officer of Elder-Beerman Stores Corp., passed away on March 26 in Hilton Head, S.C. at the age of 86.In the fall of 1999, as he was preparing to dedicate