January Holocaust commemoration By Rabbi Judy Chessin, Temple Beth Or & Chair, Dayton Synagogue Forum  January 2010 Rabbi Judy Chessin While we in the United States are accustomed to memorializing the Holocaust in the spring, between Passover and Israeli Independence Day, many of our European neighbors observe the International Holocaust

An article for Jewish mothers to show their sons By Steve Hofstetter, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer, January 2010 I have spent the better part of the last four years convincing my parents that I don’t need to marry a Jewish girl. Turns out I was wrong. It’s not

Custom of tenaim makes smashing comeback By Ozzie Nogg, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer, January 2010 Under the heading of Jewish wedding customs, one could say everything old is new again. Here’s proof. According to numerous how-to-plan-your-Jewish-wedding Web sites, modern couples have resurrected tenaim (a 12th-century Ashkenazi tradition) and

By Joan Friedman, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer, January 2010 According to the Talmud, Rav Yehuda taught that 40 days before a male child is conceived, a voice from heaven announces whose daughter he is going to marry; therefore, it is literally a match made in heaven. In Yiddish,

Difficult relatives By Toby Klein Greenwald, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer, January 2010 Once there was a bride who was upset because her sister-in-law didn’t congratulate her at her wedding. When she confronted her on the issue later, the sister-in-law said, by way of apology, “Really? I didn’t even

His girlfriend got the ring. So why no ring (or even a Tweet) to his mother? By Jeanette Friedman, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer, January 2010 NEW MILFORD, N.J. — With three daughters, it’s a new experience to become the mom of the groom. Especially such a groom. It

Ready, set, personalize Special touches bring even more meaning to the big day By Toby Klein Greenwald, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer, January 2010 Every family wants the wedding of their child or sibling to be memorable, a wedding that relatives and friends will talk about for years to

Can do Dayton area flooded the food company’s Facebook page with fans in online promotion By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer, February 2010 When a representative of the Manischewitz kosher food company e-mailed the Jewish Federation on Jan. 13 that its food pantry had won 500 cans of soup,

TBO makeover dedication   Temple Beth Or with its new social hall (L) and facade   By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer, March 2009 With its expansion, new facade and classroom renovations completed on target in December, Temple Beth Or in Washington Township is ready to open its doors

Folksbiene The oldest, only surviving professional Yiddish theatre company in the U.S., the Folksbiene brings its traveling show to Dayton By Masada Siegel, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer, March 2010 Where would American humor be without Yiddish, with words such as meshugah and shlemiel peppering dialogue in films and