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

Aluminum Show With acrobatics, dance and puppetry, Israel’s Aluminum Show at Victoria for two weeks in March       By Masada Siegel, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer, February 2010 Sometimes inspiration falls right at your feet. Just ask Ilan Azriel, creator of The Aluminum Show. After a successful

Religion, March 2010 By Rabbi Janice Garfunkel, Temple Sholom, Springfield, March 2010 Rabbi Janice Garfunkel What does Judaism teach us about anger? Woody Allen’s movies famously captured the stereotype of loud, boisterous Jewish families who expressed all their voluble emotions — easy to yell, easy to hug. He contrasted this

Yom Hashoah 2010 Rabbi Abie Ingber at a Darfuri refugee camp in Chad Let’s stop history from repeating itself is the theme of this year’s Dayton Area Yom Hashoah Observance: A Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Holocaust, on Sunday, April 11 at 7 p.m. at Temple Israel,

Passover 2010 The season of our freedom By Rabbi Bernard Barsky, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer Rabbi Barnard Barsky The Passover of my youth is well-documented in a home movie my father made in 1949 when I was 4 years old. The entire extended family is gathered at Aunt

2010 Film Festival: Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg! Director to attend screening at The Greene Review by Ron Kaplan, New Jersey Jewish News Gertrude Berg wrote more than 12,000 scripts during her career Before there was Lucille Ball, before there was Oprah, Gertrude Berg was the foremost female media personality in America.

Lemon Tree review, 2010 Film Festival Review by Michael Fox, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer Hiam Abbass in Lemon Tree Israeli director Eran Riklis’ complex, compassionate and deeply sobering Lemon Tree leaves moviegoers with a plethora of themes to talk and think about, but let’s single one out in

2010 Film Festival: Secrets review Review By Michael Fox, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer Scene from The Secrets Veteran Israeli director Avi Nesher is an uncommonly ambitious and fearless filmmaker. His latest film, The Secrets, calmly broaches as many taboos as it can. A gripping and occasionally melodramatic argument

Hadassah fashion show 2010 Hadassah will present its annual fashion show, luncheon and silent auction on Sunday, June 13 at Beth Jacob Congregation. The silent auction, which begins at 10:45 a.m., will include a Nutter Center Luxury Suite for a Raiders’ basketball game, a package from Five Seasons, gift cards