Seth’s Big Fat Broadway, January 2011   Seth Rudetsky Sirius XM Radio host/performer/musician/ writer kibitzes about showbiz happenings By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer He’s a host with Sirius XM’s On Broadway channel seven days a week. He’s played piano for more than a dozen Broadway shows including Wicked,

The Ten Commandments: A series Jewish Family Identity Forum By Candace R. Kwiatek, The Dayton Jewish Observer, December 2010 In one of my favorite family stories, my husband managed to tame the “greed monster.” We were carting our young children through the grocery store, to their usual chants of “I

‘Deux’ for Legion of Honor, December 2010 By Renate Frydman, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer WWII vet Gil Unger lights a candle at the Yom Hashoah Observance, April 11, 2010, to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration and labor camps Two members of the

Beth Jacob to vote, December 2010 Beth Jacob Synagogue The question of whether Beth Jacob and Beth Abraham synagogues will merge will likely be decided on Dec. 8, when Beth Jacob’s congregants are scheduled to vote on the issue. In October, members of Beth Abraham Synagogue voted in favor of

Sar-El, December 2010 By Ralph Bernstein, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer Ralph Bernstein (standing, far R), with a group of Sar-El volunteers It all came about courtesy of my cousin in Montreal. He called and asked if I wanted to join him in Israel for a three-week tour of

Religion, December 2010   Rabbi David Burstein By Rabbi David Burstein, Temple Beth Or The days are getting darker, the nights longer and we search for light. Our search leads us to gather as a community around the flames of tradition. This month we will gather as Jews to celebrate

Eight nights of reading, December 2010 By Tova Stabin, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer For preschoolers A Chanukah Present For: Me! by Lily Karr, illustrated by Jill McDonald. Scholastic. $6.99. A book designed to have the look and feel of a sparkling wrapped gift. Inside are the basics about

Kashrut at Covenant House, October 2010 Faced with a significant increase in Ohio’s bed taxes, declining Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements, and the absence of residents who require kosher meals, Covenant House will provide kosher meals on an as-needed basis beginning Oct. 4. On Aug. 25, the board of the Jewish

Fed Admin Move, October 2010 By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Boonshoft CJCE On Aug. 25, the Jewish Federation board voted unanimously to relocate the Federation’s administrative offices to the Boonshoft Center for Jewish Culture and Education in Centerville. Since the sale of the Jesse Philips Building and Jewish

Interview with Geraldine Brooks, October 2010 Geraldine Brooks to receive 2010 Dayton Literary Peace Prize Lifetime Achievement Award By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer For Pulitzer Prize-winning author Geraldine Brooks, her visit to Dayton on Nov. 7 will be a homecoming. In the early 1980s she was a Cleveland-based