Hillel Academy reboots, June 2011 By Rabbi Haviva Horvitz, Temple Beth Sholom, Middletown Rabbi Haviva Horvitz The clocks soon turn back; the leaves are changing from green to red, yellow and brown; the sweaters have been taken out of storage…so we build a hut and live outside for a week.

Rabbi shows dignity of Darfuris in refugee camps   Rabbi Abie Ingber at a Darfuri refugee camp in Chad   By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Rabbi Abie Ingber — who for 31 years served as rabbi for University of Cincinnati’s Hillel and is now director of interfaith community

Signed, sealed, delivered   Shmuel Gants, director-general of Haifa, (L) during a dinner at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force on Sept. 8 as part of the Dayton Region Israel Aerospace Mission. Also on the dais are (L to R) Dayton Development Coalition Pres. and CEO Jim Leftwich,

Ryterband Symposium 2009 Dr. Jon Levenson, professor of Jewish studies at Harvard Divinity School, will present two lectures on the theme Exploring Judaism, Christianity and Islam for the 31st Annual Ryterband Symposium, held this year on Monday, Oct. 26 at United Theological Seminary, 4501 Denlinger Road in Trotwood. Dr. Jon

Religion, October 2009 By Rabbi David Sofian, Temple Israel October 2009 Let me begin by wishing you a happy, healthy, and wonderful new year of 5770. Even though we have completed the period of cleansing teshuvah (return) and are now looking forward to all the possibilities the New Year holds,

Martinis with Marti, October 2009 Martinis with Marti opens fair, Martha Moody’s last as chair   By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish ObserverIt’s not often that a Jewish book fair has a bestselling author as its chairperson. Martha Moody This year, local novelist Martha Moody will complete her third and final

Style Observations, October 2009 Style Observations By Vicki Bernie Jean and Todd Bettman at Occasionally Yours at The Greene A few weeks ago, I spent a delightful morning sitting with Jean and Todd Bettman at a beautiful, European-style table in their shop. Sinatra, Streisand and other classic standards set the

Judaic scholarship at Miami Valley   The Miami Valley School’s first Sinai Scholars   Funders’ bi-monthly independent study open to all Jewish 9th & 10th graders By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Philanthropists Patti and Lee Schear have established a scholarship program to enroll more Jewish high school students

Ohio SPJ Awards 2009 In September, The Dayton Jewish Observer received two awards from the Ohio Society of Professional Journalists. Rabbi Bernard Barsky Winning the 2009 First Place Award for Best Religion Reporting was Rabbi Bernard Barsky of Beth Abraham Synagogue for the article Jewish Perspectives on Abortion in the

Interview with Esther Jungreis Esther Jungreis to give inspirational talk at Beth Jacob By Masada Siegel, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer October 2009 Esther Jungreis Esther Jungreis offers a simple message which comes from experiencing a complex life. Her father was chief rabbi of Szeged, Hungary, where she spent