September 2009 By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Film series begins Selichot weekend at Beth Abraham Film maven Rabbi Azriel Fellner will kick off Beth Abraham Synagogue’s new film series, screening three vintage movies over Selichot weekend, Sept. 11 through 13. Fellner, who served for 18 years as rabbi

Kroger expands kosher   Part of the more than 48 feet of dry kosher groceries available at the new Kroger Fresh Fare on Stroop Road By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer The opening of Kroger’s upscale Fresh Fare market at 530 E. Stroop Road in Kettering on July 30

Berlin 2009   Gertrude Kahn at Berlin’s Kindertransport monument. Kahn was rescued from the Holocaust at age 14 through the Kindertransport program.   By Robert B. Kahn, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer When Gertrude and I were seated in our plane on the way to Berlin, we wondered whether

Tarantino movie   Brad Pitt in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds By Simcha Weinstein, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer Alternative history is a genre with a long pedigree, especially in the realm of science fiction. After all, who can resist wondering, “What if…?” The epic saga of the Second World

Bar/Bat Mitzvah 2009 By Rabbi Judy Chessin, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer “There are stars whose radiance is visible on earth though they have long been extinct. There are people whose brilliance continues to light the world though they are no longer among the living. These lights are particularly

Religion, August 2009 By Rabbi Levi Simon, Chabad of Greater Dayton On July 30, corresponding to the 9th of the Hebrew month of Av, is a special day known as Tisha B’Av. It is the culmination of a three-week period of mourning, beginning with the fast of the 17th of

By Shel Bassel, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer The recitation of the Kaddish by mourners has come to be perhaps the single most important reason found by many to attend shul. Oddly, most of those people don’t know why the Kaddish is so important nor what it means. The

Perlman and Johnson   Flutist Ariella Perlman, daughter of violinist Itzhak Perlman, and her husband, Robert Johnson, new principal horn player with the Dayton Philharmonic (shown here in Oakwood on June 21), will move to Dayton in August   By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Only a week after

Grandparents Circle By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer After native Clevelanders Cheryl and Franklin Lewis retired from their jobs, they moved to Dayton in 2004 to be close to their daughter and her family. Their son-in-law isn’t Jewish and their four local grandchildren aren’t being raised as Jews. The

Hillel trip 09 By Marla Guggenheimer, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer Hillel Academy graduating eighth-graders at an Ethiopian absorption center in Israel during their class trip in April (L to R): Ari Vandersluis, Riley Jacobs, Tzvi Fox, and Marla Guggenheimer You can’t really know Israel until you experience it