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Susan Nicole (Jacobs) Davis, age 50, of Dayton, passed away Dec. 13. Susan is survived by her beloved husband, Rich Davis; sons, Jake and Joey Davis; mother, Rachel Jacobs; brother and sister-in-law, Dr. Bradley Jacobs and Dr. Cassandra Milling Jacobs; sister and brother-in-law, Julie and Dr. Adam Waldman; and her

American Jewish Committee: ‘This type of incendiary language makes Jews less safe’ By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Ten minutes into his Sunday, Nov. 27 morning sermon at Anchor Baptist Church in Riverside, the congregation’s pastor, Mike Elliott, told churchgoers, “The Jews hate us. You do know that, right?

‘Evolving with the times,’ K-6 Jewish day school thrives with project-based learning By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer When Hillel Academy opened as Dayton’s first Jewish day school in September 1961 — with just a kindergarten — the little fanfare it garnered was in Dayton’s daily papers. Nothing about

Oxford Police Department: ‘No religious bias involved’ By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Three Miami University students who turned themselves in six days after vandalizing Hillel at Miami’s sukkah had their felony charges dropped down and were convicted of criminal damages, a second-degree misdemeanor, in Butler County Court on

By Hannah Kasper Levinson, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer Days after the final edits on his first novel, Sadness is a White Bird, Israeli American author Moriel Rothman-Zecher set out to create his next work of fiction. The discovery of a Yiddish poetry collection led to his new novel,

Some insider hacks ahead of their big day, Dec. 4 By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer It began with their entry in Chabad’s Kosher Brisket Cook-Off in April 2013. Members of Temple Beth Or decided to put together a team. “Heath Gilbert contacted a couple of us and said,

By Ari L. Noonan, Jewish Journal (Los Angeles) Simon Wiesenthal — history’s most successful pursuer of Nazis,who brought almost 1,100 criminals to justice — lives again in playwright and actor Tom Dugan’s talented hands. Dugan has been performing his one-person play, Wiesenthal, around the world since 2009. And last year,

ThinkTV and the Jewish Federation will present a panel discussion about the documentary The U.S. and the Holocaust, with local survivors Renate Frydman and Eleanor Hambury Must in person, and film co-creator Sarah Botstein and film advisor Rebecca Erbelding virtually, at 7 p.m., Monday, Dec. 5 in the Carney Auditorium

The Power of Stories Series Jewish Family Education with Candace R. Kwiatek, The Dayton Jewish Observer At the 2012 Diamond Jubilee celebration of Queen Elizabeth II, one ceremonial address was given by a representative of the Jewish community, Vivian Wineman. He included the traditional Jewish blessing, wishing her majesty well