By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer University of Dayton Religious Studies Assistant Prof. Abraham Rubin’s first book release brought him to New York for a Feb. 3 lecture at the Center for Jewish History sponsored by the Leo Baeck Institute for the Study of German-Jewish History and Culture. In

Prof. Robert Alter, noted for his translation of the Hebrew Bible among his more than 20 books of criticism, translation, and commentary, will present two lectures about the Hebrew Bible for the 45th Ryterband Symposium in Judaic Studies, at Wright State University, Wednesday, March 26. At 4 p.m., he’ll discuss

University of Cincinnati Associate Prof. and Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati Chair in Judaic Studies Jennifer Caplan will present the talk, No Joke: Jewish Humor and the Survival of American Judaism, at 5 p.m., Monday, March 3, at University of Dayton’s Sears Recital Hall in the Jesse Philips Humanities Center. A

Temple Beth Or kicks off its 40th anniversary year of celebrations Jan. 31-Feb. 1 with a guest cantor for Shabbat and a Jewish game show with dinner. Shabbat service & gala Oneg, Jan. 31 Cantor Rosalie Will, lead consultant for the Union for Reform Judaism on music- and worship-related issues,

‘We were all young, we all grew up together’ By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer “Oh, I remember it vividly,” Rabbi Judy Chessin says of Temple Beth Or’s first Friday night Shabbat service, Jan. 25, 1985. In the worst snowstorm of that winter, more than 100 people came out

By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Thanks to an anonymous donor’s matching gift of $450,000, the Jewish Cemeteries of Greater Dayton project has the potential to raise $900,000 over the next two and a half years. With the $3 million Jewish Cemeteries has already raised, that would easily put

Temple Israel and Omega Baptist Church will hold their 30th pulpit exchange over MLK weekend. The tradition began in 1994 with Rabbi P. Irving Bloom and Pastor Daryl Ward when Omega Baptist purchased Temple Israel’s building on Emerson Avenue and Temple Israel moved to Riverside Drive. Pastor Joshua Ward will

By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer With two Wright State University uniformed security officers standing visibly at the entrance of the Student Union’s Apollo Room, about 50 students attended the Palestine Diaspora Movement’s Resistance 101 Community Teach-In, Nov. 20, hosted by the university’s Muslim Student Association. The Palestine Diaspora

Members vote for synagogue to become Modern Orthodox and to affiliate with Orthodox Union By Marshall Weiss, The Observer As of Nov. 10, Beth Jacob Congregation now identifies as a Modern Orthodox synagogue, with separate seating for men and women on either side of a mechitzah (physical divider). That was

By Marshall Weiss, The Observer Boston-based attorney Doug Hauer says he and his spouse of 30 years, Jack, were “100-percent destroyed” when Jack’s family in Israel called them at 4 in the morning, Oct. 7, 2023. “His entire family is in Israel,” says Doug, who was born and raised in