Trauma therapist Miri Bar-Halpern — who with Jaclyn Wolfman coauthored the paper Traumatic invalidation in the Jewish community after Oct. 7 in the Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment in May — will keynote the Jewish Federation of Greater Dayton and its agencies’ annual meeting brunch, 11:30 a.m.,

If you’ve been dreaming of kosher barbecue — and at a family-friendly price — things are looking up. For its next Shabbat in the Park, PJ Library in partnership with Chabad of Greater Dayton will bring in Smoked on Chai Kosher BBQ food truck from Columbus, Friday, Aug. 22 from

Ohio’s Best Journalism Contest, sponsored by the Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Columbus Society of Professional Journalists chapters statewide, announced July 7 that Dayton Jewish Observer Editor and Publisher Marshall Weiss received its 2025 first-place award for Best Religion Reporting in its small newspaper category (circulation below 40,000), and named The Observer

The Dayton Jewish Observer received three Simon Rockower Awards for Excellence in Jewish Journalism at the American Jewish Press Association’s annual conference in Pittsburgh, June 23. Observer Editor and Publisher Marshall Weiss received the first-place award for excellence in news reporting by monthly newspapers and magazines for his coverage of

An interview with Dayton native Brian Horwitz By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Since Sunday, June 1, Brian Horwitz has given interviews to 20 news outlets including ABC, CNN, NewsNation, Scripps News, The Denver Post and the Dayton Daily News. The native Daytonian, who has lived in Denver for

Story and Photos by Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer “Whatever tactics you thought we threw at you before, you just wait for what the student movement has to offer. You just wait for the vengeance that we have,” said Laila Shaikh from University of Cincinnati’s Students for Justice in

An interview with Israel’s delegates to NATO’s Parliamentary Assembly Spring Session in Dayton. By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Member of Knesset Boaz Bismuth, formerly a veteran journalist and editor-in-chief of Israel Hayom, kept checking his smartphone for the latest news. The leaders of Canada, the United Kingdom, and

By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer With busloads of protesters from dozens of cities — including New York, Chicago, and Cleveland — and anti-Zionist students from at least nine large universities converging on Dayton this Sunday, Jewish Federation of Greater Dayton Security Director John Davis has a message for

Police: Opening manager first at the scene is Jewish By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Customers heading to lunch at Applebee’s Grill and Bar at 105 N. Springboro Pike in Miamisburg on Saturday, April 26 were met with a closed restaurant that had been vandalized with messages and symbols

Jewish day school first-year team takes first place for instant challenges at regional and state competitions By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Not only did Hillel Academy Jewish day school field its first Destination Imagination teams this year, its third through fifth grade team earned the top spot for