Thanks to kindness of community, programs & services relocate for now, with little disruption. By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer When members of Beth Abraham Synagogue met for Shabbat services Saturday morning, Feb. 21, that week’s Torah portion spoke of God’s command that the Israelites build the Mishkan, a

Anschel at Dayton Art Institute March 15 By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer “From the first draft he sent me, I loved it. It just clicked,” Renate Frydman, the Miami Valley’s longtime champion of Holocaust education, says of playwright Michael London’s one-person play Anschel. It’s based on Frydman’s 2017

UCLA Prof. of Religion Simon J. Joseph will lead the 46th Annual Ryterband Symposium in Judaic Studies, with two programs Wednesday, March 11 at United Theological Seminary. Joseph specializes in early Judaism and Christian origins; he has published on topics including the emergence of the early Jesus tradition and its

Judith Raanan, who with her 17-year-old daughter, Natalie, were the first hostages Hamas released, Oct. 20, 2023, will share her story of survival, hope, and faith at Chabad’s Mega Challah/Babka Bake for women and girls, 7 p.m., Thursday, March 19. A dual U.S.-Israeli citizen who lives in Evanston, Ill., she

Temple Beth Or will present its Annual Corned Beef Lunch fundraiser 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 10. All orders must be preordered at templebethor.com/corned-beef. Lunch orders feature 1/3-pound Carnegie Deli corned beef or Mrs. Goldfarb’s Unreal Corned Beef (plant-based) on rye, with cole slaw, a pickle, brownie, and beverage for

‘To be a hostage does not define me’ By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer “I told myself that I’m a dead man. So every second, every minute, every hour, every day, it will be a gift. So that was my technique. And you never lose the hope. You cannot,”

Anti-Israel vandalism at her school led Ruth Glaser to start a Jewish Student Union there. She’s now a national Zionist youth activist. Interview by Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Ruth Glaser, 17, has a message for Dayton’s Jewish community. “There are people in the younger generation of Jews who

By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Ahmed Rehab, who regularly denigrates Jewish supporters of Israel on his social media, gave the keynote address at the MLK Dayton Inc. Celebration Banquet Jan. 19 at Carillon Historical Park. Rehab is executive director of Chicago’s Council on American-Islamic Relations chapter as well

Culinary historian Michael Twitty will deliver the keynote for University of Dayton’s Food & Culture Festival. He’ll talk about the history, myths, and controversies surrounding Southern food, race, and identity, at 5:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 5 at the Roger Glass Center for the Arts. The full festival, presented by UD’s

By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Beginning with the 2026-27 school year, Hillel Academy of Greater Dayton will have a new home. In January, the Jewish day school signed a contract with Temple Beth Or in Washington Township to lease space in the Reform congregation’s building. Since 2010, Hillel