By Brian Fishbach, Jewish Journal (Los Angeles) On Oct. 7, 2023, Jonah Platt was rehearsing for the West Coast premiere of the play The Engagement Party at the Geffen Playhouse in Westwood. It’s a play about a friendly gathering that devolves into a slew of accusations over a missing engagement

Temple Israel will host its annual Jewish Cultural Festival from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday, May 31. This year’s food vendors are Smoked on Chai Kosher BBQ from Columbus, Graeter’s Ice Cream, and Temple Israel’s bakery. Temple Israel volunteers will also sell hot dogs. The festival brings members of

The League of Women Voters of the Greater Dayton Area’s Julie Grunwald will be the guest speaker at Jewish War Veterans Post 587’s brunch at 10:30 a.m., Sunday, May 17 at Temple Beth Or. She’ll talk about the league’s history and the legacy of suffragists. The cost is $10; JWV

The same day members of the Wright State University community saw the message “KILL BIBI” painted on the campus rock, the administration painted over it. Bibi is Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s nickname. One Wright State student emailed a photo of the rock with that message to The Observer after

Miami Valley Jewish Genealogy & History, a project of the Jewish Federation, will cohost two programs to help Jewish genealogy researchers at all levels. In partnership with the newly revived Greater Cincinnati Jewish Genealogical Society, Miami Valley JG&H will cosponsor its inaugural event, Ancestry Meets AI: Tracing Your Roots Using

ThinkTV and PBS, in partnership with the Jewish Federation of Greater Dayton and Miami Valley Urban League, will present an edited screening of Henry Louis Gates Jr.’s new documentary series, Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History, 6 p.m., Wednesday, April 29 at The Tank at the Dayton Arcade. Following

Ira Sheskin’s new estimate of about 7,000, up from 4,000 in 2023, reflects more extensive research rather than Jewish population growth. By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer There are more of us here than we thought. Significant funding for a national study on the number of Jews in all

One Survivor’s Story is the theme of this year’s Greater Dayton Yom Hashoah Remembrance, with programs for children, teens, and adults on Sunday afternoon, April 19 at Temple Israel, 130 Riverside Dr., Dayton. Holocaust survivors Felix Garfunkel and Larry Katz will participate in a community conversation facilitated by Beverly Farnbacher

The Hashayara ensemble from Israel’s Galilee will perform and Cincinnati-based Israeli Sapir Madar Coulson will prepare a kosher Israeli/Moroccan dinner for Celebrate Israel at 78, Wednesday, April 22 at the Boonshoft Center for Jewish Culture and Education. Doors open at 5:45 p.m. with dinner at 6 p.m. and the concert

JCC Executive Director Marc Jacob informed parents March 2 that Preschool Director Katie Lagasse has stepped away from her job. “She has been dealing with several medical issues,” Jacob wrote of Lagasse in his email. “Unfortunately, because of these issues, Katie has made the very difficult decision to leave her