Newly retired after 25 years as head of Family Services, Dayton, Bonnie Parish now accepting appointments. By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer When Bonnie Parish retired in June from Family Services, Dayton, Ohio after 25 years as its executive director, she wanted to return to her roots in clinical

‘The next generation isn’t coming along…No one else is stepping up.’ By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer At Jewish War Veterans Dayton Post 587’s brunch on May 17, Commander Alex Pearl announced the executive board had decided to disband the post. The gathering marked its final program. “The next

Three 20-year-old Israeli Arabs from the Galilee region visited Dayton for a week in June. It was the culmination of a program for Israeli Arab students in the Galilee that volunteers here have led. Dr. Marti Moody Jacobs began the summer English camp project there in 2007 and since 2012,

Dayton native Andrew Flagel, president and CEO of the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area, will present the keynote, A Jewish Perspective on Higher Education in the U.S., at the Jewish Federation of Greater Dayton and its agencies annual meeting, 11:30 a.m., Sunday, Aug. 16 at the Boonshoft

Hadassah Dayton will host a tea in honor of its centennial, 2 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 9. Guest speaker Natalie Silverman of Springfield, Ill. will discuss the history of youth in Hadassah and roles/programs today and in the future; she is a Youth Aliyah Team member. The event is $18 and

An interview with outgoing Dayton Children’s President & CEO Deborah A. Feldman By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer After 14 years as president and CEO of Dayton Children’s Hospital, Deborah A. Feldman retires June 30. She came into the role after 30 years with Montgomery County, the last 16

3-year project includes predecessor local Jewish papers, back to 1944 By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Thanks to funding from the Jewish Federation of Greater Dayton, the full 30-year run of The Dayton Jewish Observer to date and the complete runs of the Dayton Jewish Chronicle (1958-1995) and Jewish

Playwright Michael London presents two readings of his new play, Those English Girls — 6:30 p.m., Thursday, June 25 at Wright Memorial Public Library in Oakwood, and 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, July 1 at the Boonshoft Center for Jewish Culture and Education in Centerville. Through their love of attending operas in

Only a month after President Julie Liss-Katz announced the launch of a special $300,000 campaign at Beth Abraham’s annual meeting May 13, the congregation had already raised $258,600, with 100% board participation. Liss-Katz said the campaign bridges the gap between insurance coverage and restoration needs from the Feb. 19 sprinkler

By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Peter H. Wells, who served as executive vice president of the Jewish Federation of Greater Dayton from 1978 until his retirement in 2005, died June 3 in Indiana. He was 86. He and his wife, Joan, had recently moved from Sarasota, Fla. to