By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer With the recent hiring of three Judaic scholars in our region, we introduce you to them here. They are Jenny Caplan, Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati Chair in Judaic Studies at University of Cincinnati; Elliot Ratzman, chair in Jewish studies and visiting assistant professor

Seeds project offers $500 a year for K-12 Jewish student experiences By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Beginning Jan. 3, the Jewish Federation of Greater Dayton will offer each Jewish student in the Miami Valley from kindergarten through 12th grade a $500 annual subsidy toward Jewish programs locally or

By Marc Katz, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer Native Daytonian Justin Hollander was already 29 years old in 2008 and three-plus years into a law career when he took a tedious, low-paying, entry-level job as a “stat stringer” at San Diego Padres games. During home games, he sat next

Omega Baptist Church and Temple Israel will host their annual MLK Weekend pulpit exchange Jan. 13 and 15. The Rev. Joshua D. Ward will deliver the sermon at Temple Israel’s Shabbat service at 6:30 p.m., Friday, Jan. 13. Temple Israel is located at 130 Riverside Dr., Dayton. Rabbi Karen Bodney-Halasz

American Jewish Committee: ‘This type of incendiary language makes Jews less safe’ By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Ten minutes into his Sunday, Nov. 27 morning sermon at Anchor Baptist Church in Riverside, the congregation’s pastor, Mike Elliott, told churchgoers, “The Jews hate us. You do know that, right?

‘Evolving with the times,’ K-6 Jewish day school thrives with project-based learning By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer When Hillel Academy opened as Dayton’s first Jewish day school in September 1961 — with just a kindergarten — the little fanfare it garnered was in Dayton’s daily papers. Nothing about

ThinkTV and the Jewish Federation will present a panel discussion about the documentary The U.S. and the Holocaust, with local survivors Renate Frydman and Eleanor Hambury Must in person, and film co-creator Sarah Botstein and film advisor Rebecca Erbelding virtually, at 7 p.m., Monday, Dec. 5 in the Carney Auditorium

By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer The call came Wednesday, Sept. 21, four days before the beginning of Rosh Hashanah. “Can you cross on Thursday?” Beth Abraham Synagogue President Scott Liberman asked Rabbi Aubrey L. Glazer. “We’re packing up right now,” the rabbi said. He and his wife, Elyssa

The photography and written narratives of 31 Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the United States, Hungary, and Israel ranging in ages from high school students to older adults are on exhibit at Dayton’s International Peace Museum, Nov. 3 through Dec. 17. Entitled Coming-of-Age: Photographs and Stories from Teens to Lifelong

Stories of Jewish Dayton by Dayton Jewish Observer Editor and Publisher Marshall Weiss has received Religion News Association’s 2022 second-place award for Excellence in Nonfiction Religion Books. An RNA Awards competition judge commented on the book, “In telling the stories of Jewish Dayton, Ohio, Marshall Weiss twists the old canard