Temple Israel and Omega Baptist Church will join together for their annual pulpit exchange over MLK weekend. Pastor Joshua Ward will deliver the sermon at Temple Israel’s Shabbat service, 6:30 p.m., Friday, Jan. 12. An Oneg reception will follow the service. Rabbi Karen Bodney-Halasz will deliver the sermon at Omega

By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Bethel Local Schools Superintendent Matthew W. Chrispin informed families with children in the school district via a Dec. 4 letter that the district is “actively investigating the details” of “controversial posts shared by one of our employees on their personal social media platform.”

Miami Valley Jews reflect on record-breaking pro-Israel march Nov. 14 in Washington By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Actor Tovah Feldshuh opened the Nov. 14 March for Israel in Washington, D.C. with an impression of Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, whom she has famously portrayed on stage. Feldshuh told

By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer When Rabbi Nissen Mangel was 10 years old, he made it out of Auschwitz alive. He made it past the “Angel of Death,” Dr. Josef Mengele. He survived the brutal death march in January 1945 just before liberation. None of his other relatives

By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Area law enforcement keeps watchful eye on potential threats Members of the Jewish community received a briefing about the current threat landscape, actions to protect the Jewish community, what the Jewish community can do to help the FBI and local law enforcement, and

‘For me, it’s very real and very personal.’ By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Martin Fletcher says he’s been to Gaza at least 50-60 times and to the West Bank a hundred times or more as a journalist. He was NBC’s Israel correspondent for 26 years until his retirement

The Observer has heard from area residents who have been affected by the Israel-Hamas War and from Israelis with close ties to the Miami Valley. We share some of those stories here. Through a child’s eyes Just a few Jewish families have children enrolled at a public elementary school in

Federation president urges local Jews to help the Jewish state through the crisis of Hamas’ massacre and war. By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Three days after the brutal Hamas massacre that left 1,400 mostly civilian Israelis dead, thousands wounded, and more than 220 captive, members of the Miami

University of Dayton English Prof. Miriamne Krummel will present remarks on the Language of Loss as part of the university’s annual Kristallnacht Remembrance, 5 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 9 at the Immaculate Conception Chapel. Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass — Nov. 9 and 10, 1938 in Nazi Germany — is

Hillel Academy of Greater Dayton will host a bourbon tasting, 7:30 to 10 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 18 at Top of the Market as a fundraiser for the Jewish day school. Cincinnati’s Rabbi Drew Kaplan, founder and publisher of jewishdrinking.com, will talk about drinking in Jewish wisdom, history, and tradition. The