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Linda Ohlmann Kahn and Lori Ohlmann sold the 75-year-old Ohlmann Group marketing/communications agency in October to David Bowman and Jenny Michael, who are now its co-CEOs. Linda and Lori stay on as members of the Ohlmann Group board: Linda as board chair and vice president of media services, Lori as
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Mendel Mangel, son of Devorah and Rabbi Nochum Mangel, has received his rabbinic ordination through Chabad’s Machon Limud Halacha Lemaan Yilmedu program. Orthopaedic surgeon Dr. Marc Lubitz is now practicing with Beacon Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine in Miamisburg. Born and raised in Cincinnati, Marc graduated from Wright State University’s
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Wittenberg University has hired Darren Hertz as its new men’s basketball head coach. The Miami, Fla. native served as an assistant coach at the University of Dayton since 2017 and brings with him 25-plus years of experience as a college men’s basketball coach, including 19 seasons at his alma mater,
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Meredith Moss Levinson surprised her brother, Israeli Judaica artist David Moss, when she attended the National Library of Israel’s ceremony in Jerusalem Aug. 6 announcing it had received the original Moss Haggadah illuminated manuscript from donors Trudy Elbaum Gottesman and Robert Gottesman. In June, the Gottesmans purchased the Moss Haggadah
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Beavercreek’s library has a new name: on June 21 it was renamed the Carol Graff Beavercreek Library in honor of the city’s former mayor and current Greene County Public Library president. Carol has served for 19 years on the board of the county’s public library system, seven of them as
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To celebrate Rabbi Samuel Fox’s 100th birthday, he and his wife of 72 years, Miriam, their children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren met with Israeli President Isaac Herzog May 20 at the Presidential Residence in Jerusalem. Rabbi Samuel Fox served as Beth Jacob Congregation’s rabbi from 1955 until his retirement in 1995.
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Daniel Kahn, son of Neil and Gina Kahn, has graduated from Sinclair College. He was awarded two Associate Degrees of Applied Science: one in automation and control technology with robotics, the other in electro-mechanical engineering technology. Daniel plans to use his degrees working for a manufacturing concern. Danielle
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Dancers with DCDC2 performed a newly-commissioned work, When Dance Transcends Barriers, April 7 at Beth Jacob Congregation. Funded by a Jewish Federation of Greater Dayton Innovation Grant, the piece celebrates the legacies of DCDC founder Jeraldyne Blunden, and her mentors, Dayton Ballet founders Josephine and Hermene Schwarz. Blunden’s daughter, DCDC
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Anna Smith, who began Hillel Academy of Greater Dayton’s 2023-24 school year as its interim principal, has been named the Jewish day school’s principal. Anna received her doctorate in educational leadership from Northeastern University and a graduate certificate in Jewish education leadership from Hebrew College. She has taught at Hillel
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Josh Alpert, Dayton BBYO city director, has been nominated by the chapter’s teens for the David Bittker Unsung Hero Award, an award presented annually by the international BBYO organization to an outstanding adviser who demonstrates integrity, humility, dedication, and hard work. Josh not only serves the area’s Jewish teens; he’s