‘The rewards just can’t be taken away from you’ By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer A few weeks before the death of Beth Abraham Synagogue member Adele Tilson at age 89, Rabbi Bernard Barsky visited her in Columbus. “Adele was very, very frail,” Barsky says. “I could hardly hear

By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer In the summer of 1907, the murder of an 18-year-old Jewish woman in Dayton made the newspapers around the country and abroad. Anna Markowitz, her sister Bertha and their friend, Abraham Cohan, were walking home at night from the recreational park at the

Attorney says 20 percent of Nazi-plundered works still in circulation By Martha Moody Jacobs, Special To The Observer Attorney Raymond J. Dowd of New York is angry. Specifically, he is angry about art stolen from Jews by the Nazis. In his talk, Masterpieces and Mystery, which he presented on May

Between idealism and realism FDR and the Jews by Richard Breitman and Allan Lichtman    433 pages    Harvard Univ. Press    $29.95 Book Review By Martin Gottlieb Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer Strange thing about Franklin Roosevelt’s role in saving — or failing even to try to save — potential victims

By Rabbi Haviva Horvitz Temple Beth Sholom Middletown Please allow me to let you in on some behind-the-scenes information. Simply put, at the beginning of the “season,” all of the rabbis involved with writing articles for The Dayton Jewish Observer are sent an email with the list of due dates

Carol Pavlofsky, who raised more than $24 million for the Jewish Federation of Greater Dayton between 1979 and 1997, died at her home in Kettering on May 25. She was 84. A native Daytonian, Pavlofsky began her work with the Federation in 1977 when she was hired as membership director

The Jewish Family Identity Forum with Candace Kwiatek The Dayton Jewish Observer Bulging suitcases. Brand-new laptops. Sheet sets, storage containers, and a few childhood treasures adorned both bunks of the dorm room. After getting the basics in place, my niece’s parents gave her a hug, some words of encouragement, and

With Charlotte Golden, The Dayton Jewish Observer Rob Buerki, son of Bob and Leslie Buerki and grandson of the late Lester and Pearl Stein and Gail and Robert Buerki, graduated from the Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine. Rob will begin a residency in neurology at the University of Chicago.

The Jewish Internet with Mark Mietkiewicz Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer Last month we looked at the significance of Jewish names. Now, we look at choosing them. If you happen to be in the market for a name — or if you want to lend some advice to someone

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