By Marshall Weiss, Editor and Publisher The Dayton Jewish Observer The breadth and depth of the Dayton area’s offerings to commemorate the Holocaust this year rival those of the largest cities in America. When details about these programs started to trickle in here, I began to wonder: In our small

By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer From 1941 to 1945, nearly 15,000 Jewish children were sent to Terezin, the Nazis “camp-ghetto” near Prague in Czechoslovakia. From there, ninety percent of them were slaughtered in death camps. Though conditions at this transit and labor camp were harsh, artistic expression flourished

Other Son conjures dream of peaceful coexistence Review by Michael Fox, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer The goal of most films about Israelis and Palestinians — narrative features as well as documentaries — is to combat the real-world demonization and fear of the “enemy” by humanizing the other side.

Sinclair Holocaust Remembrance Survivor Samuel Heider will deliver the keynote speech for Sinclair Community College’s Holocaust Remembrance 2013, on Thursday, April 4 at 12:30 p.m. in Room 14130, Building 14. Heider was the only member of his family not killed in the Holocaust. Among the concentration camps he survived were

Child rearing by our values Jewish Family Identity Forum By Candace R. Kwiatek, The Dayton Jewish Observer For my son’s 7th birthday, I videotaped the party attendees as they reenacted his favorite adventure book My Father’s Dragon. Then, while the eight boys all ate cake and ice cream, they cracked

By Rabbi Nochum Mangel, Chabad of Greater Dayton The Torah teaches that at the beginning of Passover, the Israelites should harvest an Omer (a certain amount) of the newly ripened barley and bring it as an offering of thanksgiving to the Temple in Jerusalem. Following that, they were to count

With Charlotte Golden, The Dayton Jewish Observer Brent Gutmann has been named the new rabbi of Beth Sholom Progressive Jewish Congregation of Auckland, New Zealand. Brent will be ordained as a rabbi on June 8 at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati. Brent and his wife, Jill, and

  Look for The Adventures of Bark Mitzvah Boy each month in The Observer and at this site.

Less overt controversy, more complex undercurrents By Dr. David Novick The 13,000 pro-Israel activists who attended the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference in Washington, D.C. March 3-5 heard harmonious speeches at plenary sessions from Vice President Joe Biden, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and others. But in

The Jewish Internet By Mark Mietkiewicz, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer Israel is turning 65 and with Yom Ha’atzmaut around the corner, it’s the perfect time to celebrate with some made-in-Israel apps that share the best the country has to offer. Here’s a selection, most of which you can