By Charlotte Jacobson, The Dayton Jewish Observer Stephanie and Jennifer Mutzman graduated from The Ohio State University on June 12: Stephanie from the Fischer School of Business majoring in marketing with a minor in design, Jennifer from the Graduate School with a master’s degree in education. They’re the daughters of

Returns to nursing home care, one of her ‘first loves’ By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer With more than 20 years of service to the Federation — most as director of nursing for Covenant House — Maryann Bernstein will return to the nursing home field on Aug. 1 when

By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer From Aug. 1 to July 31, 2012, Beth Jacob Congregation’s Rabbi Hillel Fox will take a sabbatical year in Israel with his wife, Chana, and their four youngest children. Fox, who has served the Traditional synagogue as its rabbi for 18 years, will

Krav maga martial arts classes now at Boonshoft CJCE Story and Photos By Jessica Montan, The Dayton Jewish Observer A dozen students, teenage to middle age, stood in groups of two: one ready to point a fake gun, the other ready to swiftly but simply disarm the pretend assailant. If

By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer In mid June, the board of Hillel Academy announced it had hired Kathy and Dan Mecoli to share the Jewish day school’s full-time administrative position. Dan has been named principal and Kathy the instructional leader of Hillel, which enters this school year using

Mitzvah projects bring to life timeless Jewish values By Michelle Tedford, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer By carefully choosing the blue glass of his artwork, Tobias Cebulash captured the white swirl of a storm cloud. In the brown, the wood grain of a ship’s hull. And in the navy

By Candace R. Kwiatek, The Dayton Jewish Observer In Neil Simon’s hilarious Broadway play The Odd Couple and its equally famous film and television series counterparts of the same name, the obsessively fastidious Felix and obnoxiously slovenly Oscar become roommates after their divorces. It doesn’t take long for the viewer

By Julie Wiener, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer A few weeks ago I attended a relatively small invitation-only gathering at the Upper West Side’s Congregation B’nai Jeshurun to discuss “Jewish identity, who is a Jew, membership in the Jewish community and outreach, in Israel and the Diaspora.” As you

And in tents. And on trails. And in forests. Although it may shatter stereotypes, there are plenty of Jews who take the opportunity to say goodbye to the city and venture into the wild. There they find the ideal setting to commune with friends and nature – and to also

By Rabbi Levi Simon, Chabad of Greater Dayton We have just celebrated Shavuot, the holiday that commemorates the giving of the Torah. In the Midrash, Rabbi Meir teaches that before the Holy One, Blessed Be He, gave the Torah to the Jewish nation, He asked them for a guarantor, one