Thomas Rosenberg, age 76 of Dayton, passed away June 12. Mr. Rosenberg was retired after many years of service at WPAFB. He was a proud veteran of the U.S. Army. He is survived by his beloved wife, Eva; devoted son, David; two nephews, Yehuda and Phillip Rosenberg; and cousin Note

By Dr. David M. Novick Both President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference 2011, which took place on May 22-24 in Washington, D.C. This was the largest AIPAC Policy Conference ever, with more than 10,000 delegates and 500-plus

By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer As of July, Cantor Joyce Dumtschin’s position at Temple Beth Or as full-time cantor will be eliminated and she will serve the congregation in the part-time job of music specialist. Temple Beth Or President David London initially announced the board’s decision in a

Fledgling liberal Jewish congregation in Germany receives Torah from Temple Israel By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer On June 5, Deborah Tal-Rüttger’s 10-year search for a kosher Torah scroll for her small, liberal Jewish congregation in Germany came to a grand conclusion at Temple Israel. The 161-year-old Reform Dayton

  Panoramic detection camera ‘way ahead’ of competition By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer On May 27, representatives of Adaptive Imaging Technologies of Haifa joined staff of STAN Solutions and IDCAST at Dayton’s Tech Town to demonstrate Adaptive’s new ResoLUT 77 Panoramic Camera. Adaptive developed the 160-degree high-resolution camera

Religion, June 2011 By Rabbi David Burstein, Temple Beth Or V’shinan’tam l’vanekha v’dibar’ta bam And you shall teach them diligently to your children, and you shall speak of them b’shiv’t’kha b’veitekha uv’lekh’t’kha vaderekh uv’shakh’b’kha uv’kumekha when you sit at home, and when you walk along the way, and when you

Joel Chasnoff interview, June 2011 By Cindy Sher, JUF News  CHICAGO — Many Jewish kids have Hebrew school teachers who make Israel come alive inside their classrooms. Joel Chasnoff Comedian Joel Chasnoff, originally from Evanston, was one such Jewish student. At Solomon Schechter Jewish Day School, back in the second

Jews in medieval England, June 2011 Dr. Miriamne Krummel New book by University of Dayton’s Miriamne Krummel shows Jews as objects of hate long after their official exile Crafting Jewishness in Medieval England: Legally Absent, Virtually Present by Miriamne Ara Krummel • Palgrave Macmillan • 243 Pages • $69.54 By

Deir al-Assad visit, June 2011 Students, chaperones and teachers from the Israeli-Arab village of Deir al-Assad visited Dayton April 9-23   By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer On April 19, 10 Israelis experienced their first Passover Seder: at Temple Beth Or in Dayton. Six middle school students from the

Hillel Academy reboots, 2011    With secular curriculum and principal from Miami Valley School, new Judaics program, tightened budget & reevaluation of all staff, Dayton’s Jewish day school steps up fight to survive   By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Facing the lowest enrollment since its fledgling years and