Interview with Audrey MacKenzie Marshall Weiss The Dayton Jewish Observer DJCC’s new Early Childhood Services director glad to head preschool in Jewish environment Only 10 days into her new job, Audrey MacKenzie had to handle tasks that any manager would dread: staff layoffs and the closure of a service delivery

Klez at Cityfolk The Chicago Klezmer Ensemble featuring Brave Old World clarinetist Kurt Bjorling will perform at the Cityfolk Festival on Sunday, July 3 at 2 and 6:30 p.m. at the NCR Family Stage on St. Clair Street next to Memorial Hall. Founded by Bjorling in 1984, Chicago Klezmer has

On Wednesday, June 29 from 4-6 p.m. at the Dayton Art Institute, Mid-Atlantic States Israeli Consul General Uriel Palti will award Marinus Bosma and his late parents a medal and official certificate of honor from the Yad Vashem Institute in Israel, the Holocaust Martyrs and Heroes Remembrance Authority. Bosma, who

Partnership pairs Hillel Renate Frydman Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer   The Twinning Program of Partnership With Israel is a project of learning and understanding between the Moti Asher School in the Western Galilee in Israel and a number of schools in North America. Hillel Academy, the Miami Valley’s

Project Yitzhak Irvin Moscowitz Dayton Chair, Partnership With Israel               My wife Gayle and I were privileged to attend the Yitzhak International Arts Gathering in Acco, Israel last month. Project Yitzhak was developed by Professor Nurit Cedarbaum of the Western Galilee College as part

Righteous Gentile award Michelle Tedford Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer   Tipp City man, family honored for rescuing Jews during Holocaust                   Before he received the Righteous Gentile medal from the state of Israel, Marinus Bosma was unsure if he could

New curriculum at Temple Israel Marshall Weiss The Dayton Jewish Observer   This fall, students and teachers are in for a change at Temple Israel’s religious school. The Reform congregation will introduce a new curriculum developed by a parent committee over several months. The end result, they hope, is a

Hillel prepares for expanded preschool Marshall Weiss The Dayton Jewish Observer   On July 12, Hillel Academy learned that it had received its certificate of occupancy from Montgomery County to operate a preschool for children ages 30 months and over, clearing a major hurdle as it prepares to expand to

March of the Living Beverly Louis Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer   Never again will I utter the word camp and only think of the fun place children spend their summers. From Poland, I would travel to Israel to mark its Memorial Day and Independence Day. With several thousand

Adult Bat Mitzvah Marshall Weiss The Dayton Jewish Observer   After raising three children to have Bar and Bat Mitzvahs, Mary Rita Weissman decided it was her turn. Weissman — who became a Jew 25 years ago when she married her husband, Norm — chanted her Torah and Haftorah portions