Kosher meals at DJCC camp Marshall Weiss The Dayton Jewish Observer   Funding is result of McDonald’s lawsuit In April, the national JCC Association notified the Dayton Jewish Community Center that its summer camp was awarded a $5,000 grant to provide campers with hot, kosher meals. The lunches will be

Bar Mitzvahs Michelle Tedford Special To The Observer   When Michael Sherbet tried to read, eachlinebecamearun-onwithoutspaces. His brain filtered out and discarded the spaces between words that are key to cognition. And although the fourth-grader couldn’t read, he was smart. He compiled strategies to get by: look at the first

Mitzvah projects Martha Moody Jacobs Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer Bar and Bat Mitzvah announcements in The Observer often mention celebrants’ “mitzvah projects”— good deeds done in concert with a young person’s being called to the Torah. Mitzvah projects take on dimensions as unique as the interests and concerns

Bar/Bat Celebrations Martha Moody Jacobs Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer What’s the latest in Bar or Bat Mitzvah celebrations? Local caterer Steve Bernstein has an answer: “edible spoons.” Of course, there’s more to making a celebration than the spoons, edible or otherwise. Event planner Stephanie Via-Hagar of Entertainment Unlimited

BA capital campaign Marshall Weiss The Dayton Jewish Observer Congregation halfway toward goal for Oakwood synagogue In July, Beth Abraham Synagogue Capital Campaign Chairs Renate Frydman and Bernie Rabinowitz announced that the congregation was launching the public phase of its $7 million campaign for its planned Oakwood site — with

Beth Jacob concert Marshall Weiss The Dayton Jewish Observer The evening of Sunday, Aug. 13 will have special meaning for Beth Jacob Congregation’s Cantor Jason Green. The cantor, who began his work with Beth Jacob in the spring of 2005, will present a concert of Jewish music alongside the mentors

Area Fulbrights Marshall Weiss The Dayton Jewish Observer Among the 1,200 U.S. citizens who will travel abroad for the 2006-07 academic year with Fulbright Student Scholarships are two members of the Miami Valley’s Jewish community. Jill Abromowitz of Clayton and Jay Rothman of Yellow Springs have been awarded Fulbrights, the

Profile of Debby Goldenberg Marshall Weiss The Dayton Jewish Observer An interview with new Jewish Federation President Debby Goldenberg When Debby Goldenberg was chair of the Jewish Federation’s Women’s Division in the early 1990s, her job was to run a two-line campaign: one for the annual United Jewish Campaign, the

Dor L’Dor Mission to Israel Renate Frydman Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer Dayton mission to Israel a study of contrasts, a celebration of Zionism The trepidations were primarily concerns for personal safety. Our security guard, Yoni, alleviated this concern. He was young, originally from Russia, well-trained and always at

On Sunday, October 23rd our Dayton for Darfur Interfaith Coalition hosted an education and action meeting at Beth Abraham Synagogue.  Approximately eighty people were present to hear our two main speakers.   Dr. Sam Laki, Agricultural Economics Professor at Central State University and a native of southern Sudan spoke about