Cory Kahaney profile By Scott Halasz, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer Cory Kahaney was an up-and-coming catering manager in Manhattan who had a knack for whetting an appetite during the day and tickling a funny bone on the side. But one joke led to another and the funniest woman

The Zimro Project World-class musicians familiar to Dayton chamber music lovers will offer a concert program of century-old Jewish Russian compositions as part of the Cultural Arts and Book Festival on Nov. 18 at Beth Abraham Synagogue. The Vogler Quartet from Berlin and clarinetist Alexander Fiterstein will team up for

Style Observations: November 2009   Julie Shone-Baker, owner of Elan Women’s Wear                           Style Observations by Vicki Bernie, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer Vicki Bernie Julie Shone-Baker, owner of Elan Women’s Wear, really knows how to sew.

Hillel Academy reboots, June 2011 By Rabbi Haviva Horvitz, Temple Beth Sholom, Middletown Rabbi Haviva Horvitz The clocks soon turn back; the leaves are changing from green to red, yellow and brown; the sweaters have been taken out of storage…so we build a hut and live outside for a week.

Rabbi shows dignity of Darfuris in refugee camps   Rabbi Abie Ingber at a Darfuri refugee camp in Chad   By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Rabbi Abie Ingber — who for 31 years served as rabbi for University of Cincinnati’s Hillel and is now director of interfaith community

Religion, November 2009 By Rabbi Janice Garfunkel, Temple Sholom, Springfield December 2009 Rabbi Janice Garfunkel The meaning of Chanukah is: a) A commemoration of the first fight for religious freedom. b) That one day’s worth of oil lasted for eight days and nights, showing us that God does miracles. c) That

Zvi Bielski, Dec. 24, 2009 Liev Schreiber as Zus Bielski in Defiance Zvi Bielski, son of Zus Bielski — one of the three Bielski brothers who led a Jewish partisan brigade in Belorussia that saved more than 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust, the subject of the film Defiance — will be the guest

For all who are in need Jewish organizations provide for needs in the general community By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer, December 2009 If you walked into the lobby of Beth Abraham Synagogue in October or early November, the first thing you’d see would be two racks of used winter

Determination, caring staff lead Covenant House resident to his own apartment By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer, December 2009 Robert Sussman, 49, sits in a wheelchair in his new apartment at Mercy Siena Retirement Community. Only a few days before, he said farewell to the staff and residents of Covenant

Hirschfield interview By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer, December 2009 Rabbi Brad Hirschfield, co-president of New York-based Clal: The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership, visited Dayton on Nov. 4 and 18 to lead sessions with students at United Theological Seminary. Rabbi Brad Hirschfield Hirschfield’s presentations mark the