Yiddish film Review by Michael Fox, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer What’s most striking about Yiddish Theater: A Love Story, Dan Katzir’s valuable documentary about a crucial week in the life of the last Yiddish stage company in New York, is its refusal to wallow in bathos. Filmmaker Dan

Sixty Six director   Gregg Sulkin and Helena Bonham Carter in Sixty Six   Director Paul Weiland brings autobiographical Bar Mitzvah tale across the pond By Michael Fox, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer When Paul Weiland was growing up in London and his schoolmates chose sides to play soccer,

Israel Independence 2010 From the Israeli film White Balance This year’s community Yom Ha’atzmaut celebration will be held on Tuesday, April 20 from 5:30-8 p.m. at Beth Abraham Synagogue. In addition to food for purchase from Bernstein’s Fine Catering, carnival games, face painting, and craft activities for children, the DJCC’s

Hillel Chinese celebration   Hillel Academy kindergartners and first graders helped art teacher Scott Gibbs build this dragon puppet, which the students paraded in the lunch room on Jan. 26, the Chinese new year   By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Students, faculty and staff of Hillel Academy Jewish

Ophir Azoulay profile   Ophir Azoulay with his IDF reserve unit at the Philadelphia Corridor   Beth Jacob Synagogue ritual director returns to IDF for Gaza op By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer From the moment he landed at Israel’s Ben-Gurion Airport in the early morning hours of Jan.

By Rabbi Shmuel Klatzkin, Chabad of Greater Dayton What had changed since last August, when I had first visited Mumbai? Rabbi Shmuel Klatzkin The Indian army squad in a sandbagged position in front of the Knesset Eliyahu Synagogue, where Gabi Holtzberg had served as rabbi. The Shabbat meals being held

Joyce Dumtschin 20 years By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Cantor Joyce Dumtschin Every Rosh Hashanah and at a fair number of Bar and Bat Mitzvahs at Temple Beth Or, Cantor Joyce Dumtschin and her husband, Irwin, sing the Debbie Friedman arrangement of Shehecheyanu, the blessing thanking God for

Second local mikvah   Groundbreaking for the Miami Valley Mikvah at Sugar Camp in Oakwood, Feb. 1, 2009.   Miami Valley Mikvah to open in Oakwood By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Only a month after the Dayton Ritualarium Society’s new mikvah facility on the campus of Beth Jacob

Open house at new mikvah The Dayton Ritualarium Society will host an open house for women at its new Rosenberg Dayton Community Mikvah, on the grounds of Beth Jacob Synagogue, on Sunday, March 15 at 10:30 a.m. Ritualarium Society mikvah attendants Chana Fox, Devorah Mangel and Jane Novick will host

Mikvah now open By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Chana Fox, president of the Dayton Ritualarium Society How long does it take to collect 1,200 gallons of rainwater? In the case of the Dayton Ritualarium Society’s new mikvah facility on the grounds of Beth Jacob Synagogue in Harrison Township,