By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Rabbi Janice Garfunkel, who served as the rabbi of Temple Sholom in Springfield from 2004 to 2010, died on Oct. 26 in Cincinnati after a long battle with breast cancer. She was 54. Born in New Jersey, she and her family moved to

New Springfield rabbi Marshall Weiss The Dayton Jewish Observer   Among the joys of leading Temple Sholom in Springfield, Rabbi Janice Garfunkel says, is seeing her parents — Drs. Erika and Felix Garfunkel — several times a month. “I have two little kids and my parents are in Dayton. My

Religion, March 2010 By Rabbi Janice Garfunkel, Temple Sholom, Springfield, March 2010 Rabbi Janice Garfunkel What does Judaism teach us about anger? Woody Allen’s movies famously captured the stereotype of loud, boisterous Jewish families who expressed all their voluble emotions — easy to yell, easy to hug. He contrasted this