Rabbis recited prayers and Psalms, leaders of Jewish community organizations lit memorial candles, and “victory before peace” emerged as a rallying cry at the Jewish Federation’s program to mark one year to the day since the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas massacre. From the podium of the multipurpose room at the The post Oct. 7 one-year memorial appeared first on The Dayton Jewish Observer. [...]

By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Who do you call when you need volunteers to help clean headstones at a cemetery that dates to 1875? In Beth Jacob Congregation’s case, they called on the Air Force Junior ROTC at Tecumseh High School in New Carlisle. Nine cadets teamed up The post Air Force Jr. ROTC cadets help clean headstones at Beth Jacob Cemetery appeared first on The Dayton Jewish Observer. [...]

  Mendel Mangel, son of Devorah and Rabbi Nochum Mangel, has received his rabbinic ordination through Chabad’s Machon Limud Halacha Lemaan Yilmedu program. Orthopaedic surgeon Dr. Marc Lubitz is now practicing with Beacon Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine in Miamisburg. Born and raised in Cincinnati, Marc graduated from Wright State University’s The post Mazel Tov! appeared first on The Dayton Jewish Observer. [...]

By Talia Doninger, Special to The Dayton Jewish Observer Lolita set the literary world of 1955 on fire. Controversial, provocative, and polarizing, Vladimir Nabokov’s novel was rejected by multiple publishers before George Weidenfeld took a chance on it. Critics called it obscene, bookstores hesitated to display it. But for Weidenfeld, The post From refugee to publishing world giant appeared first on The Dayton Jewish Observer. [...]