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How You Can Help the Los Angeles Community

How You Can Help the Los Angeles Community

Jan 10, 2025 |

Having lived the majority of my life in Florida, where hurricanes are abundant, I understand the ferocity and destruction natural disasters can cause. But I can’t even begin to imagine what it would be like to have my home and community consumed by fire. The...

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A Chanukah Message

A Chanukah Message

Dec 24, 2024 |

As I was looking for some Chanukah inspiration, I came across this quote: “The menorah’s light is a reminder that we all have the power to brighten the world.” (author unknown) I found these words especially poignant this year, considering the October 7, 2023 attacks...

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Dayton Jewish Observer

Dayton Jewish Observer

Temple Beth Or celebrates 40 years

‘We were all young, we all grew up together’ By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer “Oh, I remember it vividly,” Rabbi Judy Chessin says of Temple Beth Or’s first Friday night Shabbat service, Jan. 25, 1985. In the worst snowstorm of that winter, more than 100 people came out The post Temple Beth Or celebrates 40 years appeared first on The Dayton Jewish Observer. [...]

Jewish Cemeteries project gets big boost with $450K matching gift

By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Thanks to an anonymous donor’s matching gift of $450,000, the Jewish Cemeteries of Greater Dayton project has the potential to raise $900,000 over the next two and a half years. With the $3 million Jewish Cemeteries has already raised, that would easily put The post Jewish Cemeteries project gets big boost with $450K matching gift appeared first on The Dayton Jewish Observer. [...]

How young Jews navigate Jew hatred

By Talia Doninger, Special to The Dayton Jewish Observer Samantha A. Vinokor-Meinrath never intended to become an expert on antisemitism. “I wish we were talking about anything else,” she tells The Observer. “I wish for all of us that antisemitism would be the realm of historians and not of contemporary The post How young Jews navigate Jew hatred appeared first on The Dayton Jewish Observer. [...]

The small act that brings completion

By Rabbi Shmuel Klatzkin Chabad of Greater Dayton There is a striking verse in the Lecha Dodi, sung as we welcome Shabbat each Friday night. It sings of Shabbat as that which was: “From the very beginning, from time primordial, chosen: Last in creation, first in thought.” Simply, Shabbat was The post The small act that brings completion appeared first on The Dayton Jewish Observer. [...]

Words, wise or wicked

Sacred Speech Series Jewish Family Education with Candace R. Kwiatek, The Dayton Jewish Observer Rabbi Shimon ben Gamliel said to Tavi his servant, “Go out and purchase a good cut of meat for me from the market,” so Tavi purchased tongue for him. Rabbi Shimon then said to him, “Go The post Words, wise or wicked appeared first on The Dayton Jewish Observer. [...]

MLK weekend programs

Temple Israel and Omega Baptist Church will hold their 30th pulpit exchange over MLK weekend. The tradition began in 1994 with Rabbi P. Irving Bloom and Pastor Daryl Ward when Omega Baptist purchased Temple Israel’s building on Emerson Avenue and Temple Israel moved to Riverside Drive. Pastor Joshua Ward will The post MLK weekend programs appeared first on The Dayton Jewish Observer. [...]

The Jewish vote

Opinion by Martin Gottlieb There are many exit polls, wherein voters are confronted at the polling place about how they voted. Any organization that wants to do such a poll can. But there’s one big one. It’s done by a group of major news outlets. After this election, it showed The post The Jewish vote appeared first on The Dayton Jewish Observer. [...]

Mazel Tov!

Twins Eli and Ethan Greenberg, seniors on Centerville High School’s varsity boys basketball team, both signed on Nov. 13 to play basketball at Division 1 schools on full athletic scholarships. Eli will play at Le Moyne College in Syracuse, N.Y., a member of the Northeast Conference. Ethan will play at The post Mazel Tov! appeared first on The Dayton Jewish Observer. [...]

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