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Jewish Dayton Blog

Jewish Dayton Blog

A Thanksgiving Message

A Thanksgiving Message

As we prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving with our family and friends, I want to take a moment to share with you the thing for which I am most grateful this year. Over the past 13 months, our worldwide Jewish community has faced unbelievable tragedy and hate ~ something...

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November Highlights

November Highlights

It has been a very busy month for me, filled with lots of meaningful and exciting activities. There are several events in particular I would like to highlight – the JCC Cultural Arts & Book Series Opening Event, our mini mission to Washington D.C., Jewish...

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The Importance of Showing Up

The Importance of Showing Up

I recently read an article about the importance of showing up for people. In our darkest times, support can provide us with a sense of comfort and remind us we are not alone. When people show up for us in our happiest moments, it can evoke feelings of caring and...

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Jewish Dayton Calendar

Jewish Dayton Calendar

Dayton Jewish Observer

Dayton Jewish Observer

Members vote for synagogue to become Modern Orthodox and to affiliate with Orthodox Union By Marshall Weiss, The Observer As of Nov. 10, Beth Jacob Congregation now identifies as a Modern Orthodox synagogue, with separate seating for men and women on either side of a mechitzah (physical divider). That was The post As Beth Jacob approaches 150 years, congregation returns to Orthodoxy appeared first on The Dayton Jewish Observer. [...]

By Marshall Weiss, The Observer Boston-based attorney Doug Hauer says he and his spouse of 30 years, Jack, were “100-percent destroyed” when Jack’s family in Israel called them at 4 in the morning, Oct. 7, 2023. “His entire family is in Israel,” says Doug, who was born and raised in The post Native Daytonian’s activism brings Hamas tunnel simulation to D.C.’s National Mall appeared first on The Dayton Jewish Observer. [...]

By Marshall Weiss, The Observer Among the extinct department stores of Manhattan, a mystique surrounds the names of a few: Bonwit Teller, Lord & Taylor, Henri Bendel. Bonwit Teller, established in 1895, went bankrupt in 2000. It closed that year. Lord & Taylor filed for bankruptcy in 2020. When it The post NYT bestselling author’s history of NY dept. store grande dames appeared first on The Dayton Jewish Observer. [...]

Sacred Speech Series Jewish Family Education with Candace R. Kwiatek, The Dayton Jewish Observer On her 80th birthday, a feisty Jewish woman makes out her last will and testament, then visits her rabbi to discuss two final wishes. The first is that she be cremated. Knowing that argument is useless, The post Constructive criticism appeared first on The Dayton Jewish Observer. [...]

Linda Ohlmann Kahn and Lori Ohlmann sold the 75-year-old Ohlmann Group marketing/communications agency in October to David Bowman and Jenny Michael, who are now its co-CEOs. Linda and Lori stay on as members of the Ohlmann Group board: Linda as board chair and vice president of media services, Lori as The post Mazel Tov! appeared first on The Dayton Jewish Observer. [...]

Henry Guggenheimer, who escaped Nazi Germany at age 12 in 1940 with his widowed mother, died Nov. 7. He was 96. Born in Stuttgart, he and his mother traveled through Eastern Europe and ultimately by freighter from Japan to San Francisco. He attended high school in Lima, Ohio, was drafted The post Survivor Henry Guggenheimer dies at 96 appeared first on The Dayton Jewish Observer. [...]

Look for The Adventures of Bark Mitzvah Boy each month in The Dayton Jewish Observer and at this site!     To read the complete December 2024 Dayton Jewish Observer, click here. The post Bark Mitzvah Boy appeared first on The Dayton Jewish Observer. [...]

Eleanor (Elly) Chaet of Las Vegas, Nev. passed away peacefully Aug. 23. Born Jan. 1, 1933 in Brooklyn, N.Y. to Morris and Rose Resnick, she resided in Dayton 42 years until retiring to Las Vegas in 1999. Elly worked primarily as a residential Realtor in Dayton until moving to Las The post Obituaries appeared first on The Dayton Jewish Observer. [...]

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