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Period Poverty is Real and Pervasive! Help our community by donating in June. JFS Partners with the JCRC Racial Justice Alliance to Support the Femme Aid Collaborative Between Wednesday, June 1, through Friday, June 24 drop off your donations at the Boonshoft Center for Jewish Culture and Education (525 Versailles Drive, Centerville, OH 45459) ITEMS NEEDED: • Menstrual liners • Menstrual pads • Tampons • Menstrual cups • Incontinence products DID YOU KNOW? • 16.9 people in the U.S. living in poverty, menstruate. • 1 in 4 teens and adults struggle to purchase period products due to lack of income....

In Leviticus, the Torah tells us, “Do not stand idly by when your neighbor’s blood is shed.”  The Jewish Community Relations Council of the Jewish Federation of Greater Dayton denounces the senseless death of Mr. George Floyd last week in Minneapolis. His murder is the most recent example of systemic and institutional racism.  Too often, the color of skin determines health outcomes, economic outcomes, educational attainment, police brutality, incarceration, and so much more.  Today, Black Americans are dying of coronavirus at a rate higher than any other racial group, Black American men are incarcerated at five times the rate as...

While we cannot gather together to honor the lives of those who perished in the Holocaust, please consider these local, national, and global resources below to observer Yom Hashoah from home.This list has been compiled in collaboration with the Jewish Federation’s Yom Hashoah Committee as well as the Dayton Holocaust Resource Center. Saturday Evening, April 18 – Stay tuned for a special video from the Jewish Federation’s Yom Hashoah Committee. Follow the Jewish Federation of Greater Dayton on Facebook at facebook.com/JFedDayton. P2G Program – Memories in the Living Room on the Israeli Holocaust Memorial Day – Yom Ha’Shoah April 19,...

Since the onset of the COVID-19 global pandemic we have been in constant contact with state and federal officials regarding our communities’ needs, issues, priorities, and questions.

One year later, we will take a moment to honor the memory of those we lost and other people who were affected. In solidarity, we ask that you join us in taking a moment to Pause with Pittsburgh. Visit: http://www.pausewithpittsburgh.com/.

On May 25th, our community will be tested

The Jewish Community Relations Council is happy to be partnering with YWCA Dayton as part of their 21 Day Racial Equity and Social Justice Challenge.

On April 25th, an anti-Semitic cartoon ran in the international edition of the Times, depicting the Prime Minister of Israel as a dog, leading a blind American president wearing a yarmulke. When I was made aware of this disturbing cartoon, I was deeply bothered.

In the late afternoon of April 27, one person was killed and at least three others wounded when a gunman opened fire at worshipers in a Chabad synagogue in Poway, CA, near San Diego.

“In response to the unfolding event at Sinai—a Sinai of mind and heart, to be sure—we Israelites said ‘Yes!’ in a firm and committed way.”