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The Jewish Federation of Greater Dayton is pleased to present the 2023 Presidents Dinner on Sunday, May 21, at 6 p.m., at the Boonshoft Center for Jewish Culture and Education

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....

The Jewish Federation of Greater Dayton is pleased to present the 2022 Presidents Dinner at the newly renovated Dayton Arcade.

Let Us Continue to Help, and Let Us Not Forget Today is Yom Hashoah – Holocaust Remembrance Day. The Jewish Federation of Greater Dayton will commemorate this day with a Holocaust Remembrance Program on Sunday, April 11th at 4pm. Due to COVID-19, the program will be livestreamed. The program will feature poignant stories from survivors and honor the memory of those who perished. I encourage you to join us for this very special program. You can register by clicking here. Each year, the number of Holocaust survivors gets smaller and smaller. Sadly, about one-third of survivors in the United States...

For 2021, the Max May & Lydia May Holocaust Art & Writing Contest is going virtual! We are opening the submission process for students in grades 5–8 (Division I) and 9–12 (Division II), attending public school, parochial school, or are home schooled within the Miami Valley. The theme for 2021 is “Reflections on the Holocaust: How Holocaust Study Can Help Us Reduce Bullying, Prejudice, and Hatred. This year’s theme: Reflections on the Holocaust. 2021 commemorates the 76th anniversary of the liberation of the concentration and death camps in Europe. Millions of people died, and thousands of survivors were left to...

The events at the U.S. Capitol on January 6 deeply distress the Jewish Federation of Greater Dayton community.  Violence is never acceptable, regardless of political inclinations.  We join with our many friends in disappointment and apprehension at the recent hostility and unrest evident throughout our nation.

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...

This week I finished reading the book “Hum If You Don’t Know the Words” by Bianca Marais. I was incredibly touched by the ending.

Over the past six weeks, there have been times where many of us have perhaps struggled to feel anything outside of worry, fear, and stress. The Coronavirus pandemic has changed our world dramatically.

I’ll never forget the first Passover Seder I conducted on my own.