Congress opens each session with a prayer offered by a chaplain or guest chaplain. Among the guest chaplains are Rabbis. Howard Mortman’s book is about the rabbis who provided Jewish prayers in the literal and figurative center of American democracy. Mortman’s exhaustive research delivers a manuscript, written in approachable prose, that uniquely tells the story […]
A JCRC Community Conversation Meaningful Dialogue: Having Conversations on Critical Issues The University of Dayton launched its Dialogue Zone in 2019 as a physical space in which students, faculty, and staff can come together for dialogue on timely subjects. UD's Human Rights Center partners with the Dialogue Zone on many events, while also hosting a […]
Join us for a virtual toast & commemoration! We invite Dayton's Jewish community to share a three to five minute creative presentation to honor an influential Jewish woman. Cathy Gardner, Jewish Federation CEO honors Bella Abzug, Marcy L. Paul, PhD, JCRC Director will honor Emma Goldman, and Megan Ullom, JCRC Administrative Assistant, honors Gertrude Weil. […]
Tuesday, March 16 A JCRC Community Conversation From Hallein, Austria to Philadelphia and Dayton: The story of two Jewish refugees reunited after 69 years 7-8PM, via Zoom November 8, 2020 was the date that reunited close friends, Israel ‘Srulik’ Segalewicz and Regina Puter. They were teenagers when they last saw each other in 1951 at […]
Join us on April 8th for a live reading of Dr. King’s speech, Breaking the Silence. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr spoke out powerfully against the Vietnam War on April 4, 1967. Exactly one year later, King was assassinated. All speech sections have been assigned -- registration is still open for attendees! After you have registered, […]
In recent months, Dayton’s JCRC engaged participants from Dayton, Ohio, San Antonio, Texas, Budapest, Hungary, and the Western Galilee, Israel to explore their Coming of Age experiences, marking their transition from adolescence to adulthood. Participants included teens, young adults, and life-long learners. For some participants it was a recent moment and for others, it was filled with memories of […]
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How do we speak with one Jewish voice? We have varying perspectives on Israel’s path to peace. Our Jewish community is comprised of a wide range of religiosity and practice. We have different ways in which we engage in our Jewish culture. Certainly, our politics vary. Most importantly, we are a Jewish family, and we […]
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Join JCRC as the Dayton Art Institute highlights select works of artists in the DAI’s collection who participated in the Federal Art Program (FAP). The FAP was the arm of the New Deal’s Works Progress Administration’s (WPA) that supported artists during the Great Depression. This interactive talk, led by Casey Goldman, Lead Museum Educator at […]