Interested in Jewish history and ritual? Involved in an interfaith relationship? Want to learn more about your Jewish neighbors, friends, or family members? Seeking conversion? Organized and taught by the rabbis of The Synagogue Forum of Greater Dayton. The course offers an in-depth look at Judaism from Conservative, Orthodox/Traditional, and Reform perspectives along with guest […]
JCRC Community Conversation: Honoring RBG Bonnie Beaman Rice Leads a Discussion of "Conversations with RBG" by Jeffrey Rosen Join Dayton’s Bonnie Beaman Rice, Magistrate (Retired), as she facilitates a JCRC Community Conversation in collaboration with the JCC of Jeffrey Rosen’s book Conversations with RBG: On Life, Love, Liberty, and Law. Bonnie is the chair of […]
In a lifesaving guide for parents, Dr. Abigail Gewirtz shows how to use the most basic tool at your disposal––conversation––to give children real help in dealing with the worries, stress, and other negative emotions caused by problems in the world, from active shooter drills to climate change. But it's not just how to talk to […]
Each of the giant genealogy websites — Ancestry, FamilySearch, Findmypast, MyHeritage, and JewishGen — offers unique tools and/or record collections relevant to researching Jewish ancestry. Ellen Shindelman Kowitt and Sunny Jane Morton will give us a comparative overview of the Jewish resources across all of these sites, and tips on when searching one of them […]
With Remarks From Shelley Inglis, Executive Director, Human Rights Center Musical Remembrance University of Dayton World Music Choir Dr. Sharon Gratto, Director Live from the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception Tuesday, November 10, 5:00pm UD Campus Ministry YouTube Channel On November 9th, 1938, the Nazis unleashed riots against Germany’s Jews, destroying synagogues, businesses, and homes, […]
Click here to register! The Lost Family delves into the many lives that have been irrevocably changed by home DNA tests - a technology that represents the end of family secrets. There are the adoptees who've used the test to find their birth parents; donor-conceived adults who suddenly discover they have more than fifty siblings; […]
Join the Young Adult Division (YAD) as Casey Goldman, (a YAD Member herself and Lead Museum Educator at the Dayton Art Institute (DAI) will lead an interactive virtual discussion of the DAI's Jewish- American artists. After a 45 minute discussion, we will then light our menorahs to celebrate Chanukah and enjoy spending time together on […]
Sunday, January 10, 1PM -2PM Join us on January 10 for Create2Gether with Partnership2Gether WesternGalilee, a special Exhibition Opening and Gallery Talk featuring artists from Israel's Western Galilee, Budapest, Hungary, and the U.S. including Dayton's own Stephen Goldberg. Click here to RSVP with P2G