Proof of Life: Twenty Days on the Hunt for a Missing Person in the Middle East Daniel Levin was in his New York office when he got a call from an acquaintance with an urgent, cryptic request to meet in Paris. A young man had gone missing in Syria. No government, embassy, or intelligence agency […]

The Memory Monster Written as a report to the chairman of Yad Vashem, Israel’s memorial to the victims of the Holocaust, our unnamed narrator recounts his own undoing. Hired as a promising young historian, he soon becomes a leading expert on Nazi methods of extermination at concentration camps in Poland during World War II and […]

The Upstander: How Surviving the Holocaust Sparked Max Glauben's Mission to Dismantle Hate Holocaust survivor Max Glauben is on a mission—to outlast hate, to preserve memory, and to compel the world to embrace tolerance. The stench of decay pierced the air aboard the boxcar of trapped Jews. “Why me?” fifteen-year-old Max asked himself, as a […]

This Magnificent Dappled Sea Two strangers―generations and oceans apart―have a chance to save each other in this moving and suspenseful novel about family secrets and the ineffable connections that lead us to one another. In a small Northern Italian village, nine-year-old Luca Taviano catches a stubborn cold and is subsequently diagnosed with leukemia. His only […]

The Instant Pot® Kosher Cookbook: 100 Recipes to Nourish Body and Soul Welcome to the first Instant Pot® cookbook to feature kosher food. Paula Shoyer has expertly developed a robust array of both traditional and contemporary kosher recipes for the king of all kitchen appliances: the Instant Pot®! Jewish food and the Instant Pot® are […]

The Unexpected Spy: From the CIA to the FBI, My Secret Life Taking Down Some of the World's Most Notorious Terrorist When Tracy Walder enrolled at the University of Southern California, she never thought that one day she would offer her pink beanbag chair in the Delta Gamma house to a CIA recruiter, or that […]

Event has been postponed. Please check back later for more information. Questions? Contact Stacy Emoff at semoff@jfgd.net Special Event! Animal Services Resource Fair at 6:00 p.m.; Karen Fine at 7:00 p.m. Cost: $5/person, plus pet food, cat litter, or animal treats for donation. Questions? Contact Stacy Emoff at semoff@jfgd.net.

Sunday, October 29, 2023 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. University of Dayton Science Center 114-300 College Park Avenue Dayton, OH 45469 Cost: $7/person. Questions? Contact Stacy Emoff at semoff@jfgd.net.

Sunday, November 5, 2023 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Boonshoft Center for Jewish Culture and Education 525 Versailles Drive Centerville, OH 45459 Community moderators will lead small group conversations on topics on every parent's mind, including getting involved in Jewish Dayton, Bar Mitzvah and Bat Mitzvah planning, bringing Shabbat into your home, managing stress, ways […]