NO WALK-INS ALLOWED ~ RSVP IS REQUIRED.  Wednesday, November 5, 2025 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Boonshoft Center for Jewish Culture & Education 525 Versailles Drive Centerville, OH 45459 Please join us for a panel discussion with our local rabbis about the recent release of the 20 remaining living hostages taken captive on 10/7, hurdles Israel and Jews throughout the world are still facing, and our hopes for the future. Moderated by Bonnie Beaman Rice. Panel includes Rabbi Leibel Agar (Beth Jacob Congregation), Rabbi Karen Bodney-Halasz (Temple Israel), Rabbi Judy Chessin (Temple Beth Or), Rav Aubrey Glazer (Beth Abraham Synagogue),...

Life & Legacy: Ignite the Flame Join us in January for Life & Legacy: Ignite the Flame. As we enter our 9th year of the Life & Legacy program, join us as we reach our goal of 30 legacy conversations in 30 days. Questions? Contact Janese Sweeny at jsweeny@jfgd.net or 937-401-1452.

Thursday, January 29, 2026 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Boonshoft Center for Jewish Culture and Education 525 Versailles Drive Centerville, OH 45459 Experience a reading of this original work and provide feedback in a post-reading conversation with the playwright, director, and actor. Varian is a new solo play about the journey of Varian Fry, an American writer and editor, who traveled to Vichy France during World War II. He helped rescue Anti-Nazi and Jewish refugees, including artists Marc Chagall and Max Ernst, writer André Breton, and philosopher Hannah Arendt. A determined, clever and, at times, a very naive man, Varian...