Make Dayton your home! We have a warm, vibrant Jewish community. There are lots of reasons to move here…check out this video for more information!
Need more convincing that Dayton is a great place to live? Check out our top 10:
- Dayton is one of the one of the top 10 most affordable cities to live.
- Dayton has one of the nation’s largest paved trail networks – our metroparks are great!
- Dayton is the adventure capital of the Midwest.
- Dayton and western Ohio offer a perfect blend of affordability, job opportunities and more.
- The Dayton region is one of the most hikable areas in the country.
- The Dayton region has a suburb ranked best place to live in Ohio. And downtown Dayton is booming!
- The Dayton region has a vast array of higher education options.
- The Dayton region is the forerunner to the SIlicon Valley.
- Dayton, Ohio has changed the world.
- Dayton, Ohio is one of the best places to explore the arts and culture.
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JewishDayton COVID 19 : Community Event Updates
In the midst of a rapidly evolving COVID19 situation within the Miami Valley and across the United States, we as an organization are taking all of the steps outlined by the State of Ohio and the Montgomery County Department of Health in order to both prevent the community spread of the virus and support containment efforts.
Promoting equity takes us all
In partnership with Learn to Earn Dayton, the National Conference for Community and Justice has kicked off a series of listening sessions to discuss equity in the Dayton region.
Pause with Pittsburgh: Join the Public Memorial Service
One year later, we will take a moment to honor the memory of those we lost and other people who were affected. In solidarity, we ask that you join us in taking a moment to Pause with Pittsburgh. Visit: http://www.pausewithpittsburgh.com/.
Cathy’s WHIM – #Dayton Strong
Our city of Dayton has been inundated with an unprecedented amount of challenges in the past months. This weekend, the pain that has recently been felt in Pittsburgh, in Gilroy, and in El Paso, came to Dayton and it has impacted us all.
On being “The Best Little Jewish Community in the Country”
There is an abundance of activities in Jewish Dayton, including cultural, social, educational, and religious events for people of all ages.
Cathy’s WHIM – A Lasting Impression
Early on in my career, I moved to Chicago to work for the Hyatt Corporation. I was excited to be in a new city, with a new job, and to have the opportunity to meet new people.
Jewish Dayton Gives Back: Tornado Relief Fund
Come together with us as a Jewish community and help our neighbors.
Community Resources for Those Who Need Help Following the Tornadoes
In the days immediately following the tornadoes and severe weather that devastated parts of our community, Jewish Family Services has been checking on its clients – either by phone or in person when no one answered calls
JewishDayton Update Regarding the Tornado
Find out how you can get involved and help our community.
Cathy’s WHIM – Community Concerns – Community Response
The Whim (short for What Inspires Me) was developed to communicate to our community the inspiring stories that emanate from our work as a Jewish Federation. However, my Whim this week expresses not just the inspirational but the disturbing.
Jewish Observer
By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer The traveling version of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Americans and the Holocaust exhibit, on display through June 21 at the Dayton Metro Library’s main library, poses questions to those who take it in — What did Americans know? What more could have The post Daytonians and the Holocaust: What did we know? How did we respond? appeared first on The Dayton Jewish Observer. [...]
By Rabbi Levi Simon Chabad of Greater Dayton On Shavuot, this year on May 25-27, Jews around the world commemorate the monumental event of the Giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai. However, the significance of this event reaches far beyond the past; it is an experience that is relived The post Lessons from Mount Sinai appeared first on The Dayton Jewish Observer. [...]
The Power of Stories Series Jewish Family Education with Candace R. Kwiatek, The Dayton Jewish Observer Nearly 2,200 years ago, Antiochus IV seized the throne in the Seleucid Empire, an enormous Greek state that included Judea. To unify his kingdom, he embarked on an aggressive Hellenizing mission specifically targeted toward The post Pig tales appeared first on The Dayton Jewish Observer. [...]