Friendship Village Retirement Community
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February 8, 2014 • 6:30 p.m.
Friendship Village Retirement Community 5790 Denlinger Rd. • Dayton, Ohio 45426 reservations : 937-837-5581 ext . 1274
Tickets $15
($5 goes to Alzheimer’s Association)
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A MURDER MYSTERY DINNER THEATER PRODUCTION Directed by Rachael L. Rodgers • Assisted by Brittany Blaire
You’re Invited To our next monthly Friday Night Shabbat featuring a traditional Shabbat dinner with all your favorites
Friday, Feb. 28, 5:15 p.m. In The Atrium Dining Room Friday Night Shabbat is $10 per person. R.S.V.P. to Pam Hall, 837-5581 ext. 1269.
Join our Diabetic Support Group Tuesday, Feb. 11, 10:30 a.m. & 6 p.m. (2nd Tuesday each mo.) with Gem City Home Care Certified Diabetes Educator Mara Lamb. For more information call Pam Friendship Hall, 837-5581 ext. Village 1269. 7 a.m. - 2 p.m. Monday through Friday. Located directly inside the Atrium entrance. Stop in & join us for a cup of coffee & Friendship Village Hospitality.
937-837-5581 Ext 1269
The coffee shop is open for area Seniors to come enjoy FREE coffee, conversation, socialization, and the Friendship hospitality! Hours: 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 Monday thru Friday
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Course on Judaism in modern society
Temple Israel Shabbat Day Of Learning
Chabad of Greater Dayton will present its next six-week Jewish Learning Institute course, To Be A Jew in the Free World: Jewish Identity Through the Lens of Modern History, on Mondays from 7:309:30 p.m. beginning Feb. 3. The course, offered at Chabad centers around the world, was co-authored by Chabad of Greater Dayton’s Rabbi Shmuel Klatzkin. Dr. Jonathan Sarna — professor of American Jewish history at Brandeis University and chief historian of the National Museum of American Jewish History — served as course advisor. Sessions will explore the challenges of navigating Judaism in modern society, with examples drawn from history including President George Washington’s historic letter championing religious freedom and Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s order expelling Jews from the area under his command. Klatzkin will teach the course at Chabad, 2001 Far Hills Ave. in Oakwood. The cost is $69; scholarships are available. To register, call 643-0770 or go to myjli.com.
On Sunday, Feb. 23 from 8:45 a.m. to 1 p.m., Temple Israel will present its Shabbat Day Of Learning. The free program is open to the community, with lunch included. Participants can learn about Shabbat observances, Israeli folk dancing, join a challah bake-off and braiding competition, and create challah covers, candlesticks and Kiddush cups. R.S.V.P. to 496-0050.
Student Holocaust writing & art contests The Jewish Federation’s Holocaust Education Committee has announced its call for entries for the 2014 Max May and Lydia May Memorial Holocaust Art and Writing Contest. This year’s theme is The Holocaust: What Have We Learned? The contest is open to all students in grades five through 12 in the Miami Valley. Entries must be received by April 4. For more information, contact Jodi Phares at the Jewish Federation, at 6101555 or jphares@jfgd.net.
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Volunteer opportunities available — call Bridgett at ext. 1299 for details.
Call Pam Hall today for details
Learning about other religions and various Jewish movements at Hillel...students in Erin Poppaw’s social studies class at Hillel Academy Jewish day school studied comparative religions for several weeks. The children made predictions about common themes in five major world religions — Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism — learned how they’re similar and different in their beliefs, and how those beliefs play out in the world. Each student was assigned to research a world religion and created an iMovie comparison of that religion with Judaism. Since there is a wide range of practices within Judaism and at Hillel, Poppaw (back, R) invited local rabbis to talk about their particular branches of Judaism. Shown here, Temple Israel’s Rabbi Karen BodneyHalasz (L), a member of Hillel’s Hebrew and Judaics faculty, answers questions about Reform Judaism from (L to R): Jack Bounds, Nina Jacobs, Sammy Caruso, Edin German, Devorah Schwartz, and Rikki Mangel. ‘Questions varied from the afterlife and reincarnation to tattoos and Jewish burial,’ Bodney-Halasz said.
The Coffee House is located just inside the Atrium entrance at Door 18. Watch for the Friendship Coffee House sign. FRIENDSHIP VILLAGE
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Calendar of Events.................... 32
Lifecycles.....................................31
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Opinion............................18
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Obituaries.............................36
Internet............................. 37
Religion...........................33
THE DAYTON JEWISH OBSERVER • FEBRUARY 2014