Gloria Reich died on Feb. 11 at the age of 95, leaving a legacy of devotion and leadership to the Akron Jewish community.
Born in Cleveland, Gloria Moss moved to Akron with her family as a teenager. She attended Buchtel High School, where she met the love of her life, Jack Reich, who she ma…
Oszkár, 94, vividly remembers his Budapest childhood. Passover seders with family, singing in the synagogue choir, studying at vocational school—and the Nazis storming in and destroying all of it. Though he had dreamed of one day becoming a bank officer, the new anti-Jewish legislation tu…
One day, a pre-K student stopped in the office of Mandel ECE Center Director Kim Garra’s office. The child proudly showed the challah she had just made with the volunteer “Granny Group.” Then she animatedly detailed the process— rolling the dough, braiding it, adding colorful sprinkl…
Marc Merklin
Annual Campaign Chair
I recently had a disturbing discussion with my sister who lives in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. There are not many Jews in her area. Recently, my sister said, some Jews who celebrated Hanukkah felt uncomfortable in displaying a menorah in their window. Based on inc…
By Rachael Azouz
for the Akron Jewish News
Pennsylvanians David and Jenn Chottiner moved to Hudson from Pittsburgh in June 2014. It’s no doubt that their move has made an impact on them, but it has affected the local community for the better.
David is the middle school and intermediate s…
