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Ed Koch

In child abuse cases, law enforcement blesses the obstruction of justice

by Ed Koch
JointMedia News Service

May 15, 2012 | 1

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The crime of sexually abusing a child, including adolescents and teens, is so heinous that the public is immediately shocked and angered. For a number of years, we have read of sex acts involving C...

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Metro Briefs May 10
Nicole Mezare has joined Temple Sinai as the new director of adult programming. Mezare was born and raised in Toronto. She attended the Royal Conservatory of Music, where she learned how to des...

May 11, 2012 | 0

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<i>Members of the PBT try an Israeli folk dance</i>

PBT troupe gets orientation for Karmiel performance
The Karmiel Dance Festival does not begin until August, but the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre has already begun preparing for its first trip as a company to Israel. On Tuesday, April 24, the PBT host...

May 04, 2012 | 0

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Metro Briefs May 3
Jewish Family & Children’s Service will hold its annual meeting Tuesday, May 15, 6:30 p.m., at Rodef Shalom Congregation in Shadyside. At that time, Joel Rosenthal will be presented with the 201...

May 03, 2012 | 1

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<i>Tyler Carly, 15 of Fox Chapel, Lizzie Shackney, 17 of Mt. Lebanon, and Dianne Taxay, 17 of Fox Chapel, helped build a garden fence on April 22 at Construction Junction in Point Breeze. The teens were volunteering as part of the 2012 J-Serve Day, an service event for Jewish teens to volunteer in their communities.
The fence will enclose a garden made from repurposed materials that will sit in front of Construction Junction s entrance. (Chronicle photo by Lindsay Dill)</i>

Jewish teens volunteer in International Day of Giving
Around 250 teens came together from all across Pittsburgh to participate in J-Serve, an international day of Jewish youth service. “The idea is to foster this connection for teens to the community...

Apr 28, 2012 | 0

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A scene from "Delicious Peace Grows in a Ugandan Coffee Bean"

Five short-subject pictures compete at Robinson film gala
JFilm will present five short-subject films next week at the Robinson Short Film Competition Gala Awards Evening, Tuesday, May 1, 7:30 p.m. at SouthSide Works Cinema. This year, the competing fi...

Apr 25, 2012 | 0

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<i>PBT dancers Julia Erickson and Robert Moore perform a dance from “Step Touch.” (PBT photos)</i>

Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre to perform in Israel this summer
The last time the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre toured overseas was in 1994, when it performed the full-length ballet “Romeo and Juliet” in Taiwan. Now, 18 years later, the PBT is preparing to again ...

Apr 21, 2012 | 0

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Elan Steinberg defended Jewish rights
NEW YORK — Immediately after Elan Steinberg died early on April 6 at age 59, those who understood the tremendous historical role he played spoke about what he meant to them and to the Jewish commun...

May 10, 2012 | 0

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Al-Qaeda’s rise in Syria
The recent wave of suicide bombings in Syria, along with Lebanon’s seizure of a weapons-laden cargo ship intended for Syrian rebels, underscores the infiltration of not only Sunni-jihadist ideolog...

May 10, 2012 | 1

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Israeli generals balk at PM’s Iran policy
WASHINGTON — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is convinced that Iran is on the verge of acquiring a nuclear weapon. He believes that the Iranians cannot be deterred through diplomacy, and ...

May 03, 2012 | 0

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In child abuse cases, law enforcement blesses the obstruction of justice
The crime of sexually abusing a child, including adolescents and teens, is so heinous that the public is immediately shocked and angered. For a number of years, we have read of sex acts involving C...

May 15, 2012 | 1

| 5

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<i>Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert speaks at Sunday s Jerusalem Post Conference in New York. (Credit: Maxine Dovere)</i>

Keynote speaker Olmert doubles as persona non grata
NEW YORK — Ehud Olmert, the former Israeli prime minister, told the crowd at Sunday’s Jerusalem Post Conference in New York City that he didn’t “want to walk into a minefield,” but that didn’t stop...

May 02, 2012 | 1

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Israelis protest in support of Syrian people
TEL AVIV – Several hundred protestors in Tel Aviv showed their support for ordinary Syrians, demanding international intervention to put a stop to the Syrian government’s suppression of pro-democra...

Apr 03, 2012 | 0

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Photo Gallery

Meeting the VPOTUS

Rabbi Mike Werbow of Congregation Beth Shalom is shaking hands with Vice President Joe Biden at the 2012 Convention of the Rabbinical Assembly in Atlanta.

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Mike Doyle to address J Street gathering on the Future of the Pro‐Israel Movement.
A group of local J Street activists, leaders and supporters will come together to chart the course of the pro‐Israel movement and how it will play out in this election year in Pittsburgh. The Pitt...

May 12, 2012 | 0

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<i>Claire Engel standing in front of her now closed store, Engel’s Market, on Murray Avenue.</i>

Changes on Murray Avenue lead to market’s closure
For 46 years, nothing really changed at Engel’s Market on Murray Avenue in Squirrel Hill. The small storefront featuring an array of fresh fruits and vegetables hearkened back to a simpler time, a...

May 11, 2012 | 0

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'Ahead of time'
The Hillel Jewish University Center and JFilm are screening "Ahead of Time," a film about the life of photojournalist Ruth Gruber. Gruber, who just turned 100 years old, will be in Pittsburgh to ...

May 10, 2012 | 0

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Collaboration brings Beth El Congregation and JCC together
Beth El Congregation’s Early Childhood Program (BENS) has begun an unprecedented collaboration with the Early Childhood Department of the Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh, South Hills ...

May 09, 2012 | 0

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