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JF&CS holds annual meeting, examines impact of five-year plan
“The Imprint and Impact of Collaboration” was the theme at Jewish Family & Children’s Service’s annual meeting, held this past Monday evening at Rodef Shalom Congregation. Following a dessert recep...
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Chabad to stage May 29 women’s concert at CMU
The musical and artistic talents of Pittsburgh’s Jewish women will be celebrated Wednesday, May 29, at a communitywide event for women hosted by Chabad of Pittsburgh. The concert, which will be hel...
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<i> Robert Rehák</i>
Metro Briefs May 16
Robert Řehák , cultural attaché at the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Washington, D.C., will speak on “The History and Legends of the Jews in Prague,” Sunday, May 19, at 4 p.m. at the Ellis Scho...
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<i>Sarah Feiga Foner</i>
First woman Hebrew novelist Sara Foner bucked the times
Sarah Feiga Foner is not exactly a household name, but the late 19th-century novelist, who lived in Pittsburgh for the last 28 years of her life, holds an important distinction: she was the first w...
May 14, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Kollel to showcase musicians at May 20 benefit concert
Kollel Jewish Learning Center will feature two well-known local musicians in a benefit concert it is hosting, the “Night of Music,” Monday, May 20, 7:30 p.m., at the Jewish Community Center in Squi...
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<i> Susie Fishbein autographs a copy of her latest book, “Kosher By Design Cooking Coach,” at a May 1 demonstration in Fox Chapel.<br> Below, Cindy Gerber, who hosted the Susie Fishbein event, with Lieba Rudolph, center, and Chabad Fox Chapel Co-Director Shternie Rosenfeld, on right. (Photos by Yuan Tsur Photography)</i>
Susie Fishbein makes cooking demo in Fox Chapel home
Since too many cooks may very well spoil the broth, the 60 women who gathered at Cindy Gerber’s palatial Fox Chapel home on May 1 were content to watch Susie Fishbein do all the cooking herself. An...
May 10, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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<i>Lee Chottiner</i>
Bayer should address Shoa in sesquicentennial year
It’s nearly 70 years since the end of World War II and much has changed in Germany, but one of the most notable changes there has been resurrection of its Jewish community. Today, more than 200,000...
May 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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<i>Joel Rubin</i>
Syria, Iran and the red lines trap
WASHINGTON — In foreign policy, “red lines,” or public statements of policy boundaries, are often set by one nation to make it clear to another that, if the red line is breached, there will be cons...
May 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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<i>Abby Wisse Schachter</i>
Overlooking Jewish genetics a missed opportunity
You care about the Jewish people, right? If so, a major concern should be the health and welfare of the people, no? One fundamental way of keeping the Jewish people whole, healthy and well is to un...
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<i> Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (Credit: Wikimedia Commons)</i>
IDF intelligence: Assad used lethal sarin gas against Syrian rebels
The regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has used lethal chemical weapons, mostly sarin gas, against armed rebels several times in the past few weeks, and is continuing to do so, the head of...
Apr 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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<i>Dov Lipman</i>
American-born MK on U.S. speaking tour
Dov Lipman is coming to the United States this week for the first time without a U.S. passport. As a precondition for joining the Israeli government as a Member of Knesset, Lipman, 41, had to make ...
Apr 19, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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<i> A Qassam rocket in Sderot. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons)</i>
Israel attacked by Gaza rockets during Obama visit
(JNS.org ) Four Gaza rockets were fired at Israel on Thursday, with two of them landing in the often rocket-battered city of Sderot, during the second day of U.S. President Barack Obama’s visit t...
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Generations together
Hadassah photo Hadassah Greater Pittsburgh will hold a luncheon and an intergenerational fashion show Sunday, June 2, at Congregation Beth Shalom in Squirrel Hill. The fashions will be provided by Chico’s in Shadyside and the Gap. Pictured in the front row, from left, are Naomi Greenblott and Barb Scheinberg. Standing, from left, are Dr. Ashley Scheinberg and Dr. Emily Levine. Contact the Hadassah office at 412- 421-8919 to purchase tickets for this event.
Hadassah photo Hadassah Greater Pittsburgh will hold a luncheon and an intergenerational fashion show Sunday, June 2, at Congregation Beth Shalom in Squirrel Hill. The fashions will be provided by Chico’s in Shadyside and the Gap. Pictured in the front row, from left, are Naomi Greenblott and Barb Scheinberg. Standing, from left, are Dr. Ashley Scheinberg and Dr. Emily Levine. Contact the Hadassah office at 412- 421-8919 to purchase tickets for this event.
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<i> Recipents of the 2013 Awards of Excellence presented by the Jewish Agency for Israel for outstanding efforts in the Partnership2Gether (P2G) program are pictured here with their award. They are, from left to right, Charlene Tissenbaum, chair of the P2G Youth Kesher (Connection) Committee; Jan Levinson, P2G co-chair; Andrea Arbel, director of the Partnership Unit, Jewish Agency for Israel; Cindy Goodman Leib, P2G co-chair; Sue Linzer, Jewish Federation associate director of planning and director of overseas operations; and Debbie Swartz, Pittsburgh P2G coordinator. (Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh photo)</i>
Jewish Pittsburgh, partner communities, garner JAFI award for P2G project
The Pittsburgh Jewish community received First Place recognition in the 2013 Awards of Excellence presented by the Jewish Agency for Israel for outstanding efforts in the Partnership2Gether (P2G) p...
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<i> Rabbi Ezra Ende lifts high a Torah during a recent Simchat Torah celebration with members of the Kiryat HaYovel Chavura community in Jerusalem. (Kiryat HaYovel Chavura photo)</i>
Ezra Ende returns to Pittsburgh; touts new ‘community’ in Jerusalem neighborhood
Rabbi Ezra Ende is so committed to religious pluralism in Jerusalem that he’s working to develop a new congregation to preserve it. The former associate rabbi at Temple Sinai, is revisiting Pittsbu...
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<i>Sarah Feiga Foner</i>
First woman Hebrew novelist Sara Foner bucked the times
Sarah Feiga Foner is not exactly a household name, but the late 19th-century novelist, who lived in Pittsburgh for the last 28 years of her life, holds an important distinction: she was the first w...
May 14, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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<i>Anne Martindale Williams</i>
Kollel to showcase musicians at May 20 benefit concert
Kollel Jewish Learning Center will feature two well-known local musicians in a benefit concert it is hosting, the “Night of Music,” Monday, May 20, 7:30 p.m., at the Jewish Community Center in Squi...
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