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After a summer studying Jewish texts at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem, Amanda Russell decided that she wanted to become a rabbi. “I just fell in love with what I was doing the...
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Steve Bram has accepted an offer to become the new Murray Klein Executive Director of Rodef Shalom Congregation beginning July 15. Bram’s hiring comes after a nationwide search led by Vantagen LLC ...
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A Pittsburgh area native is at work in Israel building partnerships between Diaspora Jews and a Misgav-based company employing special needs people to recycle electronic components from computers. ...
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When kidnapping victims Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight escaped a nearly decade-long imprisonment in Ariel Castro’s Cleveland home in early May, their rescuers and captors were thrus...
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Actress and social activist Marlo Thomas was in Pittsburgh last Thursday to help the National Council of Jewish Women, Pittsburgh Section, celebrate its 120th anniversary. The event was held at Rod...
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BBYO Keystone Mountain Region (KMR) engages over 400 teens annually, and during the 2012-2013 programming year, BBYO KMR saw many of its members elected to chapter, regional and international boar...
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After a five-month nationwide search, Temple Sinai has hired Deborah Fidel as its new executive director. Fidel, who has served for the last four years as the executive director of the Pittsburgh A...
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Traffic was halted for a while in Squirrel Hill Sunday afternoon, but this time it wasn’t caused by detours from tunnel construction. Instead of cars blasting their horns and 18-wheelers barreling ...
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Rabbi Art Donsky suddenly announced last week that he will be retiring as spiritual leader of Temple Ohav Shalom in the North Hills at the end of this month, a year earlier than he previously plann...
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Denny Offstein likes to recall how his father brought his family to the United States seeking the American dream. So when Offstein decided that the Butler City Police needed two new officers with a...
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As a four-year varsity player at Amherst College, Yram Groff was confident in himself and the strong American team as he traveled to Israel for the first time in his life to take part in the Maccab...