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This year’s delegation of disabled Israeli war veterans are pictured here at the “Point of View” statue on Crafton Heights. The sculpture depicts George Washington and the Seneca leader Guyasuta in a face-to-face meeting in October 1770. The veterans were hosted by Jewish Pittsburgh families during their stay here and also visited Buffalo and Lancaster.
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For Meir Elhadad and seven other Israeli war veterans, the recently concluded trip to Pittsburgh and other American cities was a much-welcomed respite. It could even become a life-altering experien...
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Apr 07, 2013 | 0 | 3 |
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Adam Kellerman was a self-described “rowdy little kid with perfect health.” He was active and loved to play sports. But his world soon turned upside down. Kellerman experienced a pain in his leg f...
Apr 05, 2013 | 0 | 2 |
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AIPAC will host the Annual Pittsburgh Community Reception, Thursday, April 18, 7:30 p.m., at Congregation Beth Shalom. Col. Richard Kemp, former commander of British forces in Afghanistan, is the...
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President Obama’s first trip to Israel as president has drawn mixed reactions from Pittsburghers living here and in the Jewish state. The president visited Israel from March 20 to 22. While there, ...
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After serving as the spiritual leader of the Parkway Jewish Center near Monroeville for almost 10 years, Cantor Rick Berlin has announced his plans to retire following the high holidays later this ...
Apr 04, 2013 | 0 | 8 |
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Regrettably, Rebecca Fuhrman knows firsthand what it’s like to suffer at the hands of a Palestinian terrorist. The Pittsburgh native, who now lives in Israel, was only 24 on March 23, 2011, when a ...
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Twenty Israeli teens from Pittsburgh’s Partnership2Gether communities of Karmiel and Misgav joined with the 19 local Diller Teen Fellows last week to experience Jewish life, American-style. The cu...
Mar 31, 2013 | 0 | 5 |
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While Passover is a time for families to gather at happy and plentiful seders, Matthew Bolton sees a more distressing side to the holiday. The new director of the Squirrel Hill Community Food Pantr...
Mar 29, 2013 | 0 | 7 |
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Rabbi Jonathan Perlman of New Light Congregation was included in a list of “America’s Most Inspiring Rabbis” published by The Jewish Daily Forward. The list of 36 rabbis, who come from across the...
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Reaction was mixed in Israel to the public statements made by President Barack Obama during his visit, with some embracing Obama’s appeal for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflic...
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Gregg Roman wants to promote trade relations between southwestern Pennsylvania and Israel. It’s one reason he signed on to a statewide trip to Israel this month for Jewish leaders — principally fro...