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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...
May 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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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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Twin sisters Betty Kane and Judy Meyers play a piano duet in their Squirrel Hill home. Despite the twins’ blindness since birth, they’ve become accomplished pianists, and they often volunteer their musical services at community events. (Chronicle photo by Lindsay Dill)</i>
Sightless sisters make a lifetime of music
They sit next to each other on a piano bench covered with a pink pillow.  Playing in tandem, their fingers effortlessly glide up and down the piano keys, not missing a single note. The old Baldwin ...
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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>Michael Levin, for whom the Lone Soldier Center is named, was killed in the Lebanon War of 2006.</i>
Israeli lone soldiers need help
You can find lone soldiers everywhere in Israeli society, Idan Ianovici said, which indicates just how great is the challenge he faces. “A lone soldier is a soldier who can’t live in their parent’...
May 14, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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<i>Chronicle photos by Lindsay Dill</i>
J-Site graduation day
Agency for Jewish Learning alumna Bunny Reingold Morris offers advice at the Chatham University Chapel May 5 for AJL's 2013 commencement and 60th Anniversary ceremony. About 100 graduates, friends,...
May 13, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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<i>David Ehrenwerth</i>
Ehrenwerth offers inside look at government service
David Ehrenwerth attended a few meetings in the White House last December when he noticed a chanukia sitting on a wooden table where Cabinet members enter the building for gatherings. Of course, no...
May 10, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Norma Sobel’s giving, fundraising influenced a younger generation
Norma Kirkell Sobel, a Jewish leader locally and nationally in many capacities, whose active participation touched many organizations, died Tuesday, April 30. She was 73. “There was a gazillion org...
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<i>A quilt panel from Leslie Golomb and Louise SIlk’s project, “Deez Nites Be All Da Same To Me,” is part of the “Stitch in Jewish Time” exhibit.</i>
Metro Briefs May 9
“A Stitch in Jewish Time: Provocative Textiles,” the latest exhibit at the American Jewish Museum of the Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh, opens Tuesday, May 14, and runs through Jul...
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Archives
Roth’s latest ‘Nemesis’ continues string of great novels
by By Morton I. Teicher
Special to the Chronicle
Nov 08, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
Philip Roth has done it again! For his 32nd book, America’s outstanding writer has once again demonstrated his mastery of the short novel with his newest contribution, Nemesis. This achievement is ...
Shalom Pittsburgh branches out to suburban outreach
by Hilary Daninhirsch
Chronicle Correspondent
Nov 08, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
With the goal of providing more social opportunities for young Pittsburghers Shalom Pittsburgh is branching out across the city’s tunnels and bridges to reach suburban Jewish populations. The progr...
'Many Faces of Breast Cancer' comes to Pittsburgh
by Release
Nov 08, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
The Many Faces of Breast Cancer, a national program educating and celebrating breast cancer survivors, will be hosted in Pittsburgh by Allegheny General Hospital in partnership with the American Ca...
Haffner to appear on "Impact'
Nov 04, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Marc Haffner, a life coach and author of the book, "Overcoming the Odds," will be a guest this weekend on the WPXI channel 11 community affairs program, "Impact." The show will air Saturday, 5:30 ...
Jewish groups’ take on 2010 elections from starkly different views
by Lee Chottiner
Executive Editor
Nov 04, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Jewish organizations didn’t wait long after the 2010 Election results were in to begin putting their spin on the coast-to-coast outcome. Conservative and Republican groups hailed the results as a ...
Florence Melton graduates form alumni association here
by Toby Tabachnick
Nov 04, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
With more than 1,000 local graduates of the Florence Melton Adult Mini-School in the Pittsburgh area, starting an alumni association seemed like a logical step. So that’s what the school did. The...
Civil rights leaders debate new incivility
by Justin Jacobs
Nov 04, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Lynn Cullen moderates many panel discussions in Pittsburgh, but the topic of the one she headlined last week didn’t give her much pleasure at all. “It is a decidedly unpleasant topic we take up to...
Coming up
by Angela Leibowicz
Community Editor
Oct 29, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Rabbi Nancy Fuchs Kreimer will lead a weekend of adult education at Congregation Dor Hadash from Nov. 12 to 14. The weekend, which will begin with a Friday evening service at 7:30 p.m., will cont...
North Hills Jewish family’s daughter battles rare disorder
by Hilary Daninhirsch
Chronicle Correspondent
Oct 29, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
“I think I know what’s wrong with your daughter.” Those are dreaded words for any parent. But for Samra and Leonard Savioz of Franklin Park, they were a bittersweet relief. After a decade of misdi...
Squirrel Hill Harvest Festival brings unusual sights
by Angela Leibowicz
Community Editor
Oct 28, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
The first annual Squirrel Hill Harvest Festival was held Oct. 28 at the corner of Forbes and Murray avenues. Those who attended saw an unlikely sight on that corner: a farmer's market, which includ...