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<i>Adam Reinherz</i>
Shop class project teaches Hillel boys profound life lessons
In Judah, Jews buried their own. In Persia, Jews buried their own. Across Europe, throughout Italy, Spain and Poland, Jews buried their own. But in America, Jews essentially stopped.  Funeral homes...
May 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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<i>Michael Chabon</i>
Metro Briefs May 23
Michael Chabon , the well-known Pittsburgh-raised Jewish American novelist whose books often have strong Jewish characters and sometimes Pittsburgh settings, has been named to The Jerusalem Post  ...
May 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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<i>Robert Rehak</i>
Czech diplomat touts culture as way to resolve Jewish-Arab split
When he was in Israel, Robert Rehak, then-Czech Republic cultural attaché to the Jewish state, practiced soccer diplomacy. Specifically, he organized a model Euro Cup competition for Arab and Jewis...
May 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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<i>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.</i>
Disabled Israeli vets experience the best Pittsburgh has to offer
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...
May 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Pittsburgh volunteers Reesa Rosenthal, Jon Halpern, and Ellen Leger joined with staff members from Pitchon Lev to prepare food baskets for disadvantaged Israeli families on the just-concluded volunteers mission. (Jewish Federation photo by Alex Huber)</i>
Federation sends volunteers group to Israel on mission
Eight Pittsburghers returned this week from a Mission to Israel coordinated by the Jewish Federation Volunteer Center. The weeklong mission revolved around volunteering in Karmiel and the Misgav re...
May 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Israeli researchers ‘light-years ahead’ on studies of cellphone risks
Most people have no idea that their iPhone comes with a warning to carry the device at least 10 mm away from the body, and to use a “hands-free” option like headphones or speaker, in order to preve...
May 23, 2013 | 3 3 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Annual Shavuot study draws hundreds
Young children ran through the halls and old men with long, weathered beards looked for places to sit.   Some wore jeans and T-shirts and tennis shoes, others, suits and ties. It was an eclectic gr...
May 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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<i>Meyer “Skip” Grinberg</i>
JSHOF to make its 2013 inductions at annual banquet
The Jewish Sports Hall of Fame of Western Pennsylvania will hold its 31st Induction Ceremony and Banquet, Sunday, May 19, at Congregation Beth Shalom, 5915 Beacon St., Squirrel Hill. Cocktails and ...
May 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Film Director Emily Harrold thanks the Robinson family May 8 at the 2013 Robinson International Short Film Competition. Harrold’s film “Reporting on the Times: The New York Times and the Holocaust” was given the Kesef Award. Five short films were shown at the gala, and three awards were given in honor of the memory of Sanford N. Robinson Sr. (Chronicle photo by Lindsay Dill)</i>
‘Castaways’ takes top honor at Robinson Short Film Competition
The passengers knew they were going to die. Rounded up by Nazis, they were on trains headed to the Treblinka death camp in Poland.  So they took a desperate measure. They threw their young children...
May 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Metro Briefs November 15
Nov 14, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
The Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh has won the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) Sapir Award for Campaign Excellence. The award, which recognizes the Federation’s 2011 Annual Ca...
Highmark to begin coverage for genetic screening in 2013
by Toby Tabachnick, Staff Writer
Nov 14, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Highmark, Inc. will be changing its medical policy in January 2013 to provide insurance coverage for pre-conception genetic tests for Ashkenazi Jews between the ages of 18 and 29. Most other large...
Sherman reflects on JF&CS progress at milestone date
by Lee Chottiner, Executive Editor
Nov 14, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
As Jewish Family & Children’s Service prepares to mark its 75th anniversary, Aryeh Sherman is reflecting on how far the social service agency has come and where it’s going. For Sherman, the JF&CS p...
Jewish camp devoted to wellness to recruit Pittsburgh campers
by Toby Tabachnick, Staff Writer
Nov 13, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Cardio hora, Torah yoga, and … healthful knishes? Really. Children and young teens searching for a summer camping experience integrating their Judaism with good nutrition and fitness need look no ...
UPMC Montefiore receives Gold Award at Fifth Annual Fine Awards
Nov 12, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Three local teams were recipients of the fifth annual Fine Awards for Teamwork Excellence in Health Care. The awards were presented during a reception at the August Wilson Center for African Ameri...
CWB wants to take W.Va. students, teachers to Poland
by Lee Chottiner, Executive Editor
Nov 12, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
(Editor's note: This is a revised version of the story and contains updates throughout.) WHEELING, W.Va. — Scores of teachers and students from across the Pittsburgh area have for years traveled...
Christian, Jewish leaders dialogue locally despite national rift
by Sam Lapin, Chronicle Correspondent
Nov 09, 2012 | 1 1 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
Leaders of various denominations from the Pittsburgh Jewish and Christian communities gathered at Congregation Beth Shalom Thursday, Nov. 8, to discuss the ramifications of a letter to Congress ask...
Metro Briefs November 8
Nov 09, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Jewish Family & Children’s Service has partnered with North Hills Community Outreach (NHCO) and South Hills Interfaith Ministry (SHIM) to create a countywide employment and critical needs service...
Jewish vote dissipates as new ethnic groups flex muscle
by Lee Chottiner, Executive Editor
Nov 08, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
President Obama’s broad-based coalition of minorities, women and other voting blocs propelled him to second term Tuesday night. But on Wednesday, at least one longtime observer of Jewish voting p...
Visitors from Karmiel and Misgav attended the Pittsburgh Ballet's “Giselle.”
by Aimee Waeltz PBT photo
Nov 08, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Principal Dancer Julia Erickson, who performed during PBT’s Israel tour this past summer, including the Karmiel Dance Festival, met several Israeli visitors from Karmiel a...