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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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‘Sarajevo Haggadah’ focus of this year’s community literacy program
by Toby Tabachnick, Staff Writer
Mar 14, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
The famed “Sarajevo Haggadah” is the subject of the historical novel “People of the Book,” chosen by the Allegheny County Library Association as the featured title for its 11th annual “One Book, On...
Pa. has invested millions in Israel Bonds
by Lee Chottiner, Executive Editor
Mar 14, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Ohio may be making a historic investment in Israel Bonds, but Pennsylvania is no slouch either. The Cleveland Jewish News recently reported that the State of Ohio has bought $42 million in Israel B...
Pittsburgh, W.Va. send record delegations to AIPAC conference
by Lee Chottiner, Executive Editor
Mar 13, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
The Pittsburgh delegation to this year’s AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington, D.C., numbered 62, “by far the biggest Pittsburgh has ever sent,” Cheryl Moore said. For many of the participants it ...
Early Learning Center at Beth Shalom re-awarded “4 out of 4 stars” for early childhood learning
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Mar 13, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
The Early Learning Center at Beth Shalom has just been re-awarded the highest level “4 out of 4 stars” for early childhood learning by Pennsylvania's Keystone STARS program. Keystone STARS is an...
Local WRJ leader prays with Knesset members at the Western Wall
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Mar 13, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
(Editor's note: The Chronicle will have an update on this story, including an interview with Lynn Magid Lazar, in next week's edition.) Women of Reform Judaism (WRJ) members and leaders today jo...
'Big Night'
Mar 11, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
The Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh held its seventh Big Night, Saturday, March 9, at the JCC in Squirrel Hill. This year's theme, “Time of Our Lives,” celebrated the 1980s. Bi...
Three Jewish women showcased at Westmoreland art exhibit
by Toby Tabachnick, Staff Writer
Mar 08, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Three Jewish artists are being featured at a “pop-up” show at the Westmoreland Museum of American Art in Greensburg. The show opens Wednesday, March 6, and runs through Sunday, March 31. Ruth Levin...
Eddie Rosenstein uses humor to make very real, serious films
by Hilary Daninhirsch, Chronicle Correspondent
Mar 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
How did a nice Jewish boy from Squirrel Hill end up in an East Harlem drug rehabilitation center? Fortunately, for Eddie Rosenstein, it wasn’t for treatment, but it was to create the award-winning ...
More finalists from CMU named for March 21 Campus Superstar finale
by Sam Lapin, Chronicle Correspondent
Mar 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Three more finalists have been named in the 2013 “Campus Superstar” competition. They are among the 10 finalists who will vie for a $5,000 grand prize Thursday, March 21, at Carnegie Music Hall in ...
Jewish leaders: Sequestration will be challenging for them
by Matthew Wein, Chronicle Correspondent
Mar 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
With the sequestration deadline looming last week, the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh held a forum to discuss what across-the-board cuts to discretionary spending could ultimately mean to ...