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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 | 6 6 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 | 4 4 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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Meyers Plumbing and Heating closes; 110 years run by same Jewish family
by Lee Chottiner, Executive Editor
Dec 28, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
Meyers Plumbing and Heating, a Jewish-owned business that spanned four generations over 110 years, has ceased operation. Its last day was Friday, Dec. 21. The family recently sold the real estate t...
Exceptional People Auxiliary seeks help in expanding its reach to others
by Toby Tabachnick, Staff Writer
Dec 28, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
For Arthur Spiegel, it was not enough that 25 Jewish adults with special needs joined together for a post-Chanuka luncheon, complete with music and gift bags, at Congregation Beth Shalom Tuesday, D...
Consolidation-cooperation leads stories of 2012
by Toby Tabachnick, Staff Writer
Dec 27, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
The year 2012 brought an unprecedented collaboration between the religious schools of Conservative Congregation Beth Shalom, and Rodef Shalom, a Reform congregation. The advent of J-JEP (Joint Jewi...
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by Toby Tabachnick, Staff Writer
Dec 27, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
The year 2012 brought an unprecedented collaboration between the religious schools of Conservative Congregation Beth Shalom, and Rodef Shalom, a Reform congregation. The advent of J-JEP (Joint Jewi...
K-M sweeps Chooplah for Chanukah; wins game two
by Jesse Irwin, Chronicle Correspondent
Dec 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
Nothing can stop the visiting team from Karmiel-Misgav, but the Jewish Community Center came pretty close last Wednesday night. In the second of a two-game series, the JCC put up a solid effort aga...
Metro Briefs December 29
Dec 20, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
The Kollel Jewish Learning Center’s annual Melava Malka dinner will be held Feb. 16, 2013. This year's honorees are Dr. Dean and Chaya Pollack, who will receive the Shaul Kagan Legacy Award ho...
Pittsburgh area athletes qualify for 2013 Maccabiah Games
by Andrew Goldstein, Chronicle Correspondent
Dec 20, 2012 | 2 2 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
This coming summer, two young, local athletes will travel to Israel to participate in a worldwide sporting event. Keaton Baum, of Fox Chapel, and Daniella Rabin, of Squirrel Hill, are headed to the...
Jewish Federation Mitzvah Day 2012 to Engage 650+
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Dec 20, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
On December 25, more than 650 local volunteers from the Jewish community will provide services at some 65 social service sites throughout Pittsburgh for the annual Mitzvah Day of the Jewish Federa...
JHF leaders talk health care issues at Korean conference
by Lee Chottiner, Executive Editor
Dec 19, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
Two Jewish Healthcare Foundation leaders recently traveled to the Far East, where they traded opinions and knowledge on a range of health care issues, including perfecting patient care. JHF Preside...
New JAA benevolent care fund should assist baby boomers as they age
by Toby Tabachnick, Staff Writer
Dec 19, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
The number of people in the United States age 65 and older is expected to more than double between 2012 and 2060, from 43.1 million to 92 million, according to projections by the U.S. Census Bureau...