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Recipents of the 2013 Awards of Excellence presented by the Jewish Agency for Israel for outstanding efforts in the Partnership2Gether (P2G) program are pictured here with their award. They are, from left to right, Charlene Tissenbaum, chair of the P2G Youth Kesher (Connection) Committee; Jan Levinson, P2G co-chair; Andrea Arbel, director of the Partnership Unit, Jewish Agency for Israel; Cindy Goodman Leib, P2G co-chair; Sue Linzer, Jewish Federation associate director of planning and director of overseas operations; and Debbie Swartz, Pittsburgh P2G coordinator. (Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh photo)
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The Pittsburgh Jewish community received First Place recognition in the 2013 Awards of Excellence presented by the Jewish Agency for Israel for outstanding efforts in the Partnership2Gether (P2G) p...
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OASIS Intergenerational Tutoring training sessions will take place Thursdays, Sept. 23 and 30 or Wednesdays, Oct. 13 and 20, from 10:15 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. at OASIS, 10th Floor Macy’s Downtown. OAS...
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NEW YORK -- The MASA study-in-Israel initiative is giving eight U.S. colleges or systems a total of $400,000 over the next two years.
MASA will give $50,000 each to Arizona State University, Barna...
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JERUSALEM -- The Obama administration reportedly suggested that Israel extend its current settlement freeze for three months, which Israel appears to have rejected.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary...
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Matt recently described the possibility of a green coexistence between Palestinians and Israelis south of Jerusalem. Israel is shipping their cleantech expertise to their neighbors, thereby fosteri...
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WASHINGTON -- Don't expect a familiar American echo now that West Bank settlers are gearing up to fight the possible extension of Israel’s settlement freeze.
Activists on the left and right in Isr...
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WASHINGTON — Heading into a period of intense diplomatic activity, Israel and the pro-Israel community are taking what may appear to be an atypical wait-and-see approach.
That sentiment and the Hig...
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LOS ANGELES -- Neila is coming. Please rise.
On Yom Kippur for the past 15 years, as a lay cantor I have led the Neila service for the small congregation to which I belong, the Movable Minyan in L...
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How do you convey a journey that spans your entire life?
I recently returned from a two-week trip to Europe with my younger daughter, Avi, and two of my grandchildren, Boaz and Isaac Munro. Among o...
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Pennsylvania took its sweet time divesting its pension plans from Iran and Sudan, but now that that’s a done deal, there may be more to come.
Sen. Mike Stack, D-Philadelphia, who sponsored the dive...
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(This is an updated version of this story.)
Sitting in the Jewish Community Center in Squirrel Hill Monday night, Torah scribe Zerach Greenfield held up three fingers up to Marcia Weiss as if ...