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Lisa Lurie, one of the Cancer Be Glammed co-founders, on left, and Allderdice teacher Julie Farber, who with her top jewelry students in partnership with Pittsburgh-based website Cancer Be Glammed, paired the students with women coping with cancer in order to craft pieces of jewelry for them. Women were given their personalized jewelry May 4 at a gathering at the Summerset at Frick Park Community Center. (Photo courtesy of Paul Firemen)
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An estimated 805,600 women will be diagnosed with some sort of cancer this year in the United States, according to the American Cancer Society. And 79,560 of them, almost 10 percent, will be in Pen...
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The 2013 Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh Fundfest drew some 50 volunteers to the Young Adult Division Night of the fundraiser Sunday, Jan. 27. The volunteers helped raise money for vital h...
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The centennial anniversary of the Women of Reform Judaism will be marked in Pittsburgh Feb. 8 and 9 during special Shabbat programming at both Temple Sinai and Rodef Shalom Congregation. Using Sha...
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The Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh has promoted three professionals in a continuing effort to consolidate all of the organization’s financial resource development into a unified approach. ...
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NCJW, Pittsburgh Section , is opening a “Personal Care Closet” at its Anathan House offices in Squirrel Hill. The Personal Care Closet will provide women and children in need with a sustainable so...
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Hundreds of local Jewish teens will gather Sunday, Feb. 3, to address the issue of bullying. The event “Bully: The Movie — An Exclusive Screening and Workshop for Jewish Teens and Parents,” will be...
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Evelyn Glick Bloom was "a people's person"; a smiling woman who both dared to dream and to make those dreams happen. She was a multifaceted community activist before the term was coined. Her bel...
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Seven years ago, Bryna Siegel Finer learned that she had a family history of breast and ovarian cancer, and was tested to see if she had the BRCA2 genetic mutation — a mutation that increases the r...
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The three men vying to be Pittsburgh’s next mayor don’t disagree on everything, but they don’t agree on much. Mayor Luke Ravenstahl, City Councilman Bill Peduto and City Controller Michael Lamb too...
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Fifty-one athletes from age 8 to over 80 years old competed in the Indoor Triathlon at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh in Squirrel Hill Sunday, Jan. 20. The Western Pennsylvania J...
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Standing with 33 other college students in the ancient synagogue of Masada while a sofer (scribe) discussed the art of writing a Torah, Danielle Schlesinger and Lindsay MacGillivray were inspired b...