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<i> 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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<i>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)</i>
Cancer Be Glammed thanks to Allderdice jewelry class
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...
May 20, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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JF&CS holds annual meeting, examines impact of five-year plan
“The Imprint and Impact of Collaboration” was the theme at Jewish Family & Children’s Service’s annual meeting, held this past Monday evening at Rodef Shalom Congregation. Following a dessert recep...
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<i> 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)</i>
Jewish Pittsburgh, partner communities, garner JAFI award for P2G project
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...
May 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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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...
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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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<i> 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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<i> 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’...
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Frank: I learned about bridge building at Manchester Bidwell
by Matthew Wein, Chronicle Correspondent
Mar 19, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Bill Strickland and Mark Frank have been friends for over 40 years. They’re so close, in fact, they’re practically brothers. “Mark’s dad kind of adopted me as one of his kids,” said Strickland, pre...
Interfaith couples handle Passover and Easter, rabbis, survey say
by Lee Chottiner, Executive Editor
Mar 19, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
When Rabbis Alex and Amy Greenbaum held a class this month at the South Hill Jewish Community Center on issues facing interfaith couples at Passover, they met two women they won’t soon forget. One ...
Metro Briefs March 14
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Chabad Fox Chapel will hold its third annual Spark Gala event Sunday, March 17, at the Marriott City Center, Downtown. Glass harpist Jamey Turner will play music on his collection of water glasse...
Local Jewish mime makes symphonies kid friendly
by Toby Tabachnick, Staff Writer
Mar 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Want to take a 4-year-old to a symphony? No, this is not a trick question. While most parents would quake at the thought of trying to get a preschool age child to sit still through an orchestral p...
‘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...