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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 | 3 3 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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Jews laud Benedict’s interfaith work, but are wary of his successor
by Toby Tabachnick, Staff Writer
Feb 15, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
The announcement of Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation from the papacy prompted Jewish leaders and scholars to reflect on his legacy regarding Catholic-Jewish relations, as well as to voice concerns o...
Metro Briefs February 14
Feb 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Temple Sinai is preparing for a series of programs to mark the 25th anniversary of  Rabbi James Gibson as its spiritual leader. Programs, services and learning sessions are scheduled from March t...
JAA seeks change in federal law to allow funding for e-medical records
by Lee Chottiner, Executive Editor
Feb 13, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
The Jewish Association on Aging is lobbying for a change in law that would enable it, and other long-term care providers, to qualify for federal funding for electronic medical records. Access to su...
Reese finally skating with his hometown team
by Andrew Goldstein, Chronicle Correspondent
Feb 13, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
New York Islanders forward Colin McDonald hit Penguins defenseman Ben Lovejoy into the boards behind the Penguins net during a Jan. 29  game, knocking Lovejoy out of the contest. Unbeknownst at tha...
PAJC to hold inaugural Caplan-Lieber Bridge Builders Award Reception
Feb 13, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Pittsburgh Area Jewish Committee will hold its inaugural Caplan-Lieber Bridge Builders Award reception, Tuesday, March 12, 5:30 p.m. at the Pittsburgh Public Theater, Downtown. Mark S. Frank, Just...
Temple Emanuel opened synagogue to Orthodox bar mitzva
by Toby Tabachnick, Staff Writer
Feb 12, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 20 20 recommendations | email to a friend
This is a story of a family whose Orthodox bar mitzva celebration was enabled and enhanced by a Reform congregation. But more importantly, this is a story about the possibilities that can transpire...
Shalit’s negotiator describes soldier’s five-year odyssey
by Lee Chottiner, Executive Editor
Feb 08, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
As Gershon Baskin stood over the grave of his wife’s cousin, a simple Israeli candy-maker abducted by Hamas terrorists who tortured and murdered him, he felt tortured himself. The family of the can...
Pittsburgh marks Jewish Disability Awareness Month
Feb 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
February marks Pittsburgh’s fifth Jewish Disabilities Awareness Month (JDAM) as part of a nationwide campaign dedicated to raise awareness and fostering inclusion of individuals with disabilities i...
Dylan Reese gets call-up from Pens
by staff and releases
Feb 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
Dylan Reese, a Jewish defenseman and Pittsburgh area native will finally get a shot to play for his hometown team. The Pittsburgh Penguins announced Wednesday they have recalled Reese from their W...
Bullying film, discussion sheds critical light on dangerous issue
by Toby Tabachnick, Staff Writer
Feb 06, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
It did not seem to matter that the bullies and their victims came from small towns, from the Bible Belt, or Sioux City, Iowa, or Perkins, Okla. And it did not matter that the relentless taunting an...