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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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