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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)
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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(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...
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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...
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Three Jewish artists are being featured at a “pop-up” show at the Westmoreland Museum of American Art in Greensburg. The show opens Wednesday, March 6, and runs through Sunday, March 31. Ruth Levin...