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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 | 2 2 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 | 2 2 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 | 1 1 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...
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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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<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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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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Orthodox feminist Sztokman to speak at Tree of Life-Or L’Simcha
by Toby Tabachnick, Staff Writer
Apr 19, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Jewish Agency for Israel Chairman Natan Sharansky’s recent proposal — to expand the Western Wall Plaza to include a permanent section where men and women can pray together — may be a first step in ...
Brain drain
by Matthew Wein, For the Chronicle
Apr 19, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
As a scientist, Dr. Dan Gincel works to find solutions to complex problems through years of research, trial and error. So he’s thrilled at the opportunity to tackle a problem with a more immediate ...
Metro Briefs April 18
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Community Day School has hired Melissa Sevimli as the first director of its Early Childhood Education program.  She will begin work at CDS immediately and will be the lead teacher for the inaugur...
Jewish Pittsburgh celebrates Israel
by Toby Tabachnick, Staff Writer
Apr 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
It was a splendid way—and a splendid day—for Jewish Pittsburgh to celebrate 65 years of Israeli independence. The halls and courtyards of the Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh in Squirr...
Iran-Free Procurement bill clears state House
by Lee Chottiner, Executive Editor
Apr 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
The state House of Representatives has passed an amended bill that would bar companies with substantial investments in Iran’s energy sector from doing business with Pennsylvania. House Bill 201, wh...
Zola to speak on ‘Profiles in Courage’ at area Sisterhoods Day
Apr 11, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Rabbi Gary Zola, executive director of The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives in Cincinnati (AJA), will open the 2013 Women of Reform Judaism Atlantic District’s Sisterhood A...
Friendship Circle marks growth with annual fundraiser
by Toby Tabachnick, Staff Writer
Apr 11, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
“Friendship is Priceless,” the theme of this year’s annual Friendship Circle fundraiser dinner, pretty much sums up the experience of a participant in Friendship Circle. Just ask Stacey Diaz, the m...
Fuzzy, funny robot meets Weinberg Village residents in test case
by Toby Tabachnick, Staff Writer
Apr 11, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
The way Romibo sidled up to Ruth Friedland, purring and cooing, prompted the Weinberg Village resident to quip that the fuzzy, pink robot was “a big flirt.” And Friedland smiled as she watched the ...
Retired British army officer says support for Israel widespread in his corps
by Lee Chottiner, Executive Editor
Apr 10, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
“Based on my knowledge and experience, I can say this: During Operation Cast Lead, the Israeli Defense Forces did more to safeguard the rights of civilians in a combat zone than any other army in ...
Metro Briefs April 11
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Irv Weiner will be honored for his 20 years of service as president of the Pliskover Cemetery Association as the Pliskovers celebrate their 105th anniversary. The celebration will take place at a...