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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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Four boxes of brisket totaling 275 pounds, 100 pounds of chicken, 675 matzo balls, 100 pounds of chicken bones, and 50 pounds each of carrots, celery and onions, sat in Hillel Jewish University Cen...
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This is a year of transition and celebration for the 2013 JFilm Festival. Transition, in that the festival is moving from its old venue at SouthSide Works Cinema to the Manor Theater in Squirrel Hi...
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I enter the coffee shop and scan the room looking for Ari. I finally spot him comfortable on a couch, heavily engaged in conversation with an older man who seems to be important to him. I cannot he...
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The Jewish Daily Forward has posted on its website the results of their project to identify America’s most inspiring rabbis. The Forward had “hoped to engage readers and hear stories about rabbis...
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Michael Sfard, a prominent Israeli human rights attorney known for representing Palestinians in cases against the Israeli government, will deliver a lecture entitled “Can the Occupier Provide Justi...
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An international day of volunteering, Good Deeds Day, came to Pittsburgh Sunday, March 10. Sponsored locally by the Jewish Federation Volunteer Center, the event was modeled on the Center’s Mitzvah...
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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...
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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...