editorial
We need J Street, too
In the 60-plus years Jews have debated the future of Israel, one thing is clear: We need both the political left and right to have these debates. The issues are complicated, and neither side of th...
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Plenty of reasons
We’re all for Israelis and Palestinians living side by side in peace. In fact, this paper has long supported a two-state solution, which gives each side the security it needs and the right it dese...
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Campus Judaism needs money
Everyone is feeling the pinch of a tough economy, and everybody is forced to make cuts. Some of those cuts, though, hurt more than others. Next week at the University of Pittsburgh, a consortium o...
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Proper recognition due
Several years ago, in Morgantown, W.Va., veterans organized a Memorial Day ceremony outside the courthouse there: Nothing surprising, veterans across the country always remember their fallen comra...
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Takin’ it to the streets — not
We would have much preferred to picture proud Jews on our front page waving Israeli flags in front of so iconic a Pittsburgh landmark as the statue of the late Mayor Richard Caliguiri. Sadly, that...
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Where are the Jews at the G-20?
OK, let’s be frank. The G-20 Summit this week in Pittsburgh is, as we say in newspapers, a dog and pony show. But it’s a good dog and pony show. It’s also a high-profile dog and pony show. With mo...
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opinion
Kristallnacht and beyond: The specter returns
On Nov. 9, 1938, a massive nationwide anti-Jewish pogrom took place during peacetime across the entire territory of the Third Reich. The pretext for this orgy of violence against German Jews was t...
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Partnership, not placards, is the way to answer the BDS movement
Last weekend, Pitt Students for Justice in Palestine hosted a three-day BDS (boycott, divestment and sanctions) conference at the University of Pittsburgh. This movement was founded in 2005 by a...
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In rebuttal Israeli studies at Pitt given serious treatment
Assuming that the study of Israel is inadequately represented in the curriculum at the University of Pittsburgh, a recent editorial and a letter to The Chronicle have called for the creation of an...
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What’s really on trial in the Goldstone report?
NEW YORK — The No. 1 priority of any government is to protect its citizens, whether it be from times of economic instability, crime or foreign threats. Stimulus packages and rebates are given ...
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My summer job led me to social justice
As I entered the synagogue of the Center for Jewish Life at Princeton University to hear Rabbi Ari Weiss lead a discussion on the Tav HaYosher, an ethical seal for kosher eating establishments, I ...
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Saying goodbye to the Concordia Club
My earliest memories of the Concordia Club are of me as a little girl going to family dinners and parties, excited to know that upon entering the foyer I would be greeted with the warmth and safet...
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Medieval Sephardic poet shows us how to choose civility
ROCKVILLE , Md. — Having shepherded hundreds of people through Jewish leadership workshops, I am asked frequently why we don’t have better, more competent Jewish leaders — lay and professional — ...
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Saturday, 07, 2009
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Light/The Holocaust & ... 12:00 AM to 12:00 AM
Brundibar. Maurice Sendak and Tony Kushne...
Night at the Races 7:00 PM
Congregation Emanu-El Israel will hold its...
GoodTaste! Pittsburgh 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
GoodTaste! Pittsburgh, the region’s larges...
Designer Days 6:00 PM to 6:00 PM
On Thursday, November 5, 2009, from 6-8 p....