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<i>"Shadowscape VI" by Ruth Levine</i>
Three Jewish women showcased at Westmoreland art exhibit
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...
Mar 08, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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<i>Eddie Rosenstein</i>
Eddie Rosenstein uses humor to make very real, serious films
How did a nice Jewish boy from Squirrel Hill end up in an East Harlem drug rehabilitation center? Fortunately, for Eddie Rosenstein, it wasn’t for treatment, but it was to create the award-winning ...
Mar 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
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More finalists from CMU named for March 21 Campus Superstar finale
Three more finalists have been named in the 2013 “Campus Superstar” competition. They are among the 10 finalists who will vie for a $5,000 grand prize Thursday, March 21, at Carnegie Music Hall in ...
Mar 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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Alan Olifson, who hosts “The Moth” at the Rex Theater, South Side, finds plenty of work in Pittsburgh for a Jewish stand up comic. (Photo courtesy of Alan Olifson)</i>
Pittsburgh comedian leaves them in stitches at The Moth
No joke: Alan Olifson moved from Los Angeles to Pittsburgh about two years ago so he would have more opportunities to perform comedy. As it turned out, he was right. Olifson, who hosts The Moth’s m...
Mar 04, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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A trip to Israel, less than 30 minutes from the city
by Eric Lidji
Associate Editor
Sep 03, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
Young children learn by doing, which makes teaching about Israel a particular challenge for educators at religious schools and synagogue-run preschools. Children can learn about Rosh Hashana by hol...
Day schools tackle swine flu, G-20, economy this fall
by Toby Tabachnick
Staff Writer
Sep 02, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
From a potential epidemic of swine flu to the upcoming G-20 Summit, area day schools are busy meeting challenges and seizing the unique opportunities afforded in Pittsburgh this fall. Community Day...
CDC places at risk youth in summer jobs in city
by Eric Lidji
Associate Editor
Sep 02, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
The job market isn’t favoring workers right now, especially young, inexperienced workers looking for jobs in upwardly mobile career paths, but this summer 10 Pittsburgh youths — many without any jo...
Maryland conference could lead to CAJE resurrection
by Lee Chottiner
Executive Editor
Sep 02, 2009 | 2 2 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
Last month, a gathering took place at a suburban Baltimore conference hall that could lead to the resurrection of the Coalition for the Advancement of Jewish Education. CAJE, a leading national dis...
Olmert facing three corruption cases
by JTA Staff
Sep 01, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Not unusually for a head of state, Ehud Olmert hankered for a legacy, and the contours of an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement may yet bear his mark. But another first attached to Olmert may be o...
Israeli sisters unite with their American families in Pittsburgh
by Derek Kwait
Staff Writer
Sep 01, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
Katya and Helena don’t have relatives in Pittsburgh. But they have family. For the past three years, the sisters, who live in the Israeli city of Karmiel, have corresponded with two families in the...
Nice Jewish Girls Gone Bad bring shtik back to the ’Burgh
by Toby Tabachnick
Staff Writer
Aug 31, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
Native Pittsburgher Susannah Perlman is not shy about taking credit when credit is due. Last year, her group, the Obama Girls of Comedy, played five swing states, including a local stop in Castle S...
Did Sweden fumble controversy, or did Israel overreact?
by Gil Shefler
JTA
Aug 27, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
NEW YORK — A Swedish newspaper is pushing forward with its far-fetched claims that the Israeli army harvested body organs from Palestinians. But for many Israel watchers the debate has shifted to w...
Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit's 23rd birthday to be marked with events in U.S.
by JTA
Aug 27, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
Events marking the 23rd birthday of abducted Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit will be held around the United States on Friday. The Jewish Agency for Israel is organizing about a dozen ceremonies to hon...
Florida governor placed prayer notes in Western Wall to prevent hurricanes
by JTA
Aug 27, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
The governor of Florida said he placed prayer notes in the Western Wall asking God to prevent hurricanes from hitting his state. In a talk to a group of real estate agents last Friday, Gov. Charlie...