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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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May 30, 2012 | 0 | 38 |
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Joshua Nelson remembers being served collard greens at his family’s seder table. It’s a far cry from the typical parsley and celery, but probably emblematic of Nelson’s culturally melded upbringing...
May 24, 2012 | 0 | 30 |
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When stand-up comic and television writer Carol Leifer came out as a lesbian to her Long Island Jewish parents, she was already in her 40s, and had been married and divorced from a man. But she was...
May 24, 2012 | 1 | 19 |
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A capacity audience looks on as the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh perform Wednesday, May 16, in the main sanctuary of Rodef Shalom Congregation. The performa...
May 22, 2012 | 1 | 13 |
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There is some pretty great art coming out of Jewish Pittsburgh these days. And the world is beginning to take notice. While the canvases of mixed-medium artist Zivi Aviraz are being exhibited at pr...
May 17, 2012 | 0 | 14 |
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This year’s Pittsburgh Jewish Music Festival will reach beyond its traditional emphasis on Yiddish and Eastern European musical roots, expanding its scope to include the exploration of multicultura...
Apr 28, 2012 | 0 | 22 |
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Around 250 teens came together from all across Pittsburgh to participate in J-Serve, an international day of Jewish youth service.
“The idea is to foster this connection for teens to the community...
Apr 25, 2012 | 0 | 22 |
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JFilm will present five short-subject films next week at the Robinson Short Film Competition Gala Awards Evening, Tuesday, May 1, 7:30 p.m. at SouthSide Works Cinema.
This year, the competing fil...
Apr 21, 2012 | 0 | 17 |
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The last time the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre toured overseas was in 1994, when it performed the full-length ballet “Romeo and Juliet” in Taiwan. Now, 18 years later, the PBT is preparing to again t...
Apr 12, 2012 | 0 | 10 |
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The curtain is set to rise again for the Jewish Theater of Pittsburgh, this time in a different venue.
Tito Braunstein, the founder of JTOP, is gearing up for the June 2012 re-launch of the profes...
Apr 10, 2012 | 0 | 11 |
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If Hollywood ever makes a movie about the movement to boycott Israel, I can think of no one better suited to the starring role than Emma Thompson.
I imagine Thompson’s character as a schoolteacher...
