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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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AJL honors Pittsburgh’s Jewish teachers
by Derek Kwait
Staff Writer
Jun 11, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
Since Sinai, the student-teacher relationship in Judaism has been considered as sacred as the relationship between parent and child. In recognition of this, the Agency for Jewish Learning this past...
Canadian PM: No double-speak on Israel
by Ron Csillag
Jun 05, 2009 | 1 1 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
TORONTO (JTA) -- The love affair between Canada's Jewish community and the country's staunchly pro-Israel prime minister was readily apparent Sunday when Stephen Harper received a human rights awar...
Make room Facebook and MySpace — GenKvetch is here
by Alex Weisler
JTA
Jun 03, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
NEW YORK — Self-described “snowbird” Marilyn Carroll earned a new nickname this winter as she walked the streets of Florida: Kvetch Lady. “I grew up an only child,” Carroll told JTA. “So I like peo...
Eco-friendly
by Eric Fingerhut
JTA
Jun 03, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
WASHINGTON — Jewish organizations may want to “go green” but the challenges — from the cost to simply knowing which products to buy — can be complicated. That’s where last week’s Jewish Sustainabi...
New Orthodox program aims to give women rabbinic training
by Ben Harris
JTA
Jun 03, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
NEW YORK — Two months ago Sara Hurwitz — then the “spiritual mentor” at Rabbi Avi Weiss’ Orthodox synagogue, the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale — was given a new title: Maharat, a Hebrew acronym tha...
With support for Abbas, is Obama betting on wrong horse?
by Leslie Susser
JTA
Jun 03, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
JERUSALEM — As the United States presses for progress in Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking, President Obama is redoubling Washington’s efforts to strengthen Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abb...
From Steelers to Obama
by Toby Tabachnick
Staff Writer
Jun 03, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
It is impossible to walk into the Sirani Gallery on Forbes Avenue this week and not smile. The boldly painted, uplifting works of world-renowned artist Peter Max have taken over the gallery through...
Taking a different approach to understanding Jewish holidays
by Hilary Daninhirsch
Chronicle Correspondent
Jun 03, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
Jewish commemoration of holidays is explored in a series of essays in the form of letters to the author’s daughter, Leah. The main questions the book explores are: Why be Jewish? Why does it mat...
Jewish Rebecca joins American Girl college
by Hilary Daninhirsch
Chronicle Correspondent
Jun 03, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
There’s a new girl in town and her name is Rebecca Rubin. But she’s not just any girl; she is the most recent addition to the line of American Girl dolls, and she has the distinction of being the f...
Big honor for Pamela’s Diner
Jun 03, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
When President Barack Obama was asked by one of his aides what he wanted to be served for his Memorial Day breakfast when he entertains 80 veterans, one breakfast food stood out in his mind. In Apr...