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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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One year ago, if people had told Rabbi Ely Rosenfeld that in 2013 he would be running the Pittsburgh Half-Marathon, he never would have believed them. But this past Sunday, not only did he finish...
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The fourth annual Jewish learning celebration in western Pennsylvania, Tikkun Leil Shavuot , will take place Tuesday night, May 14, from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. at the Jewish Community Center in Squirr...
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Here is how I would like to start this column: “For a good time, call Cheryl.” But I wouldn’t want to give the wrong impression. Let’s try this: “Cheryl is an absolute pleasure to be around. And s...
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Ethan Felson brought some disturbing news to Pittsburgh Monday. The vice president and general counsel for the Jewish Counsel for Public Affairs told the Chronicle that the JCPA is conducting a sur...
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Question: What’s the difference between a rottweiler and a Jewish Mother? Answer: Eventually, the rottweiler lets go. She is one of the most iconic stereotypes in popular culture. She has been...
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Some 600 people packed the ballroom of the Omni William Penn Hotel, Downtown, Sunday, for The Friendship Circle’s annual celebration and graduate presentation. Fifty-one young people from across th...
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A typical day camp, with it emphasis on swimming and sports and arts and crafts, can be a blessing for many families looking for a productive way for their children to spend their summers. But for ...
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Liron Lipinsky will become the first fulltime director of the Joint Jewish Education Program (JJEP) going into the 2013-2014 school year.
The Joint Jewish Education Program is a collaborative ef...
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Becky Abrams never expected to be changing jobs again so soon, but opportunity has a way of knocking. Five months after leaving the Squirrel Hill Community Food Pantry to become communications affa...
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There was Refoyl the songwriter; Naftali the farmer; and Yoshi the storyteller. In fact, if Tevye the milkman and Gimpel the fool had strolled through the halls of the Doubletree Hilton in Green Tr...