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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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Rabbi Jonathan Perlman of New Light Congregation was included in a list of “America’s Most Inspiring Rabbis” published by The Jewish Daily Forward. The list of 36 rabbis, who come from across the...
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Reaction was mixed in Israel to the public statements made by President Barack Obama during his visit, with some embracing Obama’s appeal for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflic...
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Gregg Roman wants to promote trade relations between southwestern Pennsylvania and Israel. It’s one reason he signed on to a statewide trip to Israel this month for Jewish leaders — principally fro...
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Even though a growing number of Jews do not affiliate — they may not even be religious — kosher wine dealer Jay Buchsbaum said business is good. Buchsbaum, vice president of Royal Wine Corp., in Ba...
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Why is this seder different from all other seders? Because at all other seders, they were guests. Now, they’re the hosts. That “fifth question” could have been asked by Sarah Kant and Jane Segal, ...
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Finish up the chametz. Clean the house. Shop and cook for the seder: it’s the same to-do list each year. But for the five 20-somethings living at Pittsburgh’s first Moishe House, this season kicks ...
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Chabad Fox Chapel honored its own and celebrated Sunday, March 17, at its third annual Spark Gala event at the Marriott City Center, Downtown. The event, which drew some 250 people, raises money fo...
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A high school semester program is opening in Pittsburgh’s Partnership2Gether community of Karmiel, Israel, and its head came here last week looking for students. Sivan Bamberger, director of the Dr...
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The 2013 Carnegie Mellon International Film Festival : Faces of Media will showcase the 2012 Israeli and U.S. film, “InContact,” Saturday, March 23, at 7 p.m. at the Melwood Screening Room. The ...
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Members of the Women of Reform Judaism (WRJ), including Pittsburgher and Temple Sinai member Lynn Magid Lazar, stood in solidarity with their Israeli sisters at the Western Wall in Jerusalem last w...