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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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Congregation Beth Shalom is offering one year of free religious school to all new students enrolling this coming year. And if the family is new to Beth Shalom, the Conservation congregation will of...
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A state House committee last week passed a bill that would divest state funds of companies with ties to Iran or Sudan, but added new language guiding how the state should reimburse any losses to th...
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Women with breast cancer who feel either angry or abandoned by God are more depressed and exhibit worse overall mental health than those who maintain a more positive religious or spiritual outlook,...
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Rare Torah commentaries? Check. The Complete Works of Shakespeare? Check. Prayer books in Hebrew and Russian? Check. Dr. Seuss? Check.
These are just a sampling of the gems to be found in the sea o...
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In “Everything is Illuminated,” Jonathan Safran Foer says Jews have a sixth sense: memory.
“The Jew is pricked by a pin and remembers other pins,” Foer writes. “It is only by tracing the pinprick b...
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Have you ever imagined a klezmer band that includes Mel Brooks, Don Ho, Soupy Sales and Bobby McFerrin?
No, of course you haven’t. But it gives you an idea what to expect from the latest CD by Cle...
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As Jews from around the world come to Israel, the country has learned to incorporate Americans, Russians and Ethiopians into its society.
That’s why Ami Nahshon believes the country is now up to th...
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Students returning to Hillel Academy of Pittsburgh next month will find things have changed while they were away enjoying their summer recess.
Not only will the school itself look somewhat differen...
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Before Senate confirmation hearings began Monday for federal appeals Judge Sonia Sotomayor, a coalition of Pittsburgh organizations led by the local chapter of the National Council of Jewish Women ...
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Six months after a major fire, the fate of the boarded up Burton L. Hirsch Funeral Home remains unknown, as does the cause of the fire itself.
“We recently received the permit to allow us to clear ...