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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 | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
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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 | 22 22 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 | 19 19 recommendations | email to a friend
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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 | 22 22 recommendations | email to a friend
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Single Files: Cheryl loves to have a good time, but don’t get the wrong idea
by Toby Tabachnick, Staff Writer
May 08, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
Rodef Shalom, Tree of Life-Or L’Simcha capture Synagogue League titles
by Jesse Irwin, Chronicle Correspondent
May 02, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
In what were six spectacular displays of basketball, the Synagogue Basketball Leagues of the Jewish Community Center crowned their champions and concluded the 2013 season. Rodef Shalom took the Hig...
Pittsburgh writer living in Crown Heights discovers community
by Toby Tabachnick, Staff Writer
Apr 26, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 17 17 recommendations | email to a friend
Writer Rebecca Dana clearly holds a special place for Pittsburgh in her heart, albeit colored by a good dose of Jewish guilt. “It’s so fun to see the 412 area code!” the 30-year-old now-Manhattani...
Multimedia production of ‘Dybbuk’ to premiere here
by Lee Chottiner, Executive Editor
Apr 16, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 16 16 recommendations | email to a friend
The 10th annual Pittsburgh Jewish Music Festival will be unlike any previous season. The venue has changed to the New Hazlett Theater on the North Side. Also, instead of a series of programs, there...
Another Tattler prediction come true: AMC’s 1960s New York drama series returns—full of ascendant Jews
by Rachel Shukert, Tablet
Apr 12, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
O ye of little faith. I told you. Didn’t I tell you, in my last piece about Mad Men [1] , on these very pages, that things were about to get very, very Jewish all up in Sterling Coope...
‘Return of Violin’ builds to impressive ending in week one of JFilm Festival
by Lee Chottiner, Executive Editor
Apr 11, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
No movie director could make up a story like this. A little Jewish boy from Czestochowa, Poland, plays the violin with such virtuosity that a nobleman makes him a gift of a priceless Stradivarius, ...
Film Fest opens with ‘Paris-Manhattan’
by Lee Chottiner, Executive Editor
Apr 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
If you’re a Woody Allen fan, you’ll love “Paris-Manhattan,” the opening night movie for the 2013 JFilm Festival. And even if you’re not (like me), you will at least appreciate it. This light Frenc...
Single Files: Ari is a giver, a people person and lots of fun at coffee shops
by Toby Tabachnick, Staff Writer
Mar 20, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 26 26 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
Three Jewish women showcased at Westmoreland art exhibit
by Toby Tabachnick, Staff Writer
Mar 08, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
Eddie Rosenstein uses humor to make very real, serious films
by Hilary Daninhirsch, Chronicle Correspondent
Mar 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 22 22 recommendations | email to a friend
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 ...