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Coexistence
Photos by students at Arab/Jewish center in Israel show hope for the future
By Toby Tabachnick
ACAT, modeled on Pittsburgh’s Manchester Bidwell, brings inspiring exhibit to Rodef Shalom
Dan Leger blew a shofar when Dor Hadash’s Torahs were walked to the Tree of Life building back in 2010. (Photo by Christopher Rolinson)
Yom KippurPittsburgh, Parkland survivors to speak on forgiveness at JCC
By Toby Tabachnick
The Tree of Life synagogue building. Photo by Maureen Kelly Busis
Seeds for healingSeedlings from ‘The Survivor Tree’ coming to Pittsburgh
By Adam Reinherz
A first for the UN
UN releases ‘unprecedented’ report on anti-Semitism
By JNS
Two Pittsburgh leaders’ voices were included in the report
MIA from WWIIFallen soldier comes home
By Hilary Daninhirsch
David Harry Tannenbaum. Photo courtesy of Lydia Blank
The Padre PiratePittsburgh author publishes new book
By Adam Reinherz
Rabbi Ron Symons listens as National Public Radio legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg discusses her reporting on the Supreme Court. Photo courtesy of Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh
Exploring jurisprudence
National experts join local leaders in exploring First Amendment
By Adam Reinherz
Nina Totenberg headlines conference at Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh.
Following her conversation with Rabbi Ron Symons, NPR correspondent Nina Totenberg reflected on past reporting and addressed her personal connection to a particular story. Photo courtesy of Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh
Expert opinionTotenberg gets personal
By Adam Reinherz
WorldTransnistria is a tiny, poor state in Eastern Europe.
By Cnaan Liphshiz JTA
Looking back at the year
Inspiring Jews who died in 5779
By JTA Staff
Noteworthy farewells
WorldRussian Jews increasingly moving to Israel
By Cnaan Liphshiz JTA
WorldIsrael’s crackdown on foreign workers is driving some families into hiding
By Sam Sokol
Rabbi Danny Schiff interviews Dr. Erica Brown. Photo by Joshua Franzos
Foundation fall forum
Dr. Erica Brown, Rabbi Danny Schiff discuss contemporary issues
By David Rullo | Staff Writer
The pair talked at the Jewish Community Foundation’s Fall Brunch
Co-hosts Dan Berkowitz, left, and Drew Goldstein speak with panelists. Photo by Jim Busis
Podcast‘Dial it Down’ podcast seeks remedy through civil discourse
By Adam Reinherz
Ross Harrison speaking at the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh luncheon on Sept. 17. Photo by Jim Busis
Lunch & learnLocal expert offers in-depth look at Middle East civil wars
High Holidays
Local rabbis grapple with massacre in preparing sermons for High Holidays
By Toby Tabachnick
Anti-semitism, security concerns among topics to be discussed
Maggie Feinstein (photo provided by Maggie Feinstein)
Mental healthWebinar offers advice for coping with High Holiday triggers
By Toby Tabachnick
Kesher gathers in Frick Park for a reflective Yom Kippur walk. (Photo provided by Keshira haLev Fife)
Beyond synagoguesFrom social justice to ‘slacker service’ groups offer High Holiday alternatives
By Toby Tabachnick
Transition
End of formal mourning period marked by special recitation
By Adam Reinherz
“A. Malei Rahamim for the 11” chanted by Rabbi Hazzan Jeffrey Myers.
In briefFrankel hosts meeting on gun violence
Marking memoriesGov. Wolf visits Auschwitz-Birkenau, Lithuania
By Adam Reinherz
In briefBoard of Pardons votes to release Zeke Goldblum
By Toby Tabachnick
The columnist called out the Republican party for ignoring allegations of sexual misconduct against President Trump. (Photo by Olivier Douliery/Pool/Getty Images)
World
The Trump-Ukraine Controversy, and the Jews invovled
By Ben Sales JTA
The phone call that initiated an impeachment investigation
NationalRuth Bader Ginsburg on why she did not retire during Obama’s term
By Emily Burack
NationalRo Khanna navigates a careful pro-Israel line
By Ron Kampeas JTA
National‘We feel like we failed’
By Ben Sales JTA
Josh Gondelman’s new book is “Nice Try: Stories of Best Intentions and Mixed Results.”Photo by Mindy Tucker
Life & Culture
Josh Gondelman is the nicest guy in comedy
Comedian’s new book “Nice Try: Stories of Best Intentions and Mixed Results” released this week
Life & CultureAll the Jewish moments from the 2019 Emmys
By Emily Burack
ReligionThousands to celebrate Rosh Hashanah at JDC events from India to Morocco
By JNS Staff
Life & CultureAmar’e Stoudemire is now an undergrad, goes to his campus Hillel
By Josefin Dolsten JTA
Photo by Dikla Frances
Food
Meringue-topped apple pie bars
By Dikia Frances
An innovative Rosh Hashanah dessert
Opinion
Finding strength in Israel
By Rachel Adelsheimer
Israel offers solace in times of tumult
OpinionHolocaust remembrance, with and without survivors
By Dr. Lauren Bairnsfather
Opinion
A town as victim
By Sam Yolen
Lebanon rabbi reacts to the arrest of state Sen. Mike Folmers
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OpinionMy congregation prays at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue.
By Beth Kissileff
OpinionA ‘unity government’ cannot exclude religious parties
By Alex Traiman
Artist Burton Morris with “Friends” Coffee Cups ( 2019 ) (Photo provided by Burton Morris)
Pop culture
Burton Morris and the art of ‘Friends’
By Toby Tabachnick
The native Pittsburgher’s career took off after the popular television show began using his art on its sets. Now, 25 years later, the show, and his art, still resonate worldwide.
The unnamed sculpture outside of Freehof Hall at Rodef Shalom Congregation. Photo by Adam Reinherz
ArtSculptor Kent Bloomer returns to Rodef Shalom
By Adam Reinherz
Website interface for Rauh Archive's new podcast. (Screenshot)
Sharing storiesRauh Archives’ podcast is a trek through Pittsburgh’s Jewish history
By Toby Tabachnick
Laurie Zittrain Eisenberg, Rabbi Jeffrey Myers, Stephen Cohen, Ellen Surloff stand next to windscreens with printed art. Photo by David Rullo
Art shows hope
Student artwork from Parkland, Newtown, elsewhere enlivens Tree of Life exterior
By David Rullo | Staff Writer
Decorative windscreens line the Tree of Life building
Bari Weiss at her desk in The New York Times office in Midtown Manhattan. (Photo by Josefin Dolsten)
BooksBari Weiss on ‘How to Fight Anti-Semitism’
By Toby Tabachnick
Fall Arts Preview
What’s happening? A roundup of fall arts events
By Adam Reinherz
Music, cinema, podcasts and speakers. This season’s art schedule has something for everyone.
Fall Arts PreviewJewish jazz musicians get busy this fall
By David Rullo | Staff Writer
Fall Arts PreviewPittsburgh Jewish Music Festival recreates the music of historic Zimro Ensemble
By David Rullo | Staff Writer
Nick Cordileone as Timon and Ben Lipitz as Pumbaa in Disney's 'The Lion King' North American tour. (Photo by Joan Marcus for Disney.)
Theater
Jewish actor goes ‘whole hog’ in Disney’s ‘The Lion King’
By Toby Tabachnick
After more than 6000 performances as Pumbaa, Ben Lipitz is still happy to say ‘hakuna matata.’
Fall Arts PreviewDark chapter of Jewish history revisited in ‘Parade”
By David Rullo | Staff Writer
ArtsPlayback Theatre promotes understanding through storytelling
By Toby Tabachnick
Fall Arts PreviewLife is all about improv, says Point Park professor
By Adam Reinherz
Fall Arts Preview
Composer-turned-filmmaker preserves musician survivor testimonies
By Adam Reinherz
Israeli composer Nurit Jugend comes to Pittsburgh to discuss “They Played for Their Lives”
Fall Arts PreviewPennsylvania natives makes mark in Hollywood
By Jesse Bernstein
Fall Arts PreviewTwo new books focus on relationships with Israel
By Jesse Bernstein
Rabbi Yisroel Altein tutoring Hallie, Samantha and Jack Cohen. Photo courtesy of Jed Cohen
Exploring the numbers
Studying community: Parents confront choices regarding formal Jewish education
By Adam Reinherz
Parent portraits give light to 2017 Greater Pittsburgh Jewish Community Study.
Moishe House is a network of some 58 houses scattered throughout the United States offering programs geared to Jewish millennials. Pictured, Pittsburgh residents Becca Michelson, Rose Eilenberg, Jessica Savitz, Carly Chernomorets and Dafna Bliss are all smiles as they pose for a photo. (Photo by Toby Tabachnick)
Community StudyStudying community: Young adults find ways to engage with Judaism
By David Rullo | Staff Writer
Keshira haLev Fife blesses a child at a Kesher Shabbat service. Photo provided by Keshira haLev Fife
Jewish Community StudyStudying community: Pittsburghers finding ways to worship beyond bounds of shul
By Toby Tabachnick
World News
Visitors at the entrance to the Kigali Genocide Memorial in Rwanda. Photo by Jim Busis
OpinionOne approach to resolving unresolvable conflicts
By Jim Busis
(World brief file photo)
HeadlinesJewish Healthcare Foundation approves grants to support teen mental health
By Toby Tabachnick
Material cultureThe Jewish signature tablecloths of Western Pennsylvania
By Tammy A. Hepps
Participants blow shofars at Forbes and Murray.
ReflectionPreparing for Elul after a devastating year
By Toby Tabachnick
Jeffrey Finkelstein (Photo courtesy of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh)
Aftermath of massacreLocal leaders meet with Homeland Security committee at Pittsburgh roundtable
By Toby Tabachnick
Kosher TartansKosher Mediterranean food truck opens at CMU
By Adam Reinherz
Small communitiesTemple Beth Am shutters its door, buries prayer books
By David Rullo | Staff Writer
Since Oct. 27, flowers have continued to be placed outside of the Tree of Life synagogue building. Photo by Adam Reinherz
UpdateJustice Department seeks death penalty for Tree of Life shooter
By Adam Reinherz
HistoryWhat’s the meaning of a missing piece?
By Eric Lidji | Special to the Chronicle
Rabbi Yisroel Altein tutoring Hallie, Samantha and Jack Cohen. Photo courtesy of Jed Cohen
Exploring the numbersStudying community: Parents confront choices regarding formal Jewish education
By Adam Reinherz
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    By Ben Sales JTA
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  • World
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    By Adam Reinherz
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    By Adam Reinherz
  • Onward Israel participants visited beautiful Haifa. Photo courtesy of Benjamin Ahlmark
    Onward Israel
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    By Adam Reinherz
  • Life & Culture
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Local
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    Social innovation
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    By Toby Tabachnick
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    Security
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    By Ron Kampeas JTA
  • Law & Justice
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    By David Rullo | Staff Writer
  • Dr. Rick Hodes (Photo by Toby Tabachnick)
    Tikkun olam
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    By Toby Tabachnick
  • Audrey Glickman (Photo by Trevor K. Leong)
    Books
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  • Michael Zilibowitz
    Healthcare
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  • Luigi Toscano photographs a local Holocaust survivor to be used as part of the Lest We Forget Pittsburgh exhibition.
    Art
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    By David Rullo | Staff Writer
  • Rabbi Ron Symons listens as National Public Radio legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg discusses her reporting on the Supreme Court. Photo courtesy of Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh
    Exploring jurisprudence
    National experts join local leaders in exploring First Amendment
    By Adam Reinherz
  • The Tree of Life synagogue building. Photo by Maureen Kelly Busis
    Seeds for healing
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    By Adam Reinherz
  • David Harry Tannenbaum. Photo courtesy of Lydia Blank
    The Padre Pirate
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  • Photos from ACAT displayed at Rodef Shalom highlight technical proficiency and coexistence (Photo provided by Mark Frank)
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    By Toby Tabachnick
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    By Toby Tabachnick
  • Looking back at the year
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    Fallen soldier comes home
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  • Daniel Leger, left, and Shternie Rosenfeld stand near the re-dedicated "Comfort Room" at the Allegheny County Medical Examiner's Office. Photo by Adam Reinherz
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    By Adam Reinherz
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    By Adam Reinherz
  • Transition
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    Exploring jurisprudence
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    By Adam Reinherz
  • The Tree of Life synagogue building. Photo by Maureen Kelly Busis
    Seeds for healing
    Seedlings from ‘The Survivor Tree’ coming to Pittsburgh
    By Adam Reinherz
  • Photos from ACAT displayed at Rodef Shalom highlight technical proficiency and coexistence (Photo provided by Mark Frank)
    Coexistence
    Photos by students at Arab/Jewish center in Israel show hope for the future
    By Toby Tabachnick
  • Dan Leger blew a shofar when Dor Hadash’s Torahs were walked to the Tree of Life building back in 2010. (Photo by Christopher Rolinson)
    Yom Kippur
    Pittsburgh, Parkland survivors to speak on forgiveness at JCC
    By Toby Tabachnick
  • Daniel Leger, left, and Shternie Rosenfeld stand near the re-dedicated "Comfort Room" at the Allegheny County Medical Examiner's Office. Photo by Adam Reinherz
    Comfort Room
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    By Adam Reinherz
  • Bradley Orsini, Federation's director of Jewish Community Security, has assisted numerous congregations in recent months. (File photo)
    Staying safe
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    By Adam Reinherz
  • Transition
    End of formal mourning period marked by special recitation
    By Adam Reinherz
  • High Holidays
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    By Toby Tabachnick
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    By Toby Tabachnick
  • Michele Rosenthal, Andrea Wedner and Cindy Snyder (Photo by Toby Tabachnick)
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    Marking memories
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    By Adam Reinherz
  • The unnamed sculpture outside of Freehof Hall at Rodef Shalom Congregation. Photo by Adam Reinherz
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    Exploring the numbers
    Studying community: Parents confront choices regarding formal Jewish education
    By Adam Reinherz
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    International visit
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  • NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 24: A Hasidic man walks by a police car in a Jewish Orthodox neighborhood in Brooklyn on April 24, 2017 in New York City. According to a new report released by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), anti-Semitic incidents in the U.S. rose by 86 percent in the first three months of the year. The group's audit of anti-Semitic events counted 541 anti-Semitic attacks and threats in the first quarter of the year, a significant increase over the same period last year. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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    Exploring jurisprudence
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  • Dan Leger blew a shofar when Dor Hadash’s Torahs were walked to the Tree of Life building back in 2010. (Photo by Christopher Rolinson)
    Yom Kippur
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    By JNS
  • Daniel Leger, left, and Shternie Rosenfeld stand near the re-dedicated "Comfort Room" at the Allegheny County Medical Examiner's Office. Photo by Adam Reinherz
    Comfort Room
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    By Adam Reinherz
  • Co-hosts Dan Berkowitz, left, and Drew Goldstein speak with panelists. Photo by Jim Busis
    Podcast
    ‘Dial it Down’ podcast seeks remedy through civil discourse
    By Adam Reinherz
  • Transition
    End of formal mourning period marked by special recitation
    By Adam Reinherz
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    By Ben Sales JTA
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    By Emily Burack
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    By Toby Tabachnick
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    Marking memories
    Gov. Wolf visits Auschwitz-Birkenau, Lithuania
    By Adam Reinherz
  • The unnamed sculpture outside of Freehof Hall at Rodef Shalom Congregation. Photo by Adam Reinherz
    Art
    Sculptor Kent Bloomer returns to Rodef Shalom
    By Adam Reinherz
  • Artist Burton Morris with “Friends” Coffee Cups ( 2019 ) (Photo provided by Burton Morris)
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    Burton Morris and the art of ‘Friends’
    By Toby Tabachnick
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    By Shiryn Ghermezian
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    By Aaron Bernstein
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    Opinion
    A call for civility
  • Opinion
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    By Fiamma Nirenstein
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Features
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    By Toby Tabachnick
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    By Josefin Dolsten
  • Dr. Rick Hodes (Photo by Toby Tabachnick)
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    By Toby Tabachnick
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    National experts join local leaders in exploring First Amendment
    By Adam Reinherz
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    Seedlings from ‘The Survivor Tree’ coming to Pittsburgh
    By Adam Reinherz
  • David Harry Tannenbaum. Photo courtesy of Lydia Blank
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    By Adam Reinherz
  • Photos from ACAT displayed at Rodef Shalom highlight technical proficiency and coexistence (Photo provided by Mark Frank)
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    By Toby Tabachnick
  • Dan Leger blew a shofar when Dor Hadash’s Torahs were walked to the Tree of Life building back in 2010. (Photo by Christopher Rolinson)
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    By Toby Tabachnick
  • Daniel Leger, left, and Shternie Rosenfeld stand near the re-dedicated "Comfort Room" at the Allegheny County Medical Examiner's Office. Photo by Adam Reinherz
    Comfort Room
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    By Adam Reinherz
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    Congregations prepare for High Holidays security
    By Adam Reinherz
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    Podcast
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    By Adam Reinherz
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    By Adam Reinherz
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    By Toby Tabachnick
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    By Toby Tabachnick
  • Maggie Feinstein (photo provided by Maggie Feinstein)
    Mental health
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    By Toby Tabachnick
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    By JNS Staff
  • Photo by Dikla Frances
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  • Amar’e Stoudemire is leading an initiative to connect Jewish and African-American students at Florida International University. Photo courtesy of FIU Hillel
    Life & Culture
    Amar’e Stoudemire is now an undergrad, goes to his campus Hillel
    By Josefin Dolsten JTA
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