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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.’
Laurie Zittrain Eisenberg, Rabbi Jeffrey Myers, Stephen Cohen, Ellen Surloff stand next to windscreens with printed art. Photo by David Rullo
Art shows hopeStudent artwork from Parkland, Newtown, elsewhere enlivens Tree of Life exterior
By David Rullo | Staff Writer
Artist Burton Morris with “Friends” Coffee Cups ( 2019 ) (Photo provided by Burton Morris)
Pop cultureBurton Morris and the art of ‘Friends’
By Toby Tabachnick
TransitionEnd of formal mourning period marked by special recitation
By Adam Reinherz
October 15, 2019, 10:47 pm
Holocaust film to benefit victims of Pittsburgh synagogue massacre
Dozens of interviews of Holocaust survivors were locked away for three decades. Now they may be heard in the feature-length film, 'Soul Witness.'
By Toby Tabachnick
A bus with the inscription “evacuation” is escorted by police in Halle, Germany, where a gunman killed two people before being taken into custody by police last week.Photo by Sebastian Willnow/ dpa-Zentralbild/dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images
October 15, 2019, 9:29 pm
Gunman kills 2 in attack near German synagogue and at kebab shop
Attack livestreamed by attacker
By Ron Kampeas and Toby Axelrod JTA
October 15, 2019, 9:21 pm
America’s 7.5 million Jews are older, whiter and more liberal
Than the country as a whole
By Ben Sales JTA
A security camera hangs across the street from the Park East Synagogue in New York City. Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images via JTA
October 15, 2019, 9:16 pm
How Pittsburgh changed the way American Jews think about security
October 27 attack spurs security changes
By Ron Kampeas JTA
October 11, 2019, 9:45 am
Baldwin teachers shine educational light on anti-Semitism
Educators and students address unanswerable questions.
By Adam Reinherz
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)
October 10, 2019, 5:20 pm
Anti-Semitic hate crimes in NYC have risen significantly in 2019
311 hate crimes reported through September
By Ben Sales JTA
Exhibit Wall Photo courtesy of National Museum of American Jewish History
October 10, 2019, 5:17 pm
‘Notorious RBG’ exhibit comes to Pennsylvania
National Museum of American Jewish History inspired by book of the same name
By Eric Schucht
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
October 2, 2019, 2:38 pm
National experts join local leaders in exploring First Amendment
Nina Totenberg headlines conference at Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh.
By Adam Reinherz
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)
October 2, 2019, 12:09 pm
Pittsburgh, Parkland survivors to speak on forgiveness at JCC
Daniel Leger, who was seriously wounded during the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting last October, shares insights on moving forward.
By Toby Tabachnick
October 2, 2019, 11:38 am
Inspiring Jews who died in 5779
Noteworthy farewells
By JTA Staff
October 2, 2019, 11:07 am
UN releases ‘unprecedented’ report on anti-Semitism
Two Pittsburgh leaders' voices were included in the report
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
September 26, 2019, 12:22 pm
‘Comfort Room’ signals intended purpose at Medical Examiner’s Office
Collaborative efforts ensure language reflects aims at downtown space.
By Adam Reinherz
Co-hosts Dan Berkowitz, left, and Drew Goldstein speak with panelists. Photo by Jim Busis
September 26, 2019, 11:54 am
‘Dial it Down’ podcast seeks remedy through civil discourse
Co-hosts Dan Berkowitz and Drew Goldstein debut podcast with live taping at Carnegie Library in Homestead.
By Adam Reinherz
September 26, 2019, 11:45 am
End of formal mourning period marked by special recitation
“A. Malei Rahamim for the 11” chanted by Rabbi Hazzan Jeffrey Myers.
By Adam Reinherz
A view outside the Yeshivah of Flatbush Joel Braverman High School in Brooklyn, N.Y. Photo courtesy of Google Street View
September 25, 2019, 11:53 am
‘We feel like we failed’
How one Jewish school is processing the arrest of a teacher who preyed on children
By Ben Sales JTA
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