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January 2019
Love & Knaidels Cooking for a Cause
itle: Love & Knaidels Cooking for a Cause description: You're invited to join with women in our community as we prepare 11 homemade kosher meals for 11 South Hills seniors in memory of the 11 taken from us in the Tree of Life shooting. Call Batya Rosenblum at 412.512.2330 start-date: 2019-01-13 start time: 07:00PM end date: 2019-01-13 end time: all-day event: recurring event: --- event address: Chabad of the South Hills 1701 McFarland Rd. event organizer: Chabad of the South…
Find out more »SISTERHOOD MOVIE NIGHT
title: SISTERHOOD MOVIE NIGHT description: The next Sisterhood Movie Night sponsored by the Women of Rodef Shalom will be on Sunday January 13, 2019 at 7:30 pm in Levy Hall. “GREEN FIELDS” a masterpiece of the Yiddish Cinema of the 1930’s starring Hershel Bernardi and Helen Beverly will be shown. The film is a a well-known charming Yiddish Folktale of that period, The images have been remastered and has clear English subtitles. The film is open to the community. Refreshments…
Find out more »Downtown Lunch & Learn
Downtown Lunch & Learn description: Rabbi Don Rossoff, Temple Emanuel of South Hill’s interim rabbi, will lead a Downtown Lunch & Learn on Monday, January 14 from noon - 1PM at Reed Smith, 225 Fifth Ave., Suite 1200. Free & open to the public - bring your own lunch and enjoy an hour of lively conversation on current events. RSVP to skaiser@reedsmith.com. For more information contact Temple's office at 412-279-7600 or templeemanuel@templeemanuelpgh.org. start-date: 2019-01-14 start time: 12:00 PM end date:…
Find out more »Pre Tu B’Shevat Seniors Lunch
title: Pre Tu B'Shevat Seniors Lunch description: Enjoy dried fruits and a delicious lunch. Presentation on Hyerlipidemia, cholesterol, and medications that treat Hyerlipidemia by Asti's Pharmacy Please preregister by calling 412-278-2658 or barb@chabadsh.com start-date: 2019-01-15 start time: 12:00PM end date: 2019-01-15 end time: all-day event: recurring event: --- event address: Chabad of the South Hills 1701 McFarland Rd. Pittsburgh, PA 15216 event organizer: Chabad of the South Hills event website: event cost: $5 suggested donation
Find out more »Derekh Speaker Series — Elisha Waldman
title: Derekh Speaker Series -- Elisha Waldman description: A series of talks by authors from across the country made available through the Jewish Book Council. The second author is Dr. Elisha Waldman and his book This Narrow Space, a memoir by an American pediatric oncologist who spent seven years in Jerusalem treating children of all faiths who had been diagnosed with cancer. There will be a book sale and author signing at the end. start-date: 2019-01-16 start time: 7:30 PM…
Find out more »Brotherhood Brunch with Guest Speaker Clint Hurdle
Clint Hurdle title: Brotherhood Brunch with Guest Speaker Clint Hurdle description: Pirates Manager Clint Hurdle will be the featured speaker at a Temple Sinai Brotherhood Brunch & Lecture Series program on Sunday, January 27, from 9:00-10:30 a.m. Cost: $10 per person by Wednesday, January 23, and $18 per person after that date. Check-in begins at 8:30 a.m., a buffet brunch will be served from 9:00-9:30, and our guest will speak from 9:30-10:30. RSVP to Todd Miller at toddprmktg@gmail.com or (412)…
Find out more »Bereavement Support Group
title: Bereavement Support Group description: Temple Emanuel of South Hills’ Bereavement Support group will meet on Sunday January 27 at 10:00 AM. The group is led by Jamie Del, MS, NCC, LPC and Naomi Pittle, LCSW and is open to previous and newly bereaved adults. For more information contact Temple’s office at 412-279-7600 or templeemanuel@templeemanuelpgh.org. start-date: 2019-01-27 start time: 10:00 AM end date: 2019-01-27 end time: all-day event: recurring event: No event address: 1250 Bower Hill Rd. www.templeemanuelpgh.org event organizer:…
Find out more »February 2019
Stand Up For Mental Health
title: Stand Up For Mental Health description: In Recognition of Jewish Disability Awareness & Inclusion Month, Temple Sinai invites you to a special comedy event featuring David Granirer (founder, comedian, and our MC for the evening) and a mighty group of Temple Sinai congregants eager to highlight the humor of their lives with mental health issues. We'll start the evening with Havdalah and then present Lisa Lederer with the Shore-Whitehill award, which celebrates volunteers who promote the inclusion of people…
Find out more »Bagel Bites: Sunday Brunch Series
title: Bagel Bites: Sunday Brunch Series description: Temple Emanuel of South Hills invites the community to the 2nd installment of the Bagel Bites: Sunday Brunch Series. Dr. Nathan Firestone, professor of history at Point Park University, will speak on Sunday, February 3 at 10:30 AM. The event is free, but RSVPs are requested at www.templeemanuelpgh.org/event/brunch2. Call 412-279-7600 for more information. start-date: 2019-02-03 start time: 10:30 AM end date: 2019-02-03 end time: all-day event: recurring event: No event address: 1250 Bower…
Find out more »World Wide Wrap 5779
World Wide Wrap 5779 description: Beth Shalom Men’s Club Invites You To The Annual World Wide Wrap. Bring Your Entire Family! When: Sunday, February 3, 2019 – • Tefillin Workshop begins at 10:30 a.m. • All School Tefillah Service at 11:30 a.m. Where: Rodef Shalom (4905 Fifth Ave. PGH) and Around the Globe! Who: Everyone Is Invited! Cost: FREE! Questions: Email Kate, kate@jjep.org BRING YOUR TEFILLIN! EXTRA SETS OF TEFILLIN WILL BE AVAILABLE. We are collecting donations of tefillin for…
Find out more »An LGBTQ+ Conversation with Rabbi Lisa Grushcow
Rabbi Lisa Grushcow(Photo courtesy of Temple Sinai)An LGBTQ+ Conversation with Rabbi Lisa Grushcow Conversation with Rabbi Lisa Grushcow description: Join Temple Sinai for an engaging evening focusing on Jewish LGBTQ+ experiences. Rabbi Lisa Grushcow is the author of Writing the Wayward Wife: Rabbinic Interpretations of Sotah and the editor of The Sacred Encounter: Jewish Perspectives on Sexuality. She is the Senior Rabbi at Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom in Montreal. Sponsored by the Pamela K. Wiles Fund for Interfaith Understanding QUESTIONS? Contact…
Find out more »A Conversation with Evan Wolfson
title: A Conversation with Evan Wolfson description: Temple Emanuel's LGBTQ+ Task Force is excited to bring Evan Wolfson to speak at Temple Emanuel on February 7, 2019 at 7pm. Mr. Wolfson will speak on “Making More Progress for Gay & Transgender People in our Community, Pennsylvania, the US, and the World: What Can We Do?” Mr. Wolfson is an internationally recognized civil rights lawyer who founded Freedom to Marry, the campaign that won marriage equality in the U.S. He is…
Find out more »Shabbat Together
Judy Kane Meyers and Betty Kane(Photo courtesy of Chanie Rosenblum)From: <ryrosenblum@yeshivaschools.com> title: Shabbat Together description: This Shabbat-Saturday, February 9, 2019, Kether Torah Synagogue is participating in “ShabbaTTogether,” a project of the Ruderman Chabad Inclusion Initiative, an organization that empowers Jewish communities to create a welcoming and inclusive environment for people with disabilities and mental health conditions. Kether Torah members Judy Kane Meyers and Betty Kane, twins who have been blind since birth, will speak at the kiddush luncheon about their…
Find out more »Derekh Speaker Series — Samantha Baskind
title: Derekh Speaker Series -- Samantha Baskind description: A series of talks by authors from across the country made available through the Jewish Book Council. The third event is art history professor Samantha Baskind and her book The Warsaw Ghetto in American Art and Culture, a study of how life in the ghetto and the dramatic uprising of its inhabitants have captured the American cultural imagination. There will be a book sale and author signing at the end. start-date: 2019-02-10…
Find out more »Lunch and learn on the topic “Are All Wines Kosher?”
Congregation Beth Shalom will hold a lunch and learn on the topic “Are All Wines Kosher?” on Feb. 12 at noon at Beth Shalom. Visit bethshalompgh.org/lunch-and-learn for more information and to register. There is no charge.
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