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March 2018
Books in the Burgh: “A Man Comes from Someplace,” by Judith Summerfield
Books in the Burgh: "A Man Comes from Someplace," by Judith Summerfield Join the Rauh Jewish History Program & Archives at the Heinz History Center for a reading, discussion and book signing with Judith Summerfield, author of “A Man Comes from Someplace: Stories, History, Memory from a Lost Time.” The book is a cultural study of a Jewish family from a shtetl in Ukraine before World War I to its lives on several continents in the 21st century. Summerfield builds…
Find out more »Special Writing Workshop: The Places We Come From, The Stories We Tell
Special Writing Workshop: The Places We Come From, The Stories We Tell Join author Judith Summerfield for a special writing workshop exploring the ways that we define ourselves through the stories we tell. Writers will explore how to draw from memory, oral stories, history, genealogy, research, family artifacts, and from their own imaginations, to write their stories. Limited space available—pre-register now! Thursday, March 22, 2018 4:00-6:00 PM 1212 Smallman St. Pittsburgh, Pa. 15222 http://www.heinzhistorycenter.org/events/special-writing-workshop-judith-summerfield Free Admission, pre-registration required CONTACT: Eric…
Find out more »April 2018
Pirke Avot: Ethics Class
Pirke Avot: Ethics Class description: During the 49 days between Passover & Shavuot, we join Jews around the world in studying modern perspectives of hallowed teachings. This study on ethics includes some best known and practiced Jewish teachings such as: "If not now, when?"; "Who are wise? Those who learn from other people"; "Make a fence around the Torah"; and "Turn the Torah over and over again, for it contains everything". Part of the Weeks of Jewish Flourishing. Learn more…
Find out more »WRJ Atlantic District Pittsburgh Area Sisterhood Area Day
title: WRJ Atlantic District Pittsburgh Area Sisterhood Area Day - Panel Discussion about Human Trafficking description: All women are welcome to join us for lunch and a panel discussion about Human Trafficking from 12 - 2 pm at Rodef Shalom Congregation. Speakers include Alison Hall, Executive Director of PAAR, Liz Miller, Chief of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine at Children's Hospital and Professor of Pediatrics at UPMC School of Medicine, and Brad Orsini, Security Director for the Jewish Federation. Attendees…
Find out more »First Mondays with Michael Walter
title: First Mondays with Michael Walter description: Rabbi Alex and Beth El Congregation hosts a lunch and presentation with Michael Walter, Nationality Rooms Tour Coordinator at University of Pittsburgh from 11:30 a.m. to 1p.m. Hear how the Nationality Rooms at the University of Pittsburgh came to be, the principles that guided their design and interpretation, and how they are used today. There is a $6 charge. Visit bethelcong.org for more information. start-date: 2018-04-09 start time: 11:30 AM end date: 2018-04-09…
Find out more »How Can Jewish Wisdom + Practice Deepen Human Flourishing
title: Panel: How Can Jewish Wisdom + Practice Deepen Human Flourishing description: Local and national teachers discuss how Jewish wisdom can serve humanity. • Rabbi Andrew Hahn, Moderator • Rabbi Irwin Kula, CLAL • Dan Libenson, Judaism Unbound • Rabbi Amy Bardack, JFed Pgh • Rabbi Aaron Bisno, Rodef Shalom • Danielle Kranjec, Hillel JUC Part of the Weeks of Jewish Flourishing. Learn more at: rodefshalom.org/weeks start-date: 2018-04-10 start time: 7:30 pm end date: end time: all-day event: recurring event:…
Find out more »South Hills Genealogy Day
title: South Hills Genealogy Day description: Join us for a FREE day of genealogy programming, with demonstrations and discussions of online resources for researchers at the beginner and intermediate levels. Attendees can also enjoy All-You-Can-Eat pancakes and eggs at the Pancake Festival in the next room for $8.00 until 1:00. Reservations are required by: - registering online at http://bethelcong.org/events/south-hills-genealogy-day - or sending an email to SouthHillsGenealogyDay@gmail.com start-date: 2018-04-15 start time: 9:00 am end date: 2018-04-15 end time: 2:00 pm all-day…
Find out more »Hadassah Greater Pittsburgh is presenting Author, Sally Lipsky
title: Hadassah Greater Pittsburgh is presenting Author, Sally Lipsky. description: Sally Lipsky, author of "Beyond Cancer" The Powerful Effect of Plant-Based Eating" will have a discussion and question and answer period on April 17, 2018 at 7:00 pm at the Hadassah Office at 1824 Murray Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15217, Suite 202. The community is welcome. Please call and RSVP. at (412-421-8919) start-date: 2018-04-17 start time: end date: 2018-04-17 end time: all-day event: recurring event: No event address: 1824 Murray Avenue,…
Find out more »Weeks of Jewish Flourishing
title: From Matzah to Revelation: Text Study with Kirtan Rabbi description: From Matzah to Revelation: The Work of these 49 Days Four Tuesdays: Text Study with Kirtan Rabbi • 4/17: Becoming Matzah • 4/24: Journey of the Soul • 5/1: World-to-Come Now! • 5/8: Mysteries of Mourners’ Kaddish Part of the Weeks of Jewish Flourishing. Learn more at: rodefshalom.org/weeks start-date: 2018-04-17 start time: 7:00 pm end date: 2018-05-08
Find out more »Sunday Morning Brunch
title: Sunday Morning Brunch description: Temple Emanuel invites the community to a free brunch sponsored by the Larry Miller Caring Community with guest speaker Barney Horowitz, former head of the National Labor Relations Board’s Albany office, who will present “Bagel Bakers Union, Local 338: A Remembrance”. For more than half a century, the skilled craftsmen of Bagel Bakers Union, Local 338, made virtually every bagel in New York City. Even into the 1950s, all members were Jewish and the minutes…
Find out more »Sisterhood Torah Fund Brunch
Sisterhood Torah Fund Brunch description: This year the Beth Shalom Sisterhood Torah Fund honoree is Judy Adelson, our Rebbitzin. Judy and Rabbi Seth Adelson came to Pittsburgh nearly three years ago. Since arriving in Pittsburgh, Judy has continued her career in the arts, is a parent volunteer at Community Day School where their two children attend, and is a volunteer at Beth Shalom. Torah Fund raises money for the Conservative and Masorti Movement’s educational institutions (Jewish Theological Seminary, Ziegler School…
Find out more »After Charlottesville – An Exploration of How We Deal with Hate Groups
"After Charlottesville - An Exploration of How We Deal with Hate Groups" description: Congregation Emanu-El Israel's Festival of the Jewish Arts, Seton Hill University's National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education and the Westmoreland Diversity Coalition jointly presents Dr. Tim Crain, Director of Seton Hill's National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education and a panel of community leaders to explore how we can deal with the hate groups that are amongst us. The events in Charlottesville displayed the extraordinary resurgence of ignorance…
Find out more »Community Day School Art Show
Community Day School Art Show description: The 3rd annual Community Day School Art Show will be held on Thursday, April 26 from 6-7:30 p.m., and guests will have the opportunity to experience original and inspired artwork from every single student at CDS, from the 3-year-old room to Grade 8. Each piece selected for the show reflects the art history, problem-solving skills, principles of design, and personal creativity that students have used as a lens to produce their work in art…
Find out more »May 2018
Odyssey of the Mind Pittsburgh Jewish Day School Competition
title: Odyssey of the Mind Pittsburgh Jewish Day School Competition description: On Sunday, May 6 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., area students will put their creative problem-solving skills to the test in the Pittsburgh Jewish Day School Odyssey of the Mind Competition. The competition will be held at Community Day School at 6424 Forward Avenue in Squirrel Hill, with participants in Grades 3 to 8 joining from Yeshiva Schools of Pittsburgh and Hillel Academy of Pittsburgh. Odyssey of the…
Find out more »Self Portraits with a Twist
title: Self Portraits with a Twist: an art workshop with Israeli artist Merav Kamel description: This workshop is geared to Art Teachers and Teaching Artists Self Portrait Inside Out A portrait of our body's inner terrain, that combines an anatomy lesson and sensory awareness. What do I feel that my brain is made of when I study hard? What flutters in my stomach when I am hungry? The students will invent their own metaphors and paint them on a big…
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