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April 2019
Campus Superstar
description: Join us for Campus Superstar on Sunday, April 14, 5:30pm at Stage AE on the North Shore to watch a high caliber, professionally produced singing competition featuring Pittsburgh’s most talented college students. Don’t miss your chance to hear these students perform before they make their Broadway or Hollywood debuts. Ten finalists compete for the "Elly Award" and the Ellen Weiss Kander Grand Prize of $5,000. This year's honorees are Sue Berman Kress and Doug Kress and the proceeds of…
Find out more »Rediscovering the Jews of Amiens
title: Rediscovering the Jews of Amiens description: After France fell under Nazi control in 1940, Jews across the country were forced to register with local authorities. The Jews of the city of Amiens were no exception, and the majority were later murdered. For decades, their names and photographs were tucked away in a government building in Paris. Slowly, they began to fade from the collective memory of their former neighbors. Until now. Pittsburgh-based historian David Rosenberg has spent years working…
Find out more »Coffee and Conversation with Rep. Mike Doyle
Rep. Mike DoyleMeet Pennsylvania Rep. Mike Doyle for a casual Coffee and Conversation from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh. This event is free and open to the community and is “off the record” and will be closed to the media. Video or audio recording will not be allowed. Questions or need accommodations for differing abilities? Contact Marlene Layton at mlayton@jfedpgh.org or 412-992-5247 for more information.
Find out more »Squirrel Hill AARP
title: SQ.HILL AARP description: Sq. Hill AARP will hold their next meeting 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 17 in the the Falk Library, 2nd floor at Rodef Shalom Congregation, 4905 Fifth Avenue. The meeting is open to all seniors in the community. The nominating committee will present nominations for the 2019-20 chapter operating year and the floor will be open for further nominations. Voting will take place during the chapter’s May meeting with installation at the Annual June luncheon. Following the…
Find out more »Sally & Howard Levin Clubhouse’s Spaghetti Dinner
title: Sally & Howard Levin Clubhouse's Spaghetti Dinner description: Sally & Howard Levin Clubhouse's Spaghetti Dinner Wednesday, April 17, 2019 5:00 PM EDT- 8:00 PM EDT Join us for our second Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser 50/50/Raffle - Basket Auction Tickets are $15 in advance, or $20 at the door, (children ages 10 - 15 are $10.00) Children under 10 are free (limited tickets are available at the door). Menu: Spaghetti with red or Alfredo sauce, green salad, garlic bread and dessert.…
Find out more »Citywide public safety meeting
A citywide public safety meeting will be held from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the Teamster Temple, 4701 Butler St. Dinner will be served. FBI, Pennsylvania State Police and Pittsburgh Police will discuss "Recognizing and Reporting Hate Groups and Extremism in Your Neighborhood." Contact Zinna Scott, president Zone 5 Public Safety Council, at 412-726-4958.
Find out more »Young Adult Beer Bash Trivia Night
Young Adult Beer Bash Trivia Night Wednesday, April 17 @ 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm Test your trivia knowledge and grab a beer at East End Brewery. Sign up as a 4-person team or individual so we can save enough seats! Join us at 6:30pm before trivia begins at 7pm. https://jewishpgh.org/event/young-adult-beer-bash-trivia-night/
Find out more »Beth Shalom Pre-Passover Pizza Dinner
title: Beth Shalom Pre-Passover Pizza Dinner description: Congregation Beth Shalom invites you to a Pre-Passover Pizza Dinner! Sponsored by the Beth Shalom Men’s Club. We look forward to seeing you there as we say goodbye to hametz! Adults: $11.00 Children (3-12): $7.00 Children (2 and under): Free Family: $20.00 NO ADMISSION WITHOUT A RESERVATION Deadline for Reservations – Monday, April 15th, 2019 start-date: 2019-04-18 start time: 6:00 p.m. end date: end time: 9:00 pm all-day event: recurring event: No event…
Find out more »Fast of the First Born / Siyyum Bekhorim
description: Fast of the First Born / Siyyum Bekhorim Friday, April 19, 2019, 7:30 a.m., Helfant Chapel Fast of the First Born / Siyyum Bekhorim All first born should fast on the day before Pesah in commemoration of the deliverance from Egypt of the Israelite firstborn. Rabbi Adelson offers a siyyum (public completion of study) which is followed by a festive meal at which all present may eat, and once having eaten, a first born need not fast that day.…
Find out more »Beth Shalom Communal 2nd Seder
Beth Shalom Communal 2nd Seder description: “Because you were strangers in Egypt” (Ex. 22:20) – one tradition teaches that the Torah exhorts us no less than 36 times not to mistreat the sojourner among us, because we know what it means to be an alien. When we tell the Exodus story every year at the seder, we are reminded to think of ourselves as slaves. But do we also think of ourselves as strangers? Do we recall that among the…
Find out more »Sloane Crosley – Author and Essayist
title: Sloane Crosley - Author and Essayist Presented by Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures description: From the New York Times–bestselling author Sloane Crosley comes Look Alive Out There—a brand-new collection of essays. start-date: 2019-04-23 start time: 07:00 PM end date: end time: all-day event: recurring event: No event address: Carnegie Library Lecture Hall 4400 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213 event organizer: Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures event website: https://pittsburghlectures.org/lectures/sloane-crosley/ event cost: $22, includes paperback copy of Look Alive Out There
Find out more »Sacred Symphonies with Rabbi Don Rossoff
description: The Bible has inspired creative interpretation (midrash) not just by ancient rabbis but by musicians, artists and poets throughout the ages, including modern Jewish classical composers. In this three-part class, participants will listen to and analyze three Biblically based modern compositions: Bloch’s Shelomo Rhapsody, Bernstein’s Jeremiah Symphony and his Chichester Psalms. No musical background necessary and you are welcome to attend any or all of the sessions. Thursday, April 25 at 7:30 PM – Rhapsody by Ernst Bloch –…
Find out more »A Community Conversation on Teen Mental Health
A Community Conversation on Teen Mental Health at the JCC in Squirrel Hill, Sunday, April 28 In an August 2017 report, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention noted that serious depression is worsening in teens, especially girls, and the suicide rate among girls reached a 40-year high in 2015. In December 2017, Harold Koplewicz, founding President of The Child Mind Institute reported, “Child and adolescent mental health disorders are the most common illnesses that children will experience under the…
Find out more »Bereavement Support Group
title: Bereavement Support Group description: Temple Emanuel welcomes previous and newly bereaved adults to its Bereavement Support Group on Sunday, April 28th at 10:30 AM. All are welcome. Contact the Temple office with any questions - 412-279-7600. start-date: 2019-04-28 start time: 10:30 AM end date: 2019-04-28 end time: all-day event: recurring event: --- event address: 1250 Bower Hill Rd. Pittsburgh, PA 15243 event organizer: Leslie Hoffman event website: http://www.templeemanuelpgh.org event cost: free
Find out more »Squirrel Hill Looking Back, Marching Forward
Squirrel Hill Stands Against Gun Violence and CeaseFirePA will host “Looking Back, Marching Forward” on the six-month anniversary of the October 27, 2018, Tree of Life building shooting. At 1:30 p.m., community and faith leaders will speak at Temple Sinai, 5505 Forbes Ave. to honor the victims of the October shooting and talk about how to reduce gun violence. At about 2:30 p.m., the group will march to Schenley Park, where a tree will be planted as a symbol of…
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