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February 2019
Kids in the Kitchen Cooking: For Shabbat From A-Z
title: Kids in the Kitchen Cooking: For Shabbat From A-Z description: Watch your child become a gourmet chef & prepare traditional & exquisite Shabbat delicacies. Each class includes the cooking segment, fun & hands on learning on various Jewish topics & one-on-one Hebrew Alef-Bet and reading. February 21st Challah & Dips February 28th Fish & Salads march 6th Chicken Soup & Matza Balls March 14th Main course March 21st Grand Purim Dinner at South Hills JCC March 28th Dessert Ages…
Find out more »Fitness Foundations
Fitness Foundations description: Presented by Steve Manns, Fitness Coordinator at the South Hills JCC start-date: 2019-02-21 start time: 07:00 PM end date: 2019-02-21 end time: all-day event: recurring event: No event address: South Hills JCC 345 Kane Boulevard Pittsburgh, PA 15243 event organizer: David Rullo event website: http://southhillsjewishpittsburgh.org/healthy event cost: FREE
Find out more »Mahj and martini with NA’AMAT PITTSBURGH
title: Mahj and martini with NA’AMAT PITTSBURGH at Rodef Shalom description: All ages, all genders, all levels are welcome. Come with an open mind and a sense of humor If you don’t know how to play and have and always wanted to learn this is perfect for you. EVERY THIRD THURSDAY OF THE MONTH AT RODEF SHALOM - 2/21/19, 3/21/19, 4/18/19...well you get the point.... Let me know if you can make it so we have enough tables and of…
Find out more »What Squirrel Hill Can Learn From Chicago’s West Rogers Park
From: <bev@beverlysiegelproductions.com> title: What Squirrel Hill Can Learn From Chicago's West Rogers Park description: Making Squirrel Hill better for future generations is the focus of a program to be presented by former Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh CEO Howard Rieger. The program will begin with a screening of a 25-minute documentary by Beverly Siegel entitled "Driving West Rogers Park: Chicago's Once and Future Jewish Neighborhood," which highlights successful urban improvement strategies that can be applied here to fuel positive change…
Find out more »“Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín”
“Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín” will be performed at 7:30 p.m. at Fisher Auditorium, 403 S. 11th Street, Indiana, Pa. The concert/drama commemorates the Jewish prisoners in the Theresienstadt Concentration Camp during World War II who performed Verdi's Requiem 16 times, as an act of defiance and resistance to their Nazi captors. Defiant Requiem is a complete live performance of Verdi's Requiem interspersed with historic film, testimony from survivors and narration that tells this tale of bravery. This performance features…
Find out more »Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín
Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín Saturday, February 23 at 7:30 pm Fisher Auditorium 403 S. 11th Street, Indiana, PA Murry Sidlin, creator & conductor Arlene Shrut, piano Colleen Ferguson, violin Richard Kemp, actor Michael Schwartz, actor Annie Gill, soprano Bonnie Cutsforth-Huber, mezzo-soprano Tim Augustin, tenor Joseph Baunoch, bass Indiana University of Pennsylvania Chorale Ryan Beeken, director of choral studies Penn State Altoona Ivyside Pride Bonnie Cutsforth-Huber, director Tickets are $10 ($ for seniors; $6 for students/under 18/Military), available online or…
Find out more »Clues & Shmooze (with some booze) Fundraiser
title: Clues & Shmooze (with some booze) Fundraiser description: Join us for this fun trivia event, including a raffle, open bar, and snacks! Trivia will be in teams of 3-6 players. Bring your own team or be matched up at the door! REGISTRATION AND DRINKS START AT 7:45 PM TRIVIA GAME STARTS AT 8:15 PM start-date: 2019-02-23 start time: 7:45 p.m. end date: end time: all-day event: recurring event: No event address: Congregation Beth Shalom 5915 Beacon Street Pittsburgh, PA…
Find out more »How to Recognize & Address Mental Health in Youth
title: How to Recognize & Address Mental Health in Youth description: Each year, 1 in 4 youths experiences a mental health or substance use disorder. This educational session will focus on recognizing the signs and responding constructively as parents and adult mentors, as well as on understanding the way stigma impacts treatment-seeking and what treatment resources are available. Presented by The Allegheny County Department of Human Services Office of Behavioral Health Contact Lisa Lederer at lisaglederer@gmail.com with questions. start-date: 2019-02-24…
Find out more »South Hills Purim Carnival
title: South Hills Purim Carnival description: Join the entire South Hills Jewish Community and kick off Purim at the South Hills JCC! Carnival Games & Prizes Pizza, Salad, Hamentaschen, Veggies, & Snacks Inflatable Obstacle Course & Slide Moon Bounce Balloon Artist Face painting PJ Library Quiet Corner Lunch and admission are FREE. Games and activities at an additional cost. Unlimited game bracelets can be purchased for a special $8 price through Sunday, March 10 at the South Hills JCC and…
Find out more »Working Together to End Hate
From coast to coast—and in Squirrel Hill—hate crimes have become an all-too-familiar part of the American landscape, challenging law enforcement personnel—to discuss these challenges and to consider how to combat this disease in the body politic. Join the Post-Gazette as experts assemble to discuss potential solutions to this problem. Tuesday, February 26 | Heinz History Center| Free and open to the public 5:30 p.m. | Resource Center | 6:00 p.m. | Panel discussion Parking provided in the Eleventh & Smallman…
Find out more »Working Together to End Hate
Tuesday, February 26 | Heinz History Center| Free and open to the public 5:30 p.m. | Resource Center | 6:00 p.m. | Panel discussion Parking provided in the Eleventh & Smallman lot across from the Heinz History Center. From coast to coast—and in Squirrel Hill—hate crimes have become an all-too-familiar part of the American landscape, challenging law enforcement personnel—to discuss these challenges and to consider how to combat this disease in the body politic. Join the Post-Gazette as experts assemble…
Find out more »March 2019
Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s traveling exhibition Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race will be at the Heritage Discovery Center in Johnstown. The exhibition examines how the Nazi leadership, in collaboration with individuals in professions traditionally charged with healing and the public good, used science to help legitimize persecution, murder and ultimately, genocide. Admission to the entire Heritage Discovery Center will be free every Saturday during the exhibition in order to maximize the number of people who see it.…
Find out more »Temple Sinai Brotherhood Brunch with Christina Cassotis
Christina CassotisSinai Brotherhood Brunch with Christina Cassotis description: Christina Cassotis, CEO of Allegheny County Airport Authority, will speak on "Pittsburgh International Airport’s Terminal Modernization Plan: Building for the Region’s Future," following an introduction by Rich Fitzgerald, County Executive. Cost: $10 pre-registration; $18 at the door; Contact Todd Miller at toddprmktg@gmail.com or (412) 848-1082. start-date: 2019-03-03 start time: 10 AM end date: 2019-03-03 end time: 11:30 AM all-day event: recurring event: No event address: 5505 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15217 event…
Find out more »It’s Game Time! Pitt Women’s Basketball
title: It’s Game Time! Pitt Women’s Basketball description: MARCH 3, 2019 at 1:45 p.m. | COST $5.00 | RSVP by FEBRUARY 8! Join the Youth Department and the Beth Shalom Men’s Club as we watch The Pitt Women’s Basketball Team VS. Louisville. Tickets paid and picked up in advance! Tickets will be available for pickup at Beth Shalom after 2/20. Questions and RSVP to Marissa Tait at youthdirector@bethshalompgh.org start-date: 2019-03-03 start time: 1:45 p.m. end date: 2019-03-03 end time: all-day…
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