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June 2018
Sacred Book Burial
title: Sacred Book Burial description: The Jewish Cemetery and Burial Assn. (JCBA) together with Ralph Schugar Chapel will be holding a book burial of sacred texts - shames - at the Chesed Shel Emeth cemetery. The community is invited to participate and attend. Prayer books such as siddurim, chumashim and High Holiday machzorim in which the Hebrew name of God has been printed and that have become frayed, worn out or are in disrepair will be buried in a special…
Find out more »Bet Tikvah 30th Anniversary Celebration
title: 30th Anniversary Celebration description: Please join us for wine and dessert as we celebrate the 30th anniversary of the founding of Bet Tikvah. start-date: 2018-06-03 start time: 1-3 pm end date: end time: all-day event: recurring event: No event address: Jewish Community Center event organizer: Congregation Bet Tikvah event website: http://bettikvah.org event cost: free
Find out more »An Evening of Celebration
title: An Evening of Celebration description: Temple Emanuel will hold An Evening of Celebration Gala on Sunday June 3 at 6PM to honor Rabbi Mark Joel Mahler upon his retirement after 38 years of dedicated service to Temple Emanuel and the community. This special evening will include dinner and entertainment. Proceeds benefit the Rabbi Mark Mahler Rabbinic Chair Fund. Tickets are $100 per person. Gold, Silver and Patron level sponsorships opportunities are also available. RSVPs are needed by May 1,…
Find out more »First Mondays with Rabbi Alex and Guest Carleton Young
title: First Mondays with Rabbi Alex and Guest Carleton Young description: Beth El Congregation hosts its monthly First Mondays program with Rabbi Alex Greenbaum from 11:30 a.m. to 1pm, featuring author/teacher Carleton Young who will be discussing his book Voices From the Attic: The Williamstown Boys in the Civil War. Visit bethelcong.org for more information. Call 412-561-1168 to make a reservation. start-date: 2018-06-04 start time: 11:30 AM end date: 2018-06-04 end time: 1:00 PM all-day event: recurring event: Monthly event…
Find out more »Beginner’s Hebrew Class
title: Beginner's Hebrew Class description: Have you wished you could follow the Hebrew during our services or help your children with their Hebrew, but always been too busy to learn? Take advantage of the lighter summer activity schedule and learn how to read Hebrew! Over the course of nine sessions, you'll learn the Alef-Bet, the vowels, and the basic vocabulary of Jewish life. This is also the Hebrew reading class for those interested in becoming Adult B'nei Mitzvah. Questions? Contact…
Find out more »Generations Speaker Series: Lynne Ravas and Alison Brown Karabin
title: Generations Speaker Series: Lynne Ravas and Alison Brown Karabin description: For the fourth talk in our ongoing Generations Speaker Series, Lynne will share one child’s experience in a Jewish orphanage in Germany during Kristallnacht. Alison will tell the story of her Grandmother’s survival in Auschwitz-Birkenau and the Volary death march. This event is free and open to the public, and will also be livestreamed. start-date: 2018-06-06 start time: 7:00 PM end date: 2018-06-06 end time: 8:30 PM all-day event:…
Find out more »NCJW 125th Celebration and Annual Meeting
title: NCJW 125th Celebration and Annual Meeting description: The National Council of Jewish Women, Pittsburgh section–along with the national organization–celebrates 125 years of service and advocacy in 2018. Join us for a dinner and inspiring program spotlighting the people, projects and partners who have contributed to NCJW’s impact in the Pittsburgh community over the past 125 years. We will also honor Past Presidents, install a new Board President, and present the Hannah G. Solomon Award to Susan Foreman Jordan. start-date:…
Find out more »Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha to celebrate the installation of Rabbi Jeffrey Myers
Tree of Life*Or L'Simcha is celebrating the installation of Rabbi Jeffrey Myers, June 8-10. Highlights of the weekend include: Friday Evening: "Shabbat On The Rocks" cocktail and hors d'oeuvres reception at 6:00 PM, followed by Shabbat services at 6:45 PM. Saturday Morning: Shabbat morning services at 9:30 AM, followed by a kiddush luncheon Sunday Afternoon: Installation Ceremony at 2:45 PM, followed by a concert by internationally acclaimed recording artists and cantors, Divas On The Bima at 4:00 PM. Costs for…
Find out more »Shabbat Shi’ur with Gabriel Project Mumbai
title: Shabbat Shi’ur with Gabriel Project Mumbai description: “A Jewish response to childhood poverty and ill-health in the developing world” by Jacob Sztokman, Founding Director of Gabriel Project Mumbai Gabriel Project Mumbai, provides daily nutrition, literacy, hygiene and health to 1500 vulnerable children in the slums of Mumbai, India, and surrounding under-served villages. GPM lifesaving programming includes nutritious meals for children in the slums, 2 medical clinics, classes for children in 20 villages and urban slums, safe drinking water programs,…
Find out more »The Hill District: A Bus and Walking Tour
title: The Hill District: A Bus and Walking Tour description: New Light Men's Club and Rodman Street Missionary Baptist Church present a bus and walking tour of Pittsburgh's Hill District, where African American and Immigrant Jews were once neighbors in this culturally diverse renaissance neighborhood. Tour guides from the Hill House and the History Center will guide you through historical remnants and the story of this colorful neightborhood where the Great Immigration from Jewish Europe met the Great Migration from…
Find out more »WoTS Cooking Class
title: WoTS Cooking Class description: Every month WoTS features guest chefs from the community and Temple Sinai with recipes from around the world. We all help to do the work and sit together to socialize and taste our work when we are finished. June features a French-inspired menu led by Executive Director Drew Barkley. Anyone age 16 and older is welcome! RSVP by Friday, June 8 to Carolyn Schwarz, 412-421-1268, 4carolynschwarz@gmail.com start-date: 2018-06-11 start time: 6:30 PM end date: 2018-06-11…
Find out more »Ladies Who Lunch: Opioid Epidemic
Ladies Who Lunch: Opioid Epidemic Women’s Philanthropy of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh, National Council of Jewish Women, Pittsburgh Section (NCJW) and Jewish Women's Foundation of Greater Pittsburgh will hold a discussion on the opioid crisis in the Pittsburgh area from noon to 1:30 p.m. at Temple Sinai. Drinks and dessert will be provided; bring your own brown bag lunch. Featured speakers will be Rosa Davis, executive director, Pennsylvania Organization for Women in Early Recovery (POWER); Abby Wilson, deputy…
Find out more »Songs of the Inspired Soul
title: Songs of the Inspired Soul description: A unique multimedia concert in honor of the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s 24th yartzeit. Featuring a local String Quartet playing six nigunim that the Rebbe taught. Each Chabad center of Western PA will be honoring a volunteer with the Lamplighters award. start-date: 2018-06-11 start time: 7:00pm end date: 2018-06-11 end time: all-day event: recurring event: --- event address: Katz Theater at the JCC 5738 Darlington Road event organizer: Chabad of Western PA event website: event…
Find out more »A Film on the History of Pittsburgh History and Landmarks
title: Through The Place description: A Film on the History of Pittsburgh History and Landmarks (PHLF) with remarks from Karamagi Rujumba, Director of Public Communications and Advocacy, PHLF start-date: 2018-06-12 start time: 7:30 PM end date: 2018-06-12 end time: 9:00 PM all-day event: recurring event: No event address: Church of the Redeemer 5700 Forbes Avenue event organizer: Squirrel Hill Historical Society event website: http://squirrelhillhistory.org event cost: Free
Find out more »Temple Sinai Day Trip to Johnstown
title: Temple Sinai Day Trip to Johnstown, PA Trip highlights will include: A narrated riding tour of Johnstown’s historic downtown that includes viewing buildings that survived the 1889 Johnstown Flood, an orientation to the old Jewish neighborhood of Iron Street, Grandview Cemetery, which contains the Jewish sections dating back to 1888 and the Unknown Plot of 1889 Johnstown Flood victims, A dairy lunch and tour of Congregation Beth Sholom that will include viewing the 125th Anniversary Exhibit of Jewish Johnstown,…
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