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April 2018
Yasher Koach Celebration for Rabbi Jamie Gibson
Rabbi Jamie Gibson (Photo courtesy of Temple Sinai)Yasher Koach Celebration for Rabbi Jamie Gibson description: As Rabbi Gibson encourages us to wish Yasher Koach to each other for milestones and accomplishments. It’s now our turn to return the cheer! Join in the celebration of Rabbi Jamie Gibson’s 30th Anniversary with Temple Sinai: Sunday, April 29, 2018, 5:30 PM • 6:00 PM dinner, followed by program An evening of much fun and entertaining festivities! Delicious dinner catered by Big Burrito. Dress…
Find out more »May 2018
Lag B’Omer Kirtan Concert
Lag B’Omer Kirtan Concert description: Light your inner bonfire on this propitious day of singing, dancing, and rejoicing together! Hebrew Kirtan is continual call-and-response, fully participatory chant where short, sacred phrases from the Jewish tradition are treated as powerful, universal meditations. No need to be Jewish or know Hebrew to fully immerse in this experience. Led by Kirtan Rabbi, Keshira HaLev Fife, & full band. Part of the Weeks of Jewish Flourishing. Learn more at: rodefshalom.org/weeks start-date: 2018-05-02 start time:…
Find out more »Refugee & Immigrant Job Fair
Refugee & Immigrant Job Fair description: On May 3rd, the third annual Refugee and Immigrant Job Fair will be held in the Sternwheeler Room at the Omni William Penn Hotel downtown, from 9:00 a.m. to noon. Anyone who is legally able to work in the U.S. is invited. JFCS Career Development Center has arranged for more than 20 local employers with open positions. It is recommended that participants dress professionally and bring copies of their resumes. Translators will also be…
Find out more »‘The Diary of Anne Frank’
Prime Stage Theatre to present stage adaptation of The Diary of Anne Frank May 4 through 13, 2018 at New Hazlett Theater, North Side; Prime Stage Artistic Producing Director Wayne Brinda to direct The play will run from May 4 to 13, 2018 at the New Hazlett Theater Center for the Performing Arts on Pittsburgh’s North Side. Director Brinda, associate professor of education and coordinator of secondary education at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, is also a Museum Teaching…
Find out more »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 »American Friends of Israel War Disabled Foundation
title: American Friends of Israel War Disabled Foundation description: A delegation of 8 Israeli Disabled Veterans will visit Beth Shalom on May 5th. After kiddush (which the AFIWDF is sponsoring), a panel discussion will take place in the Helfant Chapel. Please plan to stay for the opportunity to meet and greet this group, and also to discuss with them their experiences in the armed services of Israel. start-date: 2018-05-05 start time: 12:30 p.m. end date: end time: all-day event: recurring…
Find out more »Pride Seder
Pride Seder description: You are invited to our first Pride Seder presented by the Pride Tribe and Women of Temple Sinai (WoTS). The Pride Seder will take a form reminiscent of the traditional Passover seder, but it will share stories and hardships of LGBTQ life, celebrate the freedoms that have been achieved, and explore freedoms not yet gained. Just as the Pride Seder will welcome LGBTQ individuals beyond the Jewish community, we will also welcome Allies of the LGBTQ community.…
Find out more »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 »Book Talk and Signing: ‘Wordwings’ by Sydelle Pearl
title: Book Talk and Signing: Wordwings by Sydelle Pearl description: Sydelle will discuss her book "Wordwings," the fictional diary of a 12-year-old girl in the Warsaw Ghetto. A well-researched history interwoven with folktales and fairy tales, Wordwings will launch our new book club. This event is free and open to the public. start-date: 2018-05-06 start time: 4:00 end date: 2018-05-06 end time: 5:30 all-day event: recurring event: No event address: 826 Hazelwood Avenue Pittsburgh PA 15217 event organizer: Holocaust Center…
Find out more »Kollel Legacy Circle Event
The Kollel Jewish Learning Center is proud to announce our fourth Annual Legacy Circle Event May 6, 2018 at 5:00PM. The Sunday evening event, hosted by Chuck and Judy Perlow and Zev and Leiba Rudolph will take place at the Embassy Suites hotel downtown, 535 Smithfield Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This year we are delighted to have Mr. Moishe Bane, President of the Orthodox Union as our featured speaker. He will speak on “Three Existential Challenges to American Orthodoxy that are…
Find out more »First Mondays with Rabbi Alex Greenbaum and Guest Charles Reichblum
title: First Mondays with Rabbi Alex and Guest Charles Reichblum description: Beth El Congregation hosts its monthly “First Mondays “ program with Rabbi Alex, featuring journalist Charles Reichblum, nicknamed “Dr. Knowledge,” who has built one of the largest collections in the world of fascinating facts and stories that serve as a source for his Knowledge in a Nutshell book series. Lunch begins at 11:30 am and the lecture starts at 12 pm. Please call 412-561-1168 to make a reservation. start-date:…
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…
Find out more »Stop-Motion Charcoal Drawing
title: Stop-Motion Charcoal Drawing: a workshop with Israeli artist Merav Kamel description: This workshop is geared to Art Teachers and Teaching Artists Stop-Motion With Charcoal Drawing: An exercise inspired by the artist William Kentridge. The students will be provided with photos of Impressionistic and Futuristic paintings, that deal with stopping motion, the shall copy them on a big piece of paper, and using a camera in stop-motion animation technique they shall return motion to the painting. start-date: 2018-05-08 start time:…
Find out more »Penn State Then and Now
Penn State Then and Now Speaker: Athena Jackson Dorothy Foehr Huck Chair Interim University Archivist Penn State University Tuesday May 8, 2018 7:30 pm Church of the Redeemer 5700 Forbes Avenue Free of Charge Squirrel Hill Historical Society http://squirrelhillhistory.org event cost: Free
Find out more »Israel Night at the Children’s Museum
Photo provided by Classrooms Without Borders Save the Date: Israel Night at the Children's Museum description: Join Classrooms Without Borders as we celebrate Israel and Art! start-date: 2018-05-09 start time: 06:30PM end date: 2018-05-09 end time: 09:00PM all-day event: recurring event: No event address: The Children's Museum, 10 Children's Way, Pittsburgh, PA 15212 event organizer: Classrooms Without Borders | Children's Museum event website: http://classroomswithoutborders.org/events/show.php?187 event cost: $20 pre-registration, $25 at the door. Fee covers entrance fee, food, drink and all…
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