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Larry Perl and Rabbi Moshe Russell. (Photo by Toby Tabachnick)
July 24, 2019, 1:38 pm
Gemilas Chesed rabbi leaving for position in Chicago
White Oak synagogue leaders are exploring options regarding spiritual leadership going forward.
By Toby Tabachnick
Thirteen people were injured in the fire. (Photo by Atilgan Ozdil/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
June 19, 2019, 1:16 pm
Pittsburgh man arrested for setting fire to Brooklyn rabbi’s house
Menachem Karelefsky has been on the radar of law enforcement in Pittsburgh for more than a year. He has sent "disturbing" emails to members of the local Jewish community.
By Toby Tabachnick
The poke bowl dish at The Avocado Show in Amsterdam is among the the many images patrons share on social media. (Photo courtesy of The Avocado Show)
August 24, 2018, 7:50 am
Europe is going bananas over this Israeli guy’s avocados
The Avocado Show, a restaurant in Amsterdam with a menu based entirely on the creamy fruit, goes through about 10,000 avocados each week.
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Richard Wilson, winner of the new lottery to throw the first pitch at the Pittsburgh Pirates’ Jewish Heritage Night, ceremonially gets the Aug. 16 game against the Chicago Cubs started. (Photos courtesy of Dave Arrigo, Pittsburgh Pirates)
August 23, 2018, 1:55 pm
Jewish Heritage Night adds kosher hot dogs, first pitch lottery
The changes, designed to attract a wider demographic to the game, brought the most people from the Jewish community to the ball park since the first Jewish Heritage Night.
By Lauren Rosenblatt
Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn in London, Dec. 14, 2017. (Photo by Daniel Leavl-Olivas/Pool/Getty Images)
August 10, 2018, 9:00 am
Jeremy Corbyn no longer scheduled to address Jewish audience in London
A day after Corbyn's Labour Party approached the Jewish Museum in London about hosting a talk to discuss allegations of anti-Semitism the discussion was called off.
By JTA Reports
Jerry Silverman, president of the Jewish Federations of North America. (Photo courtesy of the Jewish Federations of North America)
August 10, 2018, 8:59 am
Major funders of Israel join criticism of its nation-state law
The Jewish Federations of North America and The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews both criticized the law for what they say is discrimination against minorities.
By JTA Reports
Amy Cohen was serve as JNF's new senior campaign executive in Pittsburgh. (Photo courtesy of Amy Cohen)
August 10, 2018, 8:59 am
Amy Cohen to lead campaign for Jewish National Fund in Pittsburgh
Cohen previously worked for six years at the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh as the organization’s Volunteer Center manager and its Shalom Pittsburgh associate.
By Toby Tabachnick
Children at the camp take field trips around Israel as part of a two-week schedule filled with activities and confidence-building. (Photo courtesy of Nir Buchler)
August 10, 2018, 8:58 am
Federation steps in to support a summer camp for Israeli victims of terror
The camp helps children who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder by providing a structured schedule with field trips and emotional support.
By Jonah Berger
Nancy Strichman speaking at a recent Lunch and Learn program at the Center for Women. (Photo by Toby Tabachnick)
August 10, 2018, 8:58 am
New study, by Pittsburgh author, shows feminism in Israel still faces challenges
Despite positive strides, researcher Nancy Strichman said Israel still needs to focus on battling patriarchal structures, integrating diverse voices and connecting women activists.
By Toby Tabachnick
Nicholas Haberman, a teacher at Shaler Area High School, lights a candle at a Yom HaShoah commemoration. (Photo courtesy of the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh)
August 10, 2018, 8:55 am
Shaler teacher leads efforts to increase, improve Holocaust education
Nicholas Haberman has been teaching about the Holocaust for 13 years. This year, he is introducing a new elective and a center for Holocaust, genocide and human rights education.
By Lauren Rosenblatt
It isn’t the squishy “tradition” that Tevye, played by Steven Skybell, center, is upholding, it’s the Torah. (Photo by Victor Nechay/ProperPix)
August 10, 2018, 8:54 am
‘Fiddler’ in Yiddish — what about tradition?
For the first time in the United States, a new production of "Fiddler on the Roof" will be performed in the language the characters would have spoken in the Old Country.
By Josefin Dolsten
Imran Khan at the “Rule of Law: The Case of Pakistan” conference in Berlin, Germany in 2009. (Photo by Stephan Röhl/Flickr)
August 10, 2018, 8:52 am
Will Pakistan’s new prime minister change his country’s relationship with Israel
Imran Khan is known for "running a team of one," promoted a nationalistic, anti-corruption platform and faced anti-Semitic taunts. So what is there to make of the new leader?
By Charles Dunst
Tens of thousands march through the streets of Jerusalem in the annual Pride Parade, Aug. 2, 2018. (Photo by Adi Eddy/Courtesy of Jerusalem Open House for Pride and Tolerance)
August 9, 2018, 6:04 pm
Record 30,000 participants at Jerusalem Pride Parade march for LGBTQ community
The march comes a week after more than 60,000 demonstrators in Tel Aviv protested the Knesset’s passage of a new surrogacy law that excludes gay couples as well as single men.
By JTA Reports
Members of the Woodbine Boys Club pose on the steps of Colfax Elementary School in March 1948, where they met for swimming, horseplay and other good times. (Photo by Mervin S. Stewart, courtesy of Rauh Jewish History Program & Archives at the Sen. John Heinz History Center)
August 9, 2018, 6:03 pm
A summer camp that was Jewish by nature, not by design
Camp Machigon was not a Pittsburgh camp, nor really a Jewish camp, and yet it plays a part in local Jewish history.
By Eric Lidji
A portion of the movie post for "1945." (Photo provided)
August 3, 2018, 8:35 am
‘1945’ a quiet, haunting parable of post-war guilt
The film explores a subject rarely depicted in mainstream Holocaust stories: the theft of Jewish homes and businesses by neighbors after the rightful owners' deportation to camps.
By Toby Tabachnick
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