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Remembering Pittsburgh for philo-Semitism

Human Resources Lee Chottiner Recently, after a program at my synagogue, I ducked into the Highlands Kroger to pick up a carton of milk before going home. I walked briskly to the dairy case, selected my item, then lined up … Read More >

Latest News October 31, 2019

After Pittsburgh: Some synagogues are more comfortable with guns in their pews

On an average Saturday morning at the Orthodox Ohel Tefillah synagogue on Chicago’s North Side, about 10 percent of the men carry a handgun. That number may seem high in a liberal city with some of the strictest gun laws … Read More >

Latest News National/International January 24, 2019

Pittsburgh is where I lived; synagogue is where I’m home

On October 27, the front line in the struggle to save and perpetuate Judaism ran through Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I know a little something about that front line. Born in Pittsburgh, raised in her suburbs, an adult living on the North … Read More >

Latest News National/International November 26, 2018

D’var Torah: Pittsburgh aftermath: Where is G-d?

It was the holy day of Shabbat – Saturday morning, October 27. A man entered a synagogue in Pittsburgh and murdered 11 people. Eight men and three women were mercilessly killed – because they were Jews. The immediate question is, … Read More >

Latest News November 26, 2018

Pittsburgh – Finding Comfort

Shabbat morning two weeks ago, we witnessed the deadliest massacre of Jews ever on American soil in which 11 of our brothers and sisters were brutally murdered as they gathered together in prayer. We have experienced barbaric attacks here in …

Commemoration Education Tikun Olam November 13, 2018

Louisvillian assists Israeli psychotrauma responders in Pittsburgh after shootings

A Jewish Louisville native is in Pittsburgh this week, assisting Israeli first responders as they train local providers to care for a community coping with the fallout from a mass shooting. Cari Margulis Immerman, regional development director of the Friends … Read More >

Latest News National/International October 31, 2018

Community comes together to heal after Pittsburgh, Kroger shootings

As the vigil for 11 worshippers killed in a Pittsburgh synagogue and two shoppers gunned down at the Jeffersontown Kroger got under way, Shalom Malka’s mind went to happier thoughts. He had attended Tree of Life, scene of Saturday’s carnage, … Read More >

Federation JCC Latest News October 30, 2018
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