Month: October 2018

Letter of Condolences from South African Jewish Board of Deputies

Sunday, October 28, 2018
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PDF of Letter from South African Jewish Board of Deputies

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Jewish Federation Statement on the Tragedy at Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha

Saturday, October 27, 2018
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The Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh joins the entire Pittsburgh community in mourning the people in our city killed and injured in the senseless violence today at Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Congregation. Jeff Finkelstein, CEO of the Jewish Federation made these comments: “Today our city, which has ordinarily been among the most safe and secure […]

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Community Invited to Interfaith Vigil, 5 p.m. Sunday, October 28

Saturday, October 27, 2018
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The entire Pittsburgh community will gather for an interfaith vigil and gathering at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood at 5 p.m. “At this time of grief, coming together as a community offers us some comfort and solace. We hope that being together will strengthen our bonds at this difficult time,” said Jeffrey Finkelstein, […]

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Shooting at Tree of Life Congregation Synagogue

Saturday, October 27, 2018
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The Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh joins the entire Pittsburgh community in mourning the people in our city killed and injured in the senseless violence today at Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Congregation. Read the full press release.

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The Shinshinim Host a Trivia Game at J-Fest

Monday, October 22, 2018
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Raz and Levin joined the community at J-Fest, where they hosted an Israel trivia game on Darlington Ave. alongside the Squirrel Hill JCC. J-Fest is a for teens, by teens program. This is the second year of this free street festival. The teens participated in these activities: – Steelers on the BIG SCREEN watch party […]

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Israel Lesson at Adat Shalom

Monday, October 22, 2018
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  The Shinshinim visited Adat Shalom to educate 17 teacher assistants direct methods on how to educate the younger students about Israel.    

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Jewish Federation at Work

Monday, October 15, 2018
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Meet Benji. Benji Himmel received an Israel scholarship from the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh to attend the fall 8-week program of the Alexander Muss High School in Israel. While in Israel, he took the opportunity to visit his friend Shachar Yefet from Karmiel/Misgav, who was an Israeli camper at Emma Kaufmann Camp in the […]

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This Is Us

Friday, October 12, 2018
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With all the Jewish holidays resulting in very short work weeks, I have not written in quite a while. And because I will be in Israel starting next week for a Federation mission followed by the General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America, it may be a few more until I write again. […]

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