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FED Talks: Celebrating Community Strength

Wednesday, July 17, 2019
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The Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh’s 2019 annual meeting, FED Talks: Celebrating Community Strength, will include insights from three guest speakers who have made healing or trauma their life’s work.

Messages of Thanks

Wednesday, July 3, 2019
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Read messages of thanks sent to the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh upon the transferring of funds to help the Muslim community of New Zealand heal.

Happy Campers Make Happy Memories

Friday, June 28, 2019
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As I watched this Friday night magic and even more magic on Saturday, I couldn’t help but think about the One Happy Camper program funded locally by the Papernick Family with additional support from the Jewish Federation’s Centennial Fund for a Jewish Future.

Foiled attack on North Side church – what you can do to help

Friday, June 21, 2019
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What you can do to stand against extremism that threatens all communities.

An Extraordinarily “Normal” Year

Friday, June 14, 2019
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This is an incredibly resilient community that is working on our healing while keeping up with our normal “stuff”. That normal “stuff” is made possible, in large part, by your support of our Community Campaign. Thank you!

Community-wide Tikkun Leil Shavuot

Friday, June 7, 2019
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Late night of study – taking place tomorrow (Saturday) night. Be there! No reservations required! Free cheesecake! Amazing learning with high quality and diverse classes!

Come Together for Tikkun Leil Shavuot

Friday, May 31, 2019
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One of my most favorite and special evenings for our Pittsburgh Jewish community takes place next Saturday night with our annual Tikkun Leil Shavuot.

Unity, Not Uniformity

Friday, May 24, 2019
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We strive for a diverse community that can come together to work on the big issues facing our people and be supportive and understanding of one another, even with those with whom we differ.

Yom Ha’atzamut with the Shinshinim!

Friday, May 10, 2019
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What a Yom Ha’azmaut! Today we celebrated the Israeli independence day! We started our day at Community Day School (CDS) singing and dancing with Israeli songs outside. Following the dancing, all of the school went inside to see the amazing Carnival that we’ve made for this special day! There was Israeli dancing, Israeli trivia, Israeli games […]

Making the World a Better Place–Community Campaign Back on Track

Friday, May 10, 2019
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Lighting a torch at the Yom Haatzmaut (Israel Independence Day) celebration in Jerusalem opened me up to new experiences and introduced me to new individuals making a difference in Israeli society.

Love is Kosher: Stronger Together

Thursday, May 9, 2019
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While the Equality March is truly a highlight for many members of the Jewish community, we will be supporting from the sidelines this year, as June 9 is also the major Jewish holiday of Shavuot.

Jewish Federation Honors Hillel Academy’s Sara London with 2019 Grinspoon Award for Excellence in Jewish Education

Thursday, May 9, 2019
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Jewish day school educator Sara London to be honored with one of the North American Grinspoon Awards for Excellence in Jewish Education.

Jewish Federation CEO Speaks at Israel’s Independence Day Celebration

Wednesday, May 8, 2019
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Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh CEO Jeff Finkelstein represented Pittsburgh and worldwide Jewry at Israel’s national celebration of Yom Ha’atzmaut.

Pittsburgh’s Secret Sauce

Friday, May 3, 2019
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Pittsburgh’s Jewish community is being recognized for both our tragic losses and our incredible resilience.

Jewish Federation Saddened and Horrified by Shooting at Poway Synagogue Near San Diego

Sunday, April 28, 2019
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The Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh is saddened and horrified by the shooting that killed one and injured several others at Chabad of Poway.

Jewish Federation Distributes First Round of Security Funding

Thursday, April 25, 2019
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The Jewish Federation distributed the first round of security funding for Jewish organizations, a total of $377,303 to 31 different organizations.

Shinshinim Update

Wednesday, April 24, 2019
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Oneg Shabbat, Tikkun Olam, Diller Teen Fellows and Yom Ha’atzmaut Celebrations Wow, what a couple of special weeks we’ve had!  Starting with a trivia game for the Oneg Shabbat at the Jewish Federation (a meeting held about the Jewish programming around the community) on a Friday afternoon that sent us to Shabbat with a smile, and […]

Federation Supports the Fabric of Israeli Society

Friday, April 19, 2019
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This week’s message has been written by our Director of Israel and Overseas Operations, Kim Salzman In the first week of April, I flew to Israel with our committed volunteers from the Israel and Overseas Funding Committee to conduct our annual “Israel site visits.” These site visits always leave me deeply inspired by the life-changing […]

Being Present in a Moment of History

Friday, April 12, 2019
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The Jewish Federation’s Community Relations Council (CRC) invited all the family members of those who were killed and those who were injured along with the leadership of the three congregations to join us on a Federation arranged bus to and from Harrisburg to participate in an historic joint session of the House and Senate.

A Passover Prayer Against Anti-Semitism

Friday, April 12, 2019
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A Passover Prayer Against Antisemitism: In every generation, they seek to destroy us, but they have not destroyed us.

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