University of Pittsburgh

Jewish Farming and Religious Alternative Food Movements in the United States

Thursday, February 19 @ 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM EST
Cathedral of Learning Room 501
Fifth Ave at Bigelow
Pittsburgh, PA 15213 United States

Religious people are coming together across religious and non-religious differences to change the food system. In this lecture, Adrienne Krone will provide insights into these religious communities from her new book Free-Range Religion: Alternative Food Movements and Religious Life in the United States. The book is an ethnographic exploration of four religious alternative food movement […]

Offerings of Grief, Offerings of Rage: Revisiting Tree of Life Synagogue and George Floyd Square

Sunday, September 14, 2025 @ 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM EDT
JCC Squirrel Hill
5738 Forbes Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15217 United States

During this talk Dr. Laura Levitt will present on her project for the inaugural Fine Fellowship, which centers around gifts visitors brought to the site of the Pittsburgh synagogue and the George Floyd Global Memorial in Minneapolis. Her project explores how people individually and collectively grieve after mass, public tragedies. Her talk will illustrate how […]

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