Did You Hear?

Laura Cherner, assistant director of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh’s Community Relations Council (CRC), will become its director on Oct. 5, 2020.

If you have not yet registered, you can register for the Annual Meeting online.

During these economically challenging times, it is our imperative as Jews to help those in need.

Again, these have focused us all to concentrate outside ourselves, to look towards community.

Hillel JUC staff and volunteers developed new strategies to connect with Jewish students.

Neither geography nor pandemic is a barrier to keeping us connected and caring for each other.

Michael G. Masters is the national director and CEO of the Secure Community Network (SCN), the national homeland security initiative of the Jewish Federations of North America and Conference of Presidents of Major American Organizations.

While we are still practicing social distancing and dreaming of a time when we are able to travel, to sign up to receive more information as details continue to be hammered out.

Let’s celebrate hard and quickly because we still have so much to do.

We look forward to continuing to collaborate with, listen to and learn from our partners in the African American community and law enforcement to make Pittsburgh a more equitable, safe and inclusive place for all who live here.