December 25, 2017 – A volunteer serves meals on Mitzvah Day at Riverview Towers so regular staff can be home for the holiday.
– Photo by Josh Franzos
Federation’s Mitzvah Day was an unbelievable success by all measures: number of volunteers, number of organizations impacted and numbers of people helped by our volunteers. For those that have not seen some of the media about our impact and reach, I direct you to these two links:
Pittsburgh Jewish Federation Lends Helping Hand On Christmas
– CBS Pittsburgh
Mitzvah Day brings cheer, activities to community during holidays
– RabbleVid
Sticking with local media, the Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle just published an article about OneTable and its newly hired Hub Manager. Federation is the local funding partner and we are really excited to be bringing this cutting edge program to inspire and engage millennials in Jewish life right here in Pittsburgh:
Steel City native paves new way for millennials to do Shabbat in Pittsburgh
– Jewish Chronicle
Don’t you love some good news?
Shabbat Shalom. Keep warm!