Annual Meeting

Federation to Honor Community Leaders and Explain What’s Next for the Federation

By Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh / Tuesday, August 2, 2022

The Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh’s 2022 annual meeting will celebrate three community leaders and include insights into the Jewish Federation’s strategic plan.

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Annual Meeting FED TALKS

Community Strength in a Time of Crisis

By Jeff Finkelstein / Friday, August 21, 2020

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

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Apples and Honey 2019

Your Federation as Convener

By Jeff Finkelstein / Friday, September 13, 2019

The Federation plays a convener role to help enhance communication and coordination, increase effectiveness and impact, and build strong individual and organizational relationships.

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Annual Meeting FEDTalks were Powerful and On Point

By Jeff Finkelstein / Friday, September 6, 2019

It was a fantastic but emotionally challenging Annual Meeting last night. Our FEDTalks addressed personal healing, healing for the helpers and communal healing after a tragedy.

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Stronger Together

FED Talks: Celebrating Community Strength

By Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh / Wednesday, July 17, 2019

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.

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That IS Federation

By Jeff Finkelstein / Friday, September 1, 2017

I have to mention four things that happened this week. I will be brief with all, but I think all deserve mention: Hurricane Harvey – The national Federation system opened a mailbox over the weekend to collect donations to help flood victims including those in the Jewish community. Our Federation, through emergency funds that we […]

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Building Our Future History

By Jeff Finkelstein / Friday, August 25, 2017

On Tuesday of this week, our entire Federation staff came to work in old t-shirts and shorts for a day of cleaning out. In fact, our garbage and recycling bins are literally overflowing right now. We felt it was important to be able to determine what really needs to be kept, what can be scanned […]

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Our Next Act, Jewish Federation's Annual Meeting, Will Report and Preview Community-Empowered Initiatives

By Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh / Friday, July 28, 2017

The Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh will present highlights of the past year at its Thursday, Aug. 31, annual meeting, with the theme “Our Next Act.” The show will star Pittsburgh’s Jewish community: its collective accomplishments through the Jewish Federation in 2016–2017 and a preview of the initiatives that are in the wings. The meeting […]

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A Magical Meeting

By Jeff Finkelstein / Friday, September 2, 2016

We had a magical Annual meeting this year. Just as we do every year, we honored over 35 volunteers from organizations and synagogues. These individual dedicate their time and talent to strengthen those institutions and to help further their missions. In the end, each helps us reach more Jews and serve their needs. In addition […]

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Jewish Federation Invites the Community to "See the Good" at it's Annual Meeting Tuesday, August 30th

By Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh / Monday, July 25, 2016

Through the year, the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh has invited the community to “Do Good in the ’Burgh and Around the World” by contributing to the Federation’s Annual Campaign. Now the organization invites the community to the Federation’s annual meeting, to see the good that has resulted through Federation participation. The meeting — Tuesday, […]

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Shabbat Shalom

By Jeff Finkelstein / Friday, September 25, 2015

While sitting in my synagogue during Yom Kippur services, I reread the “Al Cheyt” prayer in English. As you probably know, during this prayer we ask for forgiveness for the transgressions WE have made. They are recited in the plural, not the singular. It is done so because we are a community apologizing for our […]

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Break Your Fast and Bridge the Future

By Jeff Finkelstein / Friday, September 18, 2015

On Wednesday we fast for Yom Kippur.  On Thursday at our Annual Meeting, our Federation will celebrate accomplishments for the past year and look towards the challenges we hope to conquer in the coming year.  And the only comparison I’ll draw between the two is that, in a sense, Yom Kippur is the Annual meeting […]

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What an Impact!

By Jeff Finkelstein / Friday, September 19, 2014

At the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh’s Annual Meeting on Wednesday night, we announced our financial achievements for the year. Our Campaign goal of $13.5 million, the highest ever for our community, was attained. Our Foundation, now with over $200 million under management, added over $18 million. Our work to raise Educational Improvement Tax Credit […]

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A Sweet and Prosperous Time of Year

By Jeff Finkelstein / Friday, September 12, 2014

On Sunday, Shalom Pittsburgh will hold its Fourth Annual Apples & Honey Festival, in Schenley Park. Literally hundreds show up every year for this great program. If you have a young family or grandchildren in town, you don’t want to miss this. If you know of a young Jewish family that would like a Jewish program that […]

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