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Family-Friendly Lag Ba’Omer Games & Bonfire

Tuesday, May 9, 2023 @ 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM EDT
Sheridan Ave Orchard
310-330 Sheridan Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15206 United States

Join Repair the World Pittsburgh, Kesher Pittsburgh, and PJ Library as we celebrate the Jewish holiday of Lag Ba’Omer with family-friendly garden games and a bonfire! For the first half of the program, we’ll have games and relays that are both fun and help to support the garden. The second half of the program will be […]

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28 Bridges & Jewish Fertility Foundation in the South Hills

Friday, March 24, 2023 @ 6:00 AM EDT

Join JFF PGH at 28 Bridges in the South Hills to learn more about JFF and its place in our community.

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The Beauty That Still Remains

Sunday, April 16, 2023 @ 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM EDT
Congregation Beth Shalom
5915 Beacon Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15217 United States

The Pittsburgh Girls Choir and Congregation Beth Shalom’s Derekh program proudly present a concert of hope and reflection through song in commemoration of Holocaust Remembrance Day. PGC Chamber Choir will sing Linda Tutas Haugen’s powerful piece, Anne Frank: A Living Voice, featuring words directly from Anne Frank’s immortal diary. Rounding out the evening’s program in […]

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JDAIM 2023 The Intersection of Race, Disability and Religion: A First-Person Experience

Thursday, February 2, 2023 @ 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM EST
Zoom

Join The Branch and webinar speaker Asha Chai-Chang as she talks about the growing community of Jews who identify as Jews of Color. Born in Long Island as the Jamaican/Cuban/Chinese/Jewish daughter to immigrant parents, Asha is an Actuary by Trade turned Award-Winning Director/Writer with invisible disabilities. Asha will create an open dialogue about being a […]

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Community Tikkun Leil Shavuot

Monday, October 7 @ 12:59 PM EDT

I wrote about this a few weeks ago, but with the holiday of Shavuot beginning on Tuesday night, I would be remiss to not again promote our community wide Tikkun Leil Shavuot. Shavuot celebrates the Jewish people’s receiving of the Torah. Because of that, the tradition is to stay up all night long studying Torah. […]

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