Congregation Beth Shalom | Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh

Join a lay led discussion groups to discuss the week’s parashah. All classes meet online. No Hebrew knowledge is needed. Our goal is to build community while deepening our understanding of the text!

Bring the parashah alive and make it personally relevant and meaningful with Rabbi Mark Goodman! Join Zoom Meeting: https://zoom.us/j/271572071

Join Beth Shalom’s Quarantined Book Club as we read A Pigeon and A Boy by Meir Shalev. We will be meeting on Monday, July 20, at 4pm. Everyone is invited to join in. About the book: A mesmerizing novel of two love stories, separated by half a century but connected by one enchanting act of devotion—from…

We invite you to join us in reading and discussing RENT by Jonathan Larson. This musical, based on the opera La Bohème, follows a group of friends living in the Alphabet City in New York’s East Village. Even as they struggle with joblessness, addiction, and living with HIV, they return to each other for mutual…

Join us for our inaugural Derekh Interview Series with the incomparable Rabbi Tova Leibovic-Douglas. Together we’ll talk about the joys and challenges of parenting, officiating a wedding over Zoom, and cultivating a spiritual life. She is a well known rabbi, spiritual counselor, educator, and consultant in Los Angeles. Get your Zoom link to attend »

Join Beth Shalom’s Quarantined Book Club as we read The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer. We will be meeting on Tuesday, June 23rd, at 4pm. We were fortunate enough to have Orringer be a guest of our Congregation earlier this year. Everyone is invited to join in. Get the Zoom link »

This six-week course will cover an overview of Love and Sex, lifecycles from Birth to Death, the Holocaust, Israel, and the Jewish mission to heal the world. Dates are: 5/17, 5/24, 5/31, 6/7, 6/14, 6/21. All classes are from 2-4pm. Join Zoom Meeting: https://zoom.us/j/738556067

In the final installment of the Derekh Lunch & Learn on Egalitarianism and Halakhah, we will check out the perspective of Modern Orthodox rabbis Ethan Tucker and Micha’el Rosenberg (brother of Beth Shalom member Pinchas Rosenberg) from their book, Gender Equality and Prayer in Jewish Law, published in 2017. Zoom Link: Go Here

We invite you to join us in reading and discussing the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Angels in America: Millennium Approaches by Tony Kushner. Angels in America takes place in another time, not too far away from our own, and in another pandemic: HIV affected millions of Americans who struggled to survive, love, and heal in the midst of a debilitating…

Hungry for more learning after Shavu’ot? Couldn’t stay up all night? On Sunday 5/31 at 10AM Derekh is hosting a post-Shavu’ot learning opportunity! First join Rabbi Adelson to learn about “Foundational Rabbinic Texts: Telling the Story of Rabbinic Judaism.” This will be followed by lay-led study sessions to join for small group hevruta that expand…

Every Monday morning at 9:15 am you can find Rabbi Jeremy Markiz learning Masechet Rosh Hashanah, a tractate of the Talmud about the many new years that fill out the Jewish calendar. Join Zoom Meeting: https://zoom.us/j/447003418

Congregation Beth Shalom’s annual fundraiser featuring nationally known Comedian and local talent. Join us for drinks, sumptuous dessert spread, raffle and schmoozing.

Join PJ Library, Repair the World and Congregation Beth Shalom for this exciting program! In honor of Rosh Hashanah, we will be picking apples to donate to 412 Food Rescue at Soergel Orchards. We will cover the cost for each family to pick 1 half bag of apples to donate. Families may also purchase additional…

Join in the fun at COME TOGETHER, Congregation Beth Shalom’s Party & Silent Auction. Bid on over 150 items including: STEELERS / PIRATES / PENGUINS tickets a Napa Valley getaway Theatre Tickets to Broadway, CLO, Ballet signed Sports Memorabilia gift certificates to caterers, salons, exercise classes and many of your favorite stores. Plus GRAND PRIZE…