Inspiration

Generations Speaker Presentation by Dr. Melissa Marks

Thursday, July 18 @ 6:00 PM EDT
Chatham University
Welker Room, Laughlin Music Hall, 0 Woodland Rd
Pittsburgh, PA 15232

We are excited to host Dr. Melissa Marks’s presentation for the first time!  Bio: Dr. Melissa Marks is the daughter and granddaughter of Holocaust survivors. Her desire to understand the history and psychology of the Holocaust led her to become a social studies teacher, a career she loved for a decade. Currently, she is in her 21st year as a […]

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Mitzvot & Mutual Aid 2023

Thursday, June 29, 2023 @ 6:00 PM - Monday, July 31, 2023 @ 7:30 PM EDT

Throughout the month of July, we’ll engage in service and learning related to themes of environmental justice, food justice, abolition / prisoner support, and housing / economic justice. Participants will do portions of suggested projects daily, or as they can make time within their weeks. We’ll also share weekly learning resources that correspond with the […]

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Returning from Israel Inspired

Wednesday, April 24 @ 10:43 AM EDT

I spent much of this past week in Israel at the Board of Governors meeting of the Jewish Agency for Israel. Topics of Aliyah (immigration) from France and Ukraine, engaging our young people in Jewish life and using Israel as a prism to do so, engaging more Arabs and ultra-Orthodox in the workforce, discussions about the unity […]

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