Young Adult Division

YAD Outdoors: Grandview Park Hike

Sunday, April 2, 2023 @ 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM EDT
Parking lot next to Olympia Park on Hallock St
Pittsburgh, PA 15203 United States

Explore the great outdoors on a guided hike through Grandview Park. Please use your best judgment on the path conditions.

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Bubbe BINGO with Amneeja and Dixie

Bubbe Bingo Brunch Will Raise Funds for Community and Feature Popular Spangled Emcees

Monday, March 18 @ 9:08 PM EDT

Drag-queen hostesses will emcee the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh’s Bubbe Bingo Brunch, Sunday, March 27.

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YAD Fitness Club at Orangetheory

YAD Clubs – Personal Pathways to Community

Monday, March 18 @ 9:08 PM EDT

YAD Clubs are trying to help our Pittsburgh area young adults get to know each other and build “micro Jewish communities”.

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The Honeymoon is Never Over

Monday, March 18 @ 9:08 PM EDT

I asked Rabbi Amy Bardack, the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh’s Director of Jewish Life and Learning, to write this week’s message about Honeymoon Israel. Please read through as you may know some couple that would be perfect to participate in this incredible opportunity.  As we have learned from the 2017 Pittsburgh Jewish Community Study, […]

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Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh Hires Sara Spanjer as Young Adult Division Director

Monday, March 18 @ 9:08 PM EDT

The Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh announces the hire of Sara Spanjer as Young Adult Division director. In this position, Ms. Spanjer will focus her efforts on leadership development and manage all fundraising activities related to the Young Adult Division, including cultivation and solicitation of donors ages 22–45. Ms. Spanjer’s first day at the Jewish Federation […]

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Events Bring Us Together

Monday, March 18 @ 9:08 PM EDT

In just a month, the Federation’s Young Adult Division will hold its annual Campaign event entitled “Stand Up for Giving:  Make Pittsburgh Laugh Again”.  Professional comedian, Noah Gardenswartz (who has appeared on Last Comic Standing, Conan and Comedy Central) will be performing.  At the same time, we will be highlighting the miraculous work accomplished by […]

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Community Study Kickoff

Monday, March 18 @ 9:08 PM EDT

This was an exciting week as we kicked off the process to conduct our Jewish community’s first community study since 2002. Yes, it will give us demographics, but more importantly, it will tell us trends and help us—and by us I mean every Jewish institution and synagogue—to plan accordingly. This project is being fully funded […]

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Shabbat Shalom. Like….Totally.

Monday, March 18 @ 9:08 PM EDT

Did you hear that the twins, Ben and Becca, had a B’nei Mitzvah party this past Saturday night? In an attempt to try something different for our young adult Federation donors, we overhauled what had been our Young Adult Main Event. Instead of a speaker, the Federation worked with a Hollywood writer and produced a […]

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Is Being a Spy Smart Business?

Monday, March 18 @ 9:08 PM EDT

What do you think about spying on others?  This week’s parshah contains the famous story of Moses sending the twelve spies into the land of Canaan.  Ten of them return to falsely describe how terrible the land is in order to scare the people from wanting to travel there.  Two, Caleb and Joshua, appropriately and […]

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