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Israeli Independence Day

Varied virtual programming offered for Yom Ha’atzmaut

By Justin Vellucci

Events to focus on diversity in Israel, cooking and children’s programming

OpinionNot even COVID can slow down the Start-up Nation

OpinionA tribute to the bereaved parents of unsung fallen Israelis

Harry M. Caplan began working for Zionist causes before World War I and finally visited Israel for the first time in April 1958, a year before his death. (Image provided by the Rauh Jewish Archives at the Heinz History Center)

HistoryYom Ha’atzmaut in Etna

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Miracle in Rwanda

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Yom Ha’atzmaut

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'Chasing COVID'
Filmmaker and researchers discuss ‘Chasing Covid’

By Adam Reinherz
Diversity
Federation collaborates on grants to promote diversity
Tree Planting
Teenagers help plant trees to honor victims of Pittsburgh synagogue shooting

By Adam Reinherz
News obituary
Longtime local spiritual leader Rabbi Mordecai Leib Glatstein has died at 106

By Justin Vellucci
Introduction
Chronicle welcomes veteran journalist Gabe Kahn

By David Rullo
Never Forget
Holocaust Center marks Genocide Awareness Month with ‘Miracle in Rwanda’

By David Rullo
COVID-19
One teacher’s pandemic year

By David Rullo
History
Yom Ha’atzmaut in Etna

By Eric Lidji
COVID-19
Film Pittsburgh readies for digital-only festival

By Adam Reinherz
Gun safety
Dor Hadash responds to Biden’s executive orders on gun violence
COVID-19
Federation distributes another $500,000 in COVID aid
COVID-19
British-born Pittsburgh-based musician releases new song
Entrepreneurs
Childhood friendship bears fruit with Fiserv acquisition

By David Rullo
Israeli Independence Day
Varied virtual programming offered for Yom Ha’atzmaut

By Justin Vellucci
Gaming connections
Game show ‘Who Knows One?’ takes Jewish geography to the next level

By David Rullo
Dorm life
Yeshiva Schools readies new girls’ dormitories

By David Rullo
Synagogue shooting
Oct. 27 shooter seeks government’s knowledge of his online activities
Tree planting
11 trees to be planted near Schenley Park in memory of Oct. 27 victims

By Adam Reinherz
NA'AMAT
NA’AMAT Pittsburgh Council to close June 1

By Adam Reinherz
Education
Penn State Hillel grows Jewish learning program

COVID-19
Dr. Peter Salk’s tale of two vaccines

By Adam Reinherz
Spirituality
Jewish psychedelics movement gets a boost from a laid-off rabbi

By David A.M. Wilensky
COVID-19
Local teacher keeps world ‘spinning’ during COVID

By Justin Vellucci
JFilm
JFilm’s 2021 season showcases Jewish-themed films from around the world

By Chronicle Staff
Film review
The next great ‘Jewish movie’ was just made by a 24-year-old female director

By Jordan Hoffman
Food
Sachlab or malabi: This recipe does double duty

By Jessica Grann
Food
Paula Shoyer updates Jewish cuisine for Instant Pot cooking

By Eric Schucht
Passover 2021
Passover recipes show diversity of American Jewish experience
Theater
‘The Catastrophist’ chronicles life of Jewish virologist in one-man show

By Justin Vellucci
Passover 2021
A pavlova for Passover

By Jessica Grann
COVID-19
New Torah mantle dedicated marking one year of pandemic

By Adam Reinherz
Passover 2021
4 cups of wine, 9 picks for Passover

By Elyse Genderson
COVID-19
The challenges, and benefits, of starting a family during the pandemic

By Adam Reinherz
Films
‘Til Kingdom Come’ investigates Evangelical support for Israel

By Sophie Panzer
Food
Spiced beef over hummus perfect for appetizer or dinner

By Jessica Grann
Zoe Skirboll
Jewish Aspinwall teen readies for Olympic trials

By Adam Reinherz
Food
Beyond hamantaschen: Haman’s fingers

By Jessica Grann
COVID-19
Camp directors strive for safe and COVID-free summer experiences

By Adam Reinherz
Religious School
Beth Samuel’s small religious school perseveres through pandemic

By Adam Reinherz
Streaming
New Fran Lebowitz series elevates art of complaining

By Sophie Panzer

Opinion
America has made a serious mistake on UNRWA

By Ben Cohen
Opinion
A legacy language

By Manya Brachear Pashman
Opinion
A tribute to the bereaved parents of unsung fallen Israelis

By Ruthie Blum
Opinion
Prince Philip’s powerful and natural link with the Jewish community

By Zaki Cooper
Torah
The heroes of Tazria-Metzora

By Rabbi Larry Freedman
Opinion
Loyalty of last Yemen Jews repaid with expulsion

By Lyn Julius
Opinion
Sorry professors, but BDS and double standards for Israel are anti-Semitism

By Dr. Eric R. Mandel
Opinion
Not even COVID can slow down the Start-up Nation

By Kim Salzman
Opinion
The escape from Egypt

By Margaret Fried
Opinion
Letters to the Editor
Torah
Admitting our mistakes

By Rabbi Levi Langer
Opinion
Ignore Jonathan Pollard’s terrible advice

By Jonathan S. Tobin
Opinion
Israel in stalemate
Opinion
This year, I learned the pain and beauty of praying outside

By Esther Sperber
Opinion
Another ‘other’
Torah
Let everyone sit at our table

By Rabbi Mark Asher Goodman
Torah
Uniquely humble

By Rabbi Mendy Schapiro
Opinion
Life after COVID: Let’s remember what we missed

By Toby Tabachnick
Opinion
Oh, how I’ve missed shmoozing in shul

By Nathan Jeffay
Opinion
This Pesach we’ll celebrate the rebirth and renewal of Jewish life in the Gulf

By Houda Nonoo

Crime
Bernie Madoff dies in prison at 82

By Ben Sales
J Street
J Street to present Jimmy Carter with peacemaker award at its annual conference

By Ron Kampeas
Tikkun olam
Summer service opportunities for young adults
Fighting hate
ADL chief calls for Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s ouster

By Ben Sales
COVID-19
Conservative Jews consider whether to make Zoom prayer permanent

By Ben Harris
Making history
Levine confirmation a milestone for trans community

By Sophie Panzer
Tikkun olam
Chef, born near a Minsk matzah factory, delivers meals to Holocaust survivors

By Shira Hanau
Film
Helen Mirren to play Golda Meir in upcoming film ‘Golda’

By Gabe Friedman
News obituary
Rabbi Robert Marx, who marched with Martin Luther King, dies at 93

By Gabe Friedman
Education
A Jewish high school plans a post-COVID hybrid future

By Asaf Shalev
Anti-Semitism
1 in 4 American Jews has experienced anti-Semitism since 2016, ADL finds

By Ben Sales
Fighting Anti-Semitism
Nonprofit launches tool to report anti-Semitism in schools

By Justin Vellucci
Politics
Senate confirms transgender nominee, Rachel Levine, as deputy health secretary

By Ron Kampeas
Passover 2021
Doug Emhoff hosts the White House’s first online Passover seder

By Ron Kampeas
Fighting Anti-Semitism
Boston-area high school football team used ‘Auschwitz’ and ‘rabbi’ to call plays

By Penny Schwartz and Philissa Cramer
Transitions
Jewish Theological Seminary names first woman as dean of its rabbinical school

By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Fighting hate
After Atlanta massacre, Jewish groups rally on behalf of Asian Americans

By Ron Kampeas
Fighting hate
White supremacist propaganda nearly doubled in 2020 to most in a decade

By Ben Sales
Entertainment
From ‘Mank’ to an Israeli short film, 5 notable Jewish nominees for 2021 Oscars

By Emily Burack
COVID-19
Residents of TV comedy ‘South Park’ get vaccinated for COVID, courtesy of Israel

By JNS

Advocacy and politics
J Street backs bill that restricts Israeli spending of US aid

By Ron Kampeas
Tributes
Jewish leaders react to death of Prince Philip

By JNS
UNRWA
Biden administration resumes payments to UNRWA; Israel objects

By Ron Kampeas
Holocaust
Housing project for rescuers who saved Jews in the Holocaust launches in Belarus

By Cnaan Liphshiz
Israeli election
Who is Mansour Abbas, an Arab-Israeli key to Israel’s next government?

By Ben Sales
Yom Hashoah
New Yom Hashoah ritual bridges Holocaust remembrance to a post-survivor world

By Shira Hanau
Anti-Semitism
Jewish cemetery in Denmark vandalized over Passover with red paint, hanged dolls

By JNS
Middle East conflict
US watchdog: Aid agency did not fully vet Palestinian recipients for terror ties

By Ron Kampeas
COVID-19
Vaccine passports are being compared to yellow Stars of David from the Holocaust

By Ben Sales
Passover
Jews in the former Soviet Union eat the most matzah per person in the world

By Cnaan Liphshiz
Film
PBS postpones documentary on evangelicals and Israel for ‘editorial review’

By Stephen Silver
Israeli election
Netanyahu, opponents have no clear path to majority, election results show

By JNS
Israeli election
It’s official: Gilad Kariv will be the first Reform rabbi in Israel’s parliament

By Ben Sales
Israeli election
With most votes counted, neither Netanyahu nor his opponents have majority

By Ben Sales
Archaeology
First Dead Sea Scrolls discovered in 60 years, Israeli archaeologists announce

By Philissa Cramer
Fighting anti-Semitism
Peduto and Finkelstein join global anti-Semitism summit

By Adam Reinherz
Anti-Semitism
Singapore security detains 20-year-old man planning attack on synagogue

By JNS
Iran
Top Iranian official threatens to destroy Haifa, Tel Aviv

By Neta Bar
Mid East Conflict
Harris to Netanyahu: America stands against ICC war-crimes probe of Israel

By JNS
Fighting Anti-Semitism
Jewish school guards overpower knife-wielding man outside kosher store in France

By Cnaan Liphshiz