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Delicata squash and feta pasta
By Jessica Grann
A gourmet-tasting weeknight dinner.
Local Jewish mom turns Netflix star
By Deborah Weisberg
Tiferet Project: Julie Newman’s journey to enrich Jewish lives through meditation
By Justin Vellucci
Historian Igor Bartosik at the former Union factory adjacent to Auschwitz, from which female prisoners smuggled revolt supplies to Sonderkommando prisoners living atop Birkenau gas chambers, August 2024 (Matt Lebovic/The Times of Israel)
October 9, 2024, 11:17 am
80 years ago on Oct. 7, Jewish Sonderkommando workers staged a failed revolt at Auschwitz
Decades before the Hamas atrocities, inmates took up arms against their Nazi tormentors. It didn’t succeed, but the revolt was singular, unprecedented, and facilitated by women
By Matt Lebovic
Delicata squash and feta pasta (Photo by Jessica Grann)
October 8, 2024, 7:24 pm
Delicata squash and feta pasta
A gourmet-tasting weeknight dinner.
By Jessica Grann
Cantor Julie Newman (Photo courtesy of Cantor Julie Newman)
October 7, 2024, 4:19 pm
Tiferet Project: Julie Newman’s journey to enrich Jewish lives through meditation
Jewish texts through a lens of mindfulness
By Justin Vellucci
Deb Levy (Photo courtesy of Netflix)
October 7, 2024, 3:49 pm
Local Jewish mom turns Netflix star
Her wardrobe during the series included menorah earrings, a Star of David necklace and a “Jewlicious” T-shirt.
By Deborah Weisberg
Helen Mirren as Grandmère and Bryce Gheisar as Julian in "White Bird: A Wonder Story." (Larry Horricks)
October 6, 2024, 7:42 pm
‘White Bird’ stars Helen Mirren as a Holocaust survivor who teaches her grandson about kindness
The major motion picture is an adaptation of "Wonder" author R.J. Palacio’s graphic novel of the same name.
By Shira Li Bartov
Allan Tissenbaum, left, Uri Zakai-Or, Charlene Tissenbaum and Karen Gal-Or gather at the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh on Oct. 1. (Photo by Adam Reinherz)
October 2, 2024, 5:10 pm
IDF reservist recounts a year of combat, lost friends and wanting the hostages home
Uri Zakai-Or walks Pittsburghers through timeline of service, gifts listeners new insight
By Adam Reinherz
Kara Snyder (left) and Judy Robinson at the exhibit’s opening (Photo courtesy of the JCC of Greater Pittsburgh)
September 30, 2024, 1:22 pm
Judy Robinson and Kara Snyder unite for heartfelt exhibit at JCC
“Judy and Kara’s creative journey embodies the essence of havruta — a Jewish method of collaborative learning rooted in friendship,” Melissa Hiller said.
By Deborah Weisberg
Zucchini bread (Photo by Jessica Grann)
September 29, 2024, 3:14 pm
An old family recipe: Zucchini bread
Excellent served plain, or with a shmear of cream cheese or butter.
By Jessica Grann
Montage of photos of all the murdered Nova festival participants (Photo by DaringDonna, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)
September 26, 2024, 3:46 pm
Chronicle poetry contest winners
Winners are Tim Miller, Carolyn Kapner and Joan Wagman
Eli, Udi, Shoshan, Ron, Hila, and Yoav in a scene from 'Kissufim,' on Netflix. (Courtesy of Light Years Ahead)
September 26, 2024, 3:16 pm
In Netflix’s ‘Kissufim,’ a story about Israeli life on the Gaza border gains new resonance after Oct. 7
The real-life Kibbutz Kissufim lost 18 people in Hamas’ attack, two years after the movie was filmed.
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Kristen Bell as Joanne and Adam Brody as Noah in "Nobody Wants This." (Stefania Rosini/Netflix)
September 26, 2024, 3:04 pm
How a real-life rabbi coached Netflix about making interfaith relationships realistic
The show stars Adam Brody as a good-looking young rabbi who falls for a non-Jewish woman.
By Shira Li Bartov
Actress Patricia Heaton, who is Catholic, puts up a mezuzah in solidarity with the Jewish community. (Screenshot via X)
September 25, 2024, 12:59 pm
Thousands of non-Jews order mezuzahs after pro-Israel Christian puts one on her door
Actress Patricia Heaton, who is Catholic, is drawing backlash for a campaign calling on people to put up mezuzahs in solidarity with the Jewish community.
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Michael Rapaport (Photo courtesy of Michael Rapaport)
September 23, 2024, 9:52 am
Israel advocate Michael Rapaport brings his comedy to Pittsburgh Oct. 19
"I want to do everything I can to make sure that the hostages are not forgotten, that the IDF and all those affected are not forgotten, and supported.” — Michael Rapaport
By Toby Tabachnick
Starting in the mid-1960s, the Israel Aliyah Center posted regular advertisements in this newspaper encouraging locals to make aliyah. (Image from the Jewish Chronicle, Feb. 3, 1967, via the Pittsburgh Jewish Newspaper Project)
September 23, 2024, 9:24 am
A firsthand view of war
Pittsburgh learned about the Yom Kippur War from a handful of Pittsburghers — including a small group of passionate teenagers and 20-somethings.
By Eric Lidji
Glazed roast chicken with caramelized quince (Photo by Jessica Grann)
September 22, 2024, 10:19 pm
Glazed roast chicken with caramelized quince
Caramelized quince pairs beautifully with roast chicken and a side dish of wild rice.
By Jessica Grann
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