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Rabbi Lynn Claire Feinberg of Oslo, Norway, will visit Ohr Nistar, a Jewish Renewal Chavura, on Saturday, July 3, from 2:30 to 4 p.m. Feinberg is the first woman rabbi in Norway and all of Scandinavia. She is the founder and spiritual leader of Chavurat Kol haLev, the first Jewish Renewal chavura in Oslo. She recently oversaw and helped to create an exhibit for the Oslo Jewish Museum, and is actively involved in Jewish and interfaith outreach in her community. Contact Rabbi Rabbi Adalah Caplowe at rabbiadalah@verizon.net by June 25 to R.S.V.P. and for directions.

Tzofim — The Israeli Scouts — will again bring their song and dance show to Pittsburgh when 10 scouts come for a weeklong stay from July 5 to 9. This year, five free performances, each approximately one hour in length, are scheduled, and not just in Squirrel Hill, but in the North and South Hills and eastern suburbs. The performances are slated for Monday July 5, at the Jewish Community Center’s Katz Auditorium in Squirrel Hill; Tuesday July 6, at Temple Emanuel of South Hills, 1250 Bower Hill Road; and Thursday, July 8, at Temple David, 4415 Northern Pike, Monroeville. All three performances start at 7 p.m. Two additional performances are set for Friday, July 9, 2:30 and 6:30 p.m., at Temple Ohav Shalom, 8400 Thompson Run Road, Allison Park. The Jewish Committee on Scouting, Greater Pittsburgh Council, is sponsoring the performances.

The Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh’s 3rd Annual Aquathlon Challenge will be held Sunday, July 18, at the JCC Family Park, 261 Rosecrest Drive, Monroeville. Participants must be age 13 and older. The race is set with adult and junior distances. Adult distances are 800-meter swim followed by a 5K trail run. Junior distances are a 400-meter swim followed by a 1.5 mile run. The swim is held in the long course 50-meter Olympic pool and the runs are on a wooded loop trail. Awards will be presented to the top three winners of each age group and gender. Check-in begins at 6:45 a.m.; pre-race instructions will be given at 7:45 a.m. and the race will begin at 8 a.m. The awards ceremony will follow the race. Participants are invited to stay afterward to enjoy the day at the Family Park pool, grounds and concessions courtesy of the JCC. There are fees to register. Contact Laurie Wood at (412) 521-8011 Ext. 260, lwood@jccpgh.org or visit jccpgh.org</a to download a registration form.

Dr. Annabelle Joseph, a Squirrel Hill native and the director of the Carnegie Mellon School of Music Marta Sanches Dalcroze Training Center, is recruiting active seniors to participate in a unique opportunity to demonstrate the value of Dalcroze Eurhythmics for a healthy, aging brain. Participants in this fun-filled class will be taught by Ruth Gianadda, professor of music at the Institut Jaques-Dalcroze in Geneva, Switzerland. Her published research with geriatrician Dr. Reto Kressig in work with seniors shows positive results including decrease in falls and improved mental health. When teaching at the Institut Jaques-Dalcroze in summer 2007, Joseph saw firsthand the joyful exuberance of a class of seniors under the direction of Gianadda. This experience will be available to 20 people age 65 and over. Participants should be active and able to attend three afternoon sessions July 13 to 15 from 3-4:30 p.m. on the Carnegie Mellon campus. No prior music training is required. There is a charge. Contact Annabelle Joseph at aj12@andrew.cmu.edu or (412)268-2391 for more information.

Learn how to avoid psychological biases that may trap you into bad investment decisions, presented by Lee Wagner, financial advisor, Waddell & Read at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh – Squirrel Hill, Namm Business Center, Wednesday, July 14, 10:15 a.m. Contact the library at (412) 422-9650 or squirrelhill@carnegielibrary.org for more information.

(Angela Leibowicz can be reached at angelal@thejewishchronicle.net.)