Join Rodef Shalom Congregation Librarian Sam Siskind for wine, cheese, and a discussion of the novel How to Find Your Way in the Dark, winner of the 2022 Association of Jewish Libraries Jewish Fiction. 6:30 p.m. 4905 Fifth Ave. rodefshalom.org
The Tree of Life Congregation presents Art as Midrash with Rabbi Jeffrey Myers. Examine the artistic renderings of the Four Sons to examine the impact of this part of the Haggadah. 8 p.m. Online. treeoflifepgh.org/event/ArtAsMidrash
Join Chabad of Squirrel Hill for a Ladies' Lunch and Learn. Enjoy a tasty lunch while exploring meaningful messages from the month of Nissan. Noon. $18. 1700 Beechwood Blvd. chabadpgh.com.
The confidential Infertility Support Group-Free is open to all people in the Pittsburgh area struggling with infertility. The free Zoom group is facilitated by a licensed therapist who specializes in this area. Groups meet monthly. 7 p.m. jewishfertilityfoundation.org/support
Chabad of the South Hills and CKids Jewish Discovery Club presents a Pre-Passover Wood Workshop. Create your own seder plate, raffles and prizes, Passover songs and fun. $10. 2:30 p.m. Home Depot, 4000 Oxford Drive, 15102. chabadsh.com/sederplate
What happens if you mix corn starch and water? How do volcanoes work? Can you make fireworks in a jar? Tot Science night at Temple Sinai is dedicated to your curious, questioning kids with experiments for all ages. Come prepared to get messy. Questions? Contact Danie Oberman, Community Engagement Director, at Danie@TempleSinaiPGH.org or (412) 421-9715 […]
Music at Rodef Shalom presents arias and duets from the world of grand opera featuring Walter Morales (piano and host), Kelly Lynch (soprano), and Raymond Blackwell (baritone). Music by Debussy, Ravel, Verdi, Puccini, and selections from the Great American Songbook. 7 p.m. 4905 Fifth Ave. rodefshalom.org
Barry is battling myelofibrosis, a cancer that disrupts the normal production of blood cells, and seeking a matching blood stem cell donor, his best hope for a cure. There currently is no match in his family or the worldwide registry. 3 minutes could save a life. Shaare Torah, 2319 Murray Ave. Eligible donors must be […]
Chabad of Squirrel Hill presents a first night of Passover Community Seder. Enjoy a gourmet Passover meal in the company of family and friends. $25/adult, $15/child. 7:30 p.m. 1700 Beechwood Blvd. chabadpgh.com
Enjoy a first Seder night Elegant and delicious Community Passover Seder filled with insight, meaning and inspiration at Chabad of the South Hills. 7:30 p.m. $65 adult/$25 children. chabadsh.com
The Ten Plagues. The Exodus. The Splitting of the Sea. The Delivery of Manna… Judaism has a long list of miracles. But do we really believe in miracles? How should rational minds think about the miraculous? In "Miracles - A Jewish Perspective," Rabbi Danny Schiff will consider the place of miracles in Judaism and how […]
We Jews have an array of texts and making sense of them is not easy. In the six-part series "The Jewish Text Puzzle," Rabbi Danny Schiff will put the pieces of the “text puzzle” into one coherent picture, so that the place of Torah, Tanakh, Talmud, Midrash, Responsa, Kabbalah, as well as many other sources, […]
Classrooms Without Borders presents America and The Holocaust: A Series of Colloquies. April's session will examine Hollywood, Nazism, and the Nazis. Free. 4 p.m. cwbpgh.org/event/america-and-the-holocaust-a-series-of-colloquies-3/?mc_cid=5fef88abd5&mc_eid=300cbb1627
Welcome Shabbat with family and friends, music and prayer at Rodef Shalom Congregation's Family Shabbat. Join together for a Shabbat Dinner and a Kabbalat Shabbat song session and service specially designed for families and kids of all ages. End the night with a sweet dessert. Dinner is $5 per person with a maximum of $25 […]
Prime Stage Theatre presents the world premiere of Perseverance, a powerful memoir of healing and renewal. Few visitors to the G&S Jewelry Store in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood during the 1960s and ’70s were aware that the cheerful proprietor, Melvin Goldman, had spent his teens enduring the horrors of Auschwitz before arriving as a penniless […]