The Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh's new Tzelem Teen Group is a safe, inclusive space for nonbinary, trans, gender-expansive, and LGBTQ+ teens. It will focus on topics such as healthy relationships, stress, belonging and identity; sessions also include opportunities to meet other teens and Jewish adult mentors and to discuss issues around transition and gender […]
Join the 10.27 Healing Partnership and the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy for our healing, consciousness-building forest bathing series at the Frick Park Environmental Center. We will take 90 minute gentle walks throughout Frick Park while nurturing our connection to the natural world through reflective practices. Forest bathing involves gentle walking in the woods in community with […]
Embrace generosity with Rabbi Noah Farkas and learn why giving Tzedakah is so central to our High Holy Day experience. Join the American Jewish University for AJU's High Holy Days for the Soul: Tzedakah and Charitable Giving and discover the power of Tzedakah, charitable giving, with one of America’s most inspiring Rabbis, Rabbi Noah Farkas, […]
Join H. Arnold and Adrien B. Gefsky Community Scholar Rabbi Danny Schiff for The God Class. Schiff will discuss Jewish views of God and how they’ve developed through the ages. 9:30 a.m. $150 Rodef Shalom Congregation, 4905 Fifth Ave. jewishpgh.org/event/the-god-class/2023-09-27
Rodef Shalom wants to spend Shabbat with You! Families with young children are invited to join Cantor Toby Glaser and Family Center Director Ellie Feibus for a pre-Shabbat playdate on their playground, services, and dinner to celebrate Shabbat together. 4:30 p.m. $5 per family. 4905 Fifth Ave. rodefshalom.org.
Join Chabad of the South Hills for a Simchat Torah Celebration. Fun, interactive hakafos Torah dancing, singing and l'chaims. Special Kids Program on Saturday evening with treats, activities, edible Torah art, dancing, and build your own stuffed Torah. Saturday program takes place at 7 p.m., Sunday program begins at 11 a.m. 1701 McFarland Road. Pre-registration […]
Join Chabad of the South Hills for a Simchat Torah Celebration. Fun, interactive hakafos Torah dancing, singing and l'chaims. Special Kids Program on Saturday evening with treats, activities, edible Torah art, dancing, and build your own stuffed Torah. Saturday program takes place at 7 p.m., Sunday program begins at 11 a.m. 1701 McFarland Road. Pre-registration […]
Join a lay-led Online Parashah Study Group to discuss the week's Torah portion. All classes meet online. No Hebrew knowledge is needed. The goal is to build community while deepening understanding of the text. For more information, visit bethshalompgh.org/online-parashah.
H. Arnold and Adrien B. Gefsky Community Scholar Rabbi Danny Schiff presents Torah 2. Understanding the Torah and what it asks of us is perhaps one of the most important things that a Jew can learn. In Torah 2, Schiff will explore the second half of Leviticus and all of Numbers and Deuteronomy. $225. Zoom. […]
Join Rabbi Mark Asher Goodman in learning Masechet Rosh Hashanah, a tractate of the Talmud about the many new years that fill out the Jewish calendar at Congregation Beth Shalom's Monday Talmud Study. 9:15 a.m. For more information, visit bethshalompgh.org/mondaytalmud.
A collaboration between the Violins of Hope residency in Pittsburgh and Tuesday Musical Club, Violins of Hope: Music from the Holocaust concert will feature professional musicians from the PSO, TMC and Butler Symphony. All of the composers either perished in the Holocaust, or had families affected by the tragedy. Two violins, a viola and cello […]
Temple Sinai's Rabbi Daniel Feldman presents a weekly Parshat/Torah portion class onsite and online. Call 412-421-9715 for more information and the Zoom link.
The Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh presents Holocaust Speaker Series: Dan Ottenheimer. Otteinheimer tells the story of his father, Fritz Ottenheimer, born in 1925 in Konstanz, Germany. Fritz and his family were forced to endure increasing anti-Jewish propaganda, discrimination and persecution. In his talks, Dan tells his father’s stories about growing up as a Jewish child […]
Bring the parashah alive and make it personally relevant and meaningful with Rabbi Mark Goodman in this weekly Parashah Discussion: Life & Text. 12:15 p.m. For more information, visit bethshalompgh.org/life-text.
The Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh virtually presents two Melton courses back-to-back, Ethics and Crossroads. In Ethis, learn how Jewish teachings shed light on Jewish issues. Crossroads will present an emphasis on reclaiming the richness of Jewish history. 7 p.m. $300 for this 25-session series (book included). jewishpgh.org/series/melton-ethics-crossroads