Join Beth El Congregation of the South Hills for First Mondays with Rabbi Alex. Pianist Tom Roberts will discuss Louis Armstrong and his Jewish influences. 12 p.m. Visit bethelcong.org for more information and to register.
Temple Sinai invites you to “Finding Your Spiritual Home: Lessons from the Most Dynamic Synagogues Today." Special guest speaker Rabbi Sid Schwartz will discuss dynamic synagogues in this conversation about 21st Century Judaism. 7 p.m. Free and open to the public but registration is required to receive the Zoom link. templesinaipgh.org.
Cook Along with Temple Sinai as guest cook Kate Passarelli presents a delicious menu of some of her favorite Southern U.S. recipes. Free and open to the public but registration is required to receive the Zoom link and ingredient list. 6 p.m. For more information and to register, visit templesinaipgh.org
Classrooms Without Borders presents "Operation Wedding" and post-film Discussion with Film Director Anat Zalmanson-Kuznetsov. 3 p.m. RSVP to receive a link to the film. For more information and to register, visit classroomswithoutborders.org.
The Jewish Studies Program Work in Progress Colloquium presents Visual, Narrative & Biblical Interpretation by Professor Ben Schachter, Jewish Studies Program Artist in Residence. The program will explore how images are arranged in graphic novels to creat narration s and provide points of view. 1 p.m. To register, visit pitt.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIvd-mgrT4vHdT-t3JZWDGYKZOaIi1lNGD1.
Celebrate Labor Day with Moishe House Pittsburgh. Explore the history of Jewish labor activism in the Steel City and learn from current organizers how to support Pittsburgh’s workers through the pandemic. Visit the organization's Facebook page for more information and registration link.
The Leket Israel: a webinar with Joseph Gitler, Founder of Leket Israel will focus on what Leket is doing to address food insecurity and food waste during the coronavirus pandemic. Leket is supported by the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh's Community Campaign, so the webinar will highlight both the issue of food security and Federation’s […]
WQED presents the premier of Harbor From the Holocaust. The documentary explores the relationship of Jews fleeing Nazi persecution and their adopted city of Shanghai, even through the years of Japanese occupation and the Chinese civil war that followed. 10 p.m. Also available for streaming at wqed.org/harborfromtheholocaust.
The Jewish Studies Program at the University of Pittsburgh presents on Zoom a Work in Progress Colloquium "The Pornography of Fools: Antisemitism and Sexual Fantasy" at 1 p.m.
The Jewish Studies Program at the University of Pittsburgh presents the annual Israel Heritage Room lecture. This year's topic is "The Making of Shtisel" by director and co-creator Yehonatan Indursky. 2 p.m.
Adolf Hitler vs. Franklin D. Roosevelt. The 1936 Olympics. American antisemitism during World War II. These are just a few of the topics that loom large in the conversation of America during the Holocaust. What role did Pittsburghers play in this larger story? In America and the Holocaust: A Conversation with Dr. Barbara Burstin, Dr. […]
Join Classrooms Without Borders for their Open Minds, Open Hearts Fundraiser. 6:30 p.m. Free to attend but please consider making a donation. For more information and to register, visit classroomswithoutborders.org.
Chabad of Squirrel Hill presents the Virtual Mega Challah Event. 7 p.m. $10. For more information and to register, visit chabadpgh.com.
Registration opens soon for the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh's 10th Annual Apples & Honey VIRTUAL Fall Festival. The festival will include special programming, a live event and plenty of downloadable activities. 10 a.m. For more information, visit jewishpgh.org.
Join Partnership2Gether of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh, in collaboration with Classrooms Without Borders, for a discussion of the movie “H.I. Jew Positive,” about four Polish Jews who newly discovered their Jewish identities. This Zoom session will include a conversation with the film director and producer, Ronit Kertsner; Natalia Aleksium, a scholar on Polish […]
Chabad of the South Hills presents a Pre-Rosh Hashana Creative Canvas Painting, outdoors and socially distanced in their parking lot. All children aged 3-11 are welcome, $8/child. 3 p.m. For more information and to register, visit chabadsh.com.
Join Classrooms Without Borders in Israel- virtually. Monthly tours with guide and scholar, Rabbi Jonty Blackman via Zoom. 7 p.m. For more information and to register, visit classroomswithoutborders.org.
Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh President & CEO Brian Schreiber presents "The State of the Center," at the JCC's Annual Meeting. Join the JCC on Zoom for the installation of officers and the presentation of the 2020 volunteer awards. 5:15 p.m. For more information and to register, visit jccpgh.org.
Before you are ready, they will be here. The great days. The awe-inspiring opportunities for human renewal afforded to us each year. This time they will be challenging. Feeling inspiration away from synagogue and community will be hard. So preparation is needed. Join Rabbi Danny Schiff for these three seminars to learn about Rosh HaShanah, […]
Join the Jewish Federation online for This Is Us: 2021 Community Campaign Kickoff and help kick off the 2021 Community Campaign! This first-time virtual event is partnered with The Jewish Federations of North America, featuring Eugene, Sarah & Dan Levy. 1 p.m. Learn more at jewishpgh.org/this-is-us.
Join Temple David for a Drive-in Shofar Experience, in the synagogue parking lot, on the second day of Rosh HaShanah. Families can come, bring snacks and celebrate Rosh HaShanah- 5781- with an in-person shofar service while remaining in their car. 2 p.m. For more information, visit templedavid.org.
The High Holidays are traditionally the time to atone for harm caused in the past year but how should we go about doing that? When does it make sense to apologize for something that happened months ago and what does that look like? What are tangible distinctions between apologies that we give to make ourselves […]
The Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh is looking for volunteers to check-in with the community's most vulnerable community members. Sign up for a one hour shift and help make someone feel good. 10 a.m. To register, visit jfedpgh.org.
Classrooms Without Borders, in partnership with Rodef Shalom Congregation and the Maltz Museum of Jewish heritage present "Eva: A-7063" and a post-film discussion with Michael Berenbaum and Film Director Ted Green. 3 p.m. Educators attending this program are eligible to receive Pennsylvania Act 48 continuing education credits. RSVP at classroomswithoutborder.org.
The University of Pittsburgh Jewish Studies Program in partnership with the Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies, the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, the Department of Theatre Arts and the Film and Media Studies Program presents "Warsaw's Most Beloved Jew: The Prewar and Postwar Celebrity of Lopek-Krukowski. 5:30 p.m. For more information […]
Break your Yom Kippur fast with a kosher- and vegan-friendly meal in Moishe House Pittsburgh's backyard. To allow guests to eat six-feet-apart, attendance will be capped at five households/pods. Advance registration is required. 7:30 p.m. For more information and to register, visit facebook.com/moishehouse.pittsburgh. 7:30 p.m.
Be an informed consumer and join the Security and Exchange Commission to learn how to protect yourself from financial fraud and from potential scams during the COVID-19 pandemic. Representatives from the SEC, the United States Attorney's Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania and the FBI will be present. 10 a.m. Submit questions in advance […]
The University of Pittsburgh's Jewish Studies Program welcomes via Zoom Natan Meir, Lorry I. Lokey Professor of Judaic Studies at Portland State University. Meir will present Epidemic and the Marginalized of Society: A View from the Jewish Past. 6 p.m. For more information and to register, visit jewishstudies.pitt.edu.
The Frick Pittsburgh presents a screening of "Jewish Memories of Pittsburgh's Hill District" at 7 p.m. A discussion will follow the film featuring director Ken Love, historian Barbara Burstin and Henry Shapiro. Free but registration is required. For more information and to register, visit thefrickpittsburgh.org/Event-Documentary-Screening-and-Panel-Discussion-Jewish-Memories-of-Pittsburghs-Hill-District.