Paint fairy houses with Moishe House that you can hide on your windowsill or in your garden. Moishe House resident Samanth recommends hiding them in secret spots in your neighborhood. 6 p.m. RSVP at bit.ly/moho-020122.
Join Moishe House for a take-out Shabbat dinner. They will be lighting candles socially distanced and masked up and then you will take home a shabbat meal to remember. 6 p.m. RSVP at bit.ly/moho-020422.
Join Moishe House when they visit the Mattress Factory. RSVP to save a spot and claim your ticket. 11:30 a.m. bit.ly/moho-020522-1
The Ghetto Fighters' House presents "Rethinking the 'Final Solution' and the Wannsee Conference 80 Years Later: Belzec Death Camp – Genesis of Genocide." The program is in partnership with Liberation 75, Remember the Women Institute, the Rabin Chair Forum, Classrooms Without Borders, the House of the Wannsee Conference Memorial and Educational Site, and the Johannesburg […]
After the end of World War II, Berlin became a place of refuge for Jewish Displaced Persons. They called themselves she'erit hapletah, "the last survivors". Learn about this time as Classrooms Without Borders presents 'Our Lives': Berlin as Refuge for Jewish Displaced Persons after 1945. 3 p.m. For more information, click HERE.
From CNN to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Ben-Gurion University researchers are making waves by teaching goldfish how to drive a vehicle on land. Join Doug Seserman, CEO of Americans for Ben-Gurion University, for a discussion with the researchers behind the miraculous driving fish and learn how these tiny creatures accelerated a major scientific […]
Classrooms Without Borders, in partnership with Liberation75, is excited to offer Confronting the Complexity of Holocaust Scholarship: Reflections on the Past, Present, and Future of Holocaust Studies. In this 9-part series participants will meet top scholars in the field and focus on their research and scholarship. 3 p.m. classroomswithoutborders.org/confronting_the_complexity_of_holocaust_scholarship
Classrooms Without Borders presents "Ghosts of the Third Reich" Post Film Discussion with Claudia Ehrlich Sobral, Bernd Wollschlaege, Samson Munn and Avi Ben Hur 3 p.m. classroomswithoutborders.org/ghosts-third-reich-post-film-discussion
Join Temple Sinai to Zoom watch the film "Disobedience" followed by a discussion of the movie. 7 p.m. templesinaipgh.org/event/movie-night-feb2022.html
Temple Sinai presents Kid’s Tikkun Olam: Shoe Making for Sole Hope. Parents and children of all ages can pick up a take-home kit to make shoes for Sole Hope.12 p.m.
Join Temple Sinai for Meet n’ Eat Cooking Class with Annie Weidman. co-winner of The Great Temple Sinai Bake Off. Weidman will lead participants through three very different recipes—one from the Baghdadi Jews of Calcutta, one from Libya, and the third from Morocco. 6:30 p.m. templesinaipgh.org/event/meet-n-eat-cooking-class-sponsored-by-wots.html#
Temple Sinai presents Cooking Like and Ashkenazi Grandmother. This free, on-line adult education class is perfect for people that are new to Jewish cooking, people looking for new tips or techniques, and those who are interested in a new recipe. 6:30 p.m. templesinaipgh.org/event/cooking-like-ashkenazi-grandmother.html
Join the Squirrel Hill AARP for its next open meeting. All attendees are asked to bring at least 2 non-perishable food items which will be donated to the Squirrel Hill Food Bank. Hear Pennsylvania AARP Consumer Advocate Mary Bach address AARP's view on consumer fraud. Bring your COIVD card and masks. Call Marcia Kramer at […]
February isn’t just for Valentine’s—its an opportunity to celebrate friendship. Join Temple Sinai for a Pal-Entine’s Day Celebration, an evening out at Margaux, a café and cocktail lounge in East Liberty. 7:30 p.m. templesinaipgh.org/event/WoTSPalentine2022
Moishe House Pittsburgh presents Game Night. 7 p.m. RSVP at: bit.ly/moho-021722
National Council of Jewish Women is proud to host teen leaders from Allderdice High School’s Black Student Union as they present Why Racism Is Systemic: Black Health & Its History, on the history of policies and practices affecting Black Americans. This presentation, originally made to the Allderdice faculty as part of a professional development program […]
Celebrate with Congregation Beth Shalom as they commemorate the 100th anniversary of the first bat mitzvah as part of their annual Sisterhood Shabbat. Barbara Burstin will be featured as guest speaker and the Sisterhood will honor members Lauren Coblenz, Diane Silberg, and Joan Wagman for their efforts on behalf of the Beth Shalom community. Beth […]
Classrooms Without Borders and the Holocaust Teacher Institute is proud to announce the Sunday Salon Series: The Rape of Europa The Fate of Europe’s Treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War in conversation with Dr. Mirialm Klein Kassenoff. 5 p.m. classroomswithoutborders.org/sunday-salon-series
The Arab-Israeli conflict plays a large (some would claim outsized) role in current events. This course aims to unpack the causes and core issues that relate to the Conflict. The goal is to make the subject accessible to educators and to give them the tools with which to grapple in the classroom with the subject […]
Join Jewish National Fund-USA for a series of interviews, panel discussions and more – all meant to facilitate a dialogue and expose the beautiful and diverse facets of modern Zionism, and its positive impact on many aspects of our lives, no matter where we are on the globe. 7:30 p.m. jewishnh.org/community-calendar/conversations-on-zionism-digital-media-warriors-1641330940
The Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh and the Jewish Community Foundation present the 8-part online course Answering Holocaust Questions. In the course, Rabbi Danny Schiff will examine the questions asked of the rabbis about the darkest times and their responses. How did the rabbis advise people to conduct themselves in the midst of those years of […]
Classrooms Without Borders presents Czech Embassy Series: Stories from the Middle East with Journalist Jakub Szántó. Szántó, spent years covering the region. He later published the book "Behind the Curtain of War," which describes his eyewitness accounts from the front lines. In his talk, he will take viewers “behind the scenes” of wartime reporting. 3 […]
Join the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh for Jewish Disability Advocacy Day: Opening Ceremony on Breaking Down Barriers. ome together virtually with diverse communities across North America to break down barriers to opportunity and inclusion. Help advance policies that will empower millions of individuals with disabilities to lead more independent and fulfilling lives. 7 p.m. […]
Classrooms Without Borders, in coordination with Tali Nates, founder and sirector of the Johannesburg Genocide & Holocaust Centre, and in partnership with the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage, Liberation 75 and the USC Shoah Foundation is pleased to present the series Holocaust Museums and Memorials Around the World innovative Museums and Memorial. 1 p.m. classroomswithoutborders.org/holocaust_museums_and_memorials_around_the_world
Join the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh for Jewish Disability Advocacy Day. Hear from members of congress, disability advocacy champions and experts. Learn about promoting legislation and get the tools and coaching to advocate for disability events in real time. 1 p.m. jewishpgh.org/event/jewish-disability-advocacy-day
Join Moishe House for a take-out Shabbat dinner. They will be lighting candles socially distanced and masked up and then you will take home a shabbat meal to remember. 6 p.m. RSVP at bit.ly/moho-020422.
Temple Emanuel presents Jewish music innovators Elana Jagoda and Saul Kaye during Friday Shabbat services and for a special Havdalah and concert. Both events start at 7 p.m. Registration required for Saturday night concert. templeemanuelpgh.org/event/jagoda
Join Beth El Congregation of the South Hills for their Winter Speaker series. For a complete list of speakers and times, visit bethelcong.org/events
Classrooms Without Borders and The Ghetto Fighters' House invite you to History, Archeology and Memory: The 80th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Death Camps Belzec, Sobibor and Treblinka. 2 p.m. classroomswithoutborders.org/history-archeology-memory-80th-anniversary-establishment-death-camps-belzec-sobibor-treblinka
join the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh for Success in the Workplace: Engaging People of All Abilities, an event in celebration of Jewish Disability Awareness, Acceptance & Inclusion Month and Jewish Disability Advocacy Day. Inclusion of people with disabilities in the workplace is not only good for the community — it’s also good for business. […]