title: LECTURE: WHEN YIDDISH WAS YOUNG BY PROFESSOR JUSTIN CAMMY description: LECTURE: WHEN YIDDISH WAS YOUNG On Sunday, January 21, 2018 at 10 a.m., three of Pittsburgh’s Jewish organizations are jointly sponsoring a lecture by Professor Justin Cammy titled “When Yiddish Was Young.” Congregation Dor Hadash, Congregation Beth Shalom’s new program, Derekh and the University […]
title: Klezmer with Rabbi Doris Dyen and Deane Root description: Listen and learn about Klezmer, the popular Jewish folk-dance music from Eastern Europe. Rabbi Doris Dyen (keyboard) and Deane Root (cornet) will discuss the origins of klezmer and play examples showing how the music evolved as part of Jewish experience up to today. Please mark […]
Misha Angrist On Sunday, March 11, 2018, Congregation Dor Hadash will present a lecture by Dr. Misha Angrist titled Steering the Wind: Genetic Screening in Jewish Populations. Dr. Misha Angrist is an Associate Professor of the Practice at Duke University in the Social Science Research Institute and Senior Fellow in the Duke Initiative for Science […]
Cantor Julie Newman will lead Jewish Meditation from 3 to 4:30 p.m. at Congregation Dor Hadash, 5898 Wilkins Ave. at the corner of Shady Avenue. Newman will provide an introduction to Jewish meditation that will include some discussion of mediation in general, how Jewish meditation differs from other types of meditation and an opportunity to […]
ANTI-SEMITIC AND OTHER HATE VIOLENCE: THE CURRENT CONTEXT, PERPETRATORS, AND THE ROLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA Presented by: Kathleen Blee, Distinguished Professor of Sociology, University of Pittsburgh Sunday, February 17 at 3 pm Rodef Shalom Congregation, Levy Hall Professor Blee has researched and published widely about the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazi and other white supremacist groups. […]
"From Leo Frank to Tree of Life: A History of Antisemitic Violence in America" presented by Dr. Rachel Kranson description: Please join Congregation Dor Hadash Adult Education for this special presentation by Dr. Rachel Kranson, Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies, University of Pittsburgh Department of Religious Studies. Professor Kranson will present a history […]