SHARP Dance Company, a Philadelphia-based modern dance company, will be performing a benefit show for the victims of the Tree of Life synagogue building shooting beginning at 8:00 p.m. at The Hillman Center for the Performing Arts, 423 Fox Chapel Road. “Spreading Love Conquering Hate” will consist of several exciting dance pieces including the 2018 […]
The New Community Chevra Kadisha of Greater Pittsburgh will hold its 14th annual Adar 7 dinner on Sunday, March 10. The kosher dinner will be held at Temple Sinai. San Francisco artist Rabbi Me'irah Iliinsky will present her illustrated book, Mapping the Journey:The Mourner and the Soul. A commemoration to honor the memory of Jerry […]
An Evening of Holocaust Education and Remembrance description: In commemoration of the Tree of Life Synagogue, Shaler Area High School students are hosting an evening of Holocaust remembrance and education. In the library and LIGHT Center (Center for Leadership through Innovation in Genocide and Human rights Teaching), survivor Shulamit Bastacky, students, and leaders from the […]
title: Looking Back, Marching Forward description: Squirrel Hill Stands Against Gun Violence and CeaseFirePA will host an event, “Looking Back, Marching Forward,” on the six-month anniversary of the October 27, 2018, Tree of Life shooting. At 1:30, on Sunday April 28, political, community and faith leaders will speak at Temple Sinai, 5505 Forbes Avenue in […]
"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 […]
JFCS continues to offer opportunities for individual and community healing. These sessions are free and open (no registration necessary) to anyone suffering trauma from the aftermath of the shooting at the Tree of Life. Reach out - JFCS is here. Help is also available 24/7 from the Center for Victims hotline: 1-866-644-2882. For a complete […]
title: First Mondays with Rabbi Alex and Guest Laurie Zittrain Eisenberg, Ph.D. description: Beth El Congregation will host its monthly lunch program with Rabbi Alex Greenbaum, featuring guest, Laurie Zittrain Eisenberg, historian in the History Department at Carnegie Mellon University. She will present “Comforting Objects and Art in the Wake of the Tree of Life […]