Week of Events
The Zionist Organization of America: Pittsburgh is accepting applications for its Israel Scholarship Program. The scholarships are open to local Jewish teens in qualified programs, who will be a junior or senior in high school in September 2021. Three $1,000 scholarships will be awarded. Applicants will be judged on their involvement in Jewish organizations, volunteerism, […]
Holocaust Education Professional Development Symposium for Teachers
Teaching the Holocaust isn't easy. Let Classrooms Without Borders guide you with the best tools, strategies and resources. Holocaust Education Professional Development Symposium for Teachers. Register at liberation75.org.
Getting Good at Getting Older with Rabbi Laura Geller
Getting Good at Getting Older with Rabbi Laura Geller
Temple Sinai presents “Getting Good at Getting Olde," a tour for all those of "a certain age" through the resources and skills needed to navigate the years between maturity (building careers/raising families) and frail old age. It brings humor, warmth, and more than 4,000 years of Jewish experience to the question of how to shape […]
Jewish Heritage Around the World
Jewish Heritage Around the World
Classrooms Without Borders is excited to embark on their Jewish Heritage Around the World Part II series with CWB scholar Avi Ben-Hur and guest speakers. This session will explore Turkey. 2 p.m. For more information and to register, click HERE.
Jewish Music Masterclass with Clarinetist David Krakauer
Jewish Music Masterclass with Clarinetist David Krakauer
Join the Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience and engage with someone widely considered one of the greatest clarinetists on the planet with his own unique sound and approach. David Krakauer has been praised internationally as a key innovator in modern klezmer as well as a major voice in classical music. In […]
Artists of the Harlem Renaissance
Artists of the Harlem Renaissance
Join Classrooms Without Borders for Artists of the Harlem Renaissance: Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, and Jacob Lawrence; part of their series "From Frederick Douglass to Ta-Nehisi Coates: A workshop series exploring race using texts as a window into history with Susan Stein." 4 p.m. For more information and to register, visit CWB's website.
Beth Shalom Congregation Derekh Speaker Series
Beth Shalom Congregation Derekh Speaker Series
Beth Shalom Congregation’s Derekh Speaker Series welcomes five authors from across the country. Ariel Sabar will discuss "Veritas: A Harvard Professor, a Con Man and the Gospel of Jesus's Wife" 7:30 p.m. Free. For more information, and to register for the Zoom event, visit bethshalompgh.org/speakerseries.
Forward Focus
Forward Focus
Join the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh for the four-part series Forward Focus, exploring religious diversity in Israel. 12 p.m. For more information and to register, click HERE.
Shabbat Shelanu
Shabbat Shelanu
Shabbat Shelanu (our Shabbat) is a new Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh Young Adult Division 13-week pilot program for Pittsburgh families with children aged 0-3. Help your children learn about Shabbat and Jewish holidays while having fun and connecting with other families. Only 15 spots available. $72/family. 10:30 a.m. Click HERE for more information and […]
Vichy Law the Holocaust and the Dangers of ‘Incrementalism’ when Participating in a ‘System of Evil’
Vichy Law the Holocaust and the Dangers of ‘Incrementalism’ when Participating in a ‘System of Evil’
The Jewish Studies Program, the School of Law and the Center for International Legal Education at the University of Pittsburgh for Vichy Law the Holocaust and the Dangers of 'Incrementalism' when Participating in a 'System of Evil' presented by Richard H. Weisberg. 11 a.m. For more information, visit jewishstudies.pitt.edu.
Fil and Discussion “RBG”
Fil and Discussion “RBG”
Screen the film, RBG, and discover the exceptional life and career of the U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Join a Zoom following the screeining for a discussion with Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice David Wecht, award-winning employment litigator Ann-Marie Ahern and Professor Jonathan Entin, a former law clerk of Justice Ginsburg and David L. […]
Grief Workshop (part 3): Smoke and Ancestors
Grief Workshop (part 3): Smoke and Ancestors
Moishe House presents Grief Workshop (part 3): Smoke and Ancestors. In this final workshop, delve deeper into Yahrzeits, the anniversaries of loved ones’ deaths, and their relationship to candles. 7 p.m. For more information, visit facebook.com/moishehouse.pittsburgh.