Week of Events
Chanukah Toy Drive
Chabad of the South Hills's Chanukah Toy Drive is taking place for hospitalized and underprivileged children. They are collecting new, unwrapped toys. Toys can be dropped off until Wed. Nov. 24 at Chabad of the South Hills, 1701 McFarland Road, Monday-Friday 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. or call 412-344-2424 to make arrangements.
Weekly Torah Portion
Join Temple Sinai to study the weekly Torah portion in their hybrid class available on Zoom. Open to everyone. 12 p.m. templesinaipgh.org/event/parashah/weekly-torah-portion-class-via-zoom11.html
Israel update with Avi Ben Hur
Israel update with Avi Ben Hur
Given the events in the past few months, from the recent conflict with Gaza to the internal political upheaval in Israel there is a necessity to get an educated view from the “inside." Join Repair the Word for Israel Update with Avi Ben Hur. 2 p.m. classroomswithoutborders.org/israel-update-2021
VOOM! with Dress for Success
VOOM! with Dress for Success
Join the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh's Volunteer Center for their next volunteer opportunity of the month. Help organize clothing donations with Dress for Success. 5:30 p.m. jewishpgh.org/event/voom-with-dress-for-success
Moishe House Zoom Book Club
Moishe House Zoom Book Club
Moishe House kicks off their monthly book club reading I Saw Ramallah by Mourid Barghouti. 7 p.m. forms.gle/xT4vqQsKZqC6E99K9
Beauty and Bravery in the Face of Breast Cancer
Beauty and Bravery in the Face of Breast Cancer
Leorah Chapter of Hadassah Greater Detroit presents Beauty and Bravery in the Face of Breast Cancer with Ali Weitz at 7:30 p.m. Free. hadassahmidwest.org/GDBrave
Holocaust Museums and Memorials Around the World
Holocaust Museums and Memorials Around the World
Classrooms Without Borders, in coordination with Tali Nates, Founder and Director 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 embark on this new innovative Museums and Memorial series where we will highlight different angles of complex […]
Chanukah White Elephant with Moishe House
Chanukah White Elephant with Moishe House
Join Moishe House for their Chanukah White Elephant. Chanukah is a time for celebrating the miracle of G-d with family and friends. It is also a time for saddling strangers with hilarious and bizarre presents. Bring a wrapped gift ($10 or less) to Moishe House, leave with something even weirder than you could’ve imagined. 7 […]
Virtual Shul Shopping with Moishe House
Virtual Shul Shopping with Moishe House
Join Moishe House as they virtually shul shop. This month, tune into Rodef Shalom's virtual service. They'll provide the wine and/or grape juice on their front porch before everyone Zoom's together. forms.gle/xT4vqQsKZqC6E99K9
Join Congregation Beth Shalom for their annual fundraiser. Come Together to play: MATCH GAME: CBS Style. Inspired by the TV show, watch as a member of the audience or as a contestant (in-person or online) and match wits with their panel of CBS stars featuring honoree and guest panelist Mindy Shreve. 7:30 p.m. bethshalompgh.org
Sh’ma – Hear Your Inner Voice: A Writing Course in 8 Sessions
Sh’ma – Hear Your Inner Voice: A Writing Course in 8 Sessions
In this weekly writing course Sh'ma-Hear Your Inner Vice from the Briya Project, students will reflect and write, moving through Chanuka to Tu B'Shvat. Each class will begin with a communal ritual and creative prompt. 6 p.m. $200 for all eight sessions. tickettailor.com/events/briyaproject/604183
Hebrew University Digital Open Day
Hebrew University Digital Open Day
The Hebrew University is located in Jerusalem, one of the most beautiful and vibrant cities in the world, a city of discovery that can become your second classroom. For 100 years, the Hebrew University has produced excellence in research and teaching, and is consistently ranked amongst the 100 leading universities in the world. Join their […]
Arab Israeli Conflict with Avi Ben Hur
Arab Israeli Conflict with Avi Ben Hur
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 […]
Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle book club
Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle book club
The Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle invites you to join the Chronicle Book Club's Nov. 21 meeting and discuss "Squirrel Hill: The Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting and the Soul of a Neighborhood" by Mark Oppenheimer. The author will join the meeting. 2 p.m. To register for the group and receive the Zoom link, email drullo@pittsburghjewishchronicle.org
The Holocaust Teacher Institute and Classrooms Without Borders presents The Leslie and Susan Gonda (Goldschmied) Foundation Holocaust/Jewish Themed Sunday Salon Series. Lucy Adlington will discuss her book, "The Dressmakers of Auschwitz: The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive." 5 p.m. https://classroomswithoutborders.org/events/
Friendsgiving Take-Away Dinner
Friendsgiving Take-Away Dinner
Stop by Moishe House for a beautifully packed up, home cooked Friendsgiving meal, then eat and chat with us over Zoom. After that, it’ll be up to you whether or not to tell your mom that Resident Sam’s a better cook than her. 7 p.m. forms.gle/xT4vqQsKZqC6E99K9