Week of Events
Teach In for International Holocaust Day
Classrooms Without Borders invites all Holocaust educators to participate in a Tach In to celebrate Jewish spiritual resistance during Nazi occupation. RSVP to receive lesson plans, resources and a link to screen the film, "Who Will Write Our History" by Roberta Grossman. classroomswithoutborders.org/ringelblum-archives-teach-international-holocaust-day
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 […]
Author Talk with Rebecca Donner “All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days”
Author Talk with Rebecca Donner “All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days”
Classrooms Without Borders is honored to bring Rebecca Donner author of the book "All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days" to their community of educators and learners. 4 p.m. classroomswithoutborders.org/author-talk-rebecca-donner-all-frequent-troubles-our-days
International Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration
International Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration
Join the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh as they commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The interfaith commemoration, co-sponsored by Duquesne University's Gumberg Library will feature speaker David Rosenberg who will present The Making of 'Who is a Jew?': A Tale of Two Cities and the Challenges of Bringing a Troubling Holocaust History Home." 6:30 p.m. duq.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Aw1d17E5RbugyIO9ur8_zw
Netflix party and snacks with Moise House
Netflix party and snacks with Moise House
Join Moishe House Pittsburgh on Netflix Party to watch a movie together. Details and a link to connect will be sent out via email the day before. Goodie bags of snacks will be available on our porch as well the day before and day of. 7 p.m. RSVP at bit.ly/moho-012622.
Zikaron BaSalon
Zikaron BaSalon
Join the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh as they come together with the Karmiel and Warsaw communities for “Zikaron BaSalon," (Remembrance in the Living Room), a special virtual event to commemorate victims of the Holocaust. 12 p.m. jewishpgh.org/event/zikaron-basalon-remembrance-in-the-living-room
The Risks and Rewards of Gig Work
The Risks and Rewards of Gig Work
Have you considered jumping onto the gig work bandwagon? Maybe the allure of flexible scheduling and being your own boss has appeal. Come to the National Council of Jewish Women's informative virtual panel discussion to learn the pros, cons, and hidden costs of this growing area of employment. Noon. ncjwpghevents.org/events/the-risks-and-rewards-of-gig-work
The Changing Landscape of Abortion Rights
The Changing Landscape of Abortion Rights
Join the National Council of Jewish Women for "The Changing Landscape of Abortion Rights," an open discussion with Greer Donley, JD from University of Pittsburgh School of Law, who will discuss the changing landscape on abortion rights. Donley is a reproductive justice scholar, whose work has covered abortion access in the COVID-19 pandemic, the FDA’s […]
Take out Shabbat dinner with Moishe House
Take out Shabbat dinner with Moishe House
Join Moise House for a Take-Out Shabbat Dinner. Candles will be lit, socially distanced and masked up, and then take home a Shabbat meal to remember. 6 p.m. RSVP at bit.ly/moho-012822.
Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle book club
Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle book club
The Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle invites you to join the next Chronicle Book Club meeting. We will be discussing “The Lost Shtetl” by Max Gross, winner of the National Jewish Book Award for 2020 and the Jewish Fiction Award. 12 p.m. To register, email David Rullo at drullo@pittsburghjewishchronicle.org.
Jews, the First Amendment, and Abortion Rights
Jews, the First Amendment, and Abortion Rights
Join the National Council of Jewish Women, Congregation Dor Hadash and Congregation Beth Shalom Derekh virtually for "Jews, the First Amendment and Abortion Rights," a talk by Dr. Rachel Kranson. Kranson is the director of the Jewish studies program at the University of Pittsburgh and a scholar of modern Jewish history, American Judaism and gender […]