Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle 1-22-21

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Ethiopian olim arrive at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel on Feb. 26, 2021 (Photo by Kim Salzman)

Aliyah

Pittsburgh Federation helps Ethiopian Jews make aliyah

By Justin Vellucci

About 280 Ethiopian Jews arrived in Israel on Feb. 26, 2021, part of Operation Tzur Yisrael. The Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh helped to fund the effort.

(Photo by Haley Black via Pexels)

Jewish peoplehood

Israel to grant citizenship to non-Orthodox Jewish converts in Israel

Israeli Supreme Court extends right to citizenship to those who converted under non-Orthodox auspices in Israel.

Ignite

Sephardic Jewry celebrated at Hillel JUC’s annual summit

By Adam Reinherz

Deluxe dinner, Havdalah and cooking demonstration broaden students’ cultural awareness

Julianna Asunction and Ariella Levy help with Ignite distribution. Photo courtesy of Hillel JUC

Artwork displayed in Little's Shoes store window. (Photo by Larry Ceisler)

10.27 Healing Partnership

Pop-Up exhibit celebrates Squirrel Hill artists and small businesses

Fun, free and family-friendly

Yeshiva Schools of Pittsburgh (Photo by Lauren Rosenblatt)

COVID-19

Yeshiva Schools closed due to COVID-19

‘Multiple families’ affected by recent outbreak

Illustrative: Zoom meeting (iStock-1262376619)

Fighting Anti-Semitism

‘Zoom-bombing’ on the rise

By Justin Vellucci

There have been at least three incidents of Zoom-bombing of Jewish events in Pittsburgh this year. They have included anti-Semitic and racist rants and offensive images.

Congregation Beth Shalom. File photo

Development

Beth Shalom names first development director

By Adam Reinherz

Rabbi Andy Shugerman to join Squirrel Hill congregation

The Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle team (from top left): Dave, Jim, Phil, Toby, Kayla, Adam and Kelly

Recognition

Pittsburgh’s Jewish communal professionals honored throughout week

Disability advocate and inclusion expert Matan Koch shares thoughts during the Feb. 24 program. Screenshot by Adam Reinherz

JDAIM

Disability advocate frames conversation about inclusion in Pittsburgh

By Adam Reinherz

Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh and Jewish Residential Services welcome national expert Matan Koch

Delilah Picart spoke about her brother, Eric, during Temple Sinai's Moth-like event in recognition of JDAIM. Screenshot by David Rullo.

JDAIMTemple Sinai celebrates Jewish Disability Awareness Month with live storytelling

OpinionNeed for inclusion of those with disabilities is magnified during pandemic

Westmoreland County

Revived Westmoreland Jewish Community Council readies programs for 2021

“We can create a spark of interest here.”

Rabbi Sara Perman on a trip to China in 2019.
Photo courtesy of Sara Rae Perman

Jewish journalism

Chronicle selected for Jewish Journalism Fellowship

The Chronicle is one of five media outlets participating in a year-long program to learn ways to help better serve its readership.

(Photo by Toby Tabachnick)

A scene from "Nurses," which aired on NBC on Feb. 9, 2021. (Screen shot from YouTube via JTA)

Fighting Anti-Semitism

NBC pulls episode of ‘Nurses’ show after backlash over its portrayal of Jews

By Gabe Friedman

The show’s producers apologized in a statement.

OpinionMichael Che’s SNL joke: Not funny, not factual, definitely hurtful

By Alan Edelstein

Michael Che makes a joke about Israel's vaccine rollout on Saturday Night Live on Feb. 20, 2021. (YouTube)

Fighting Anti-SemitismAJC wants ‘Saturday Night Live’ to apologize for vaccine joke

(Photo by cottonbro via Pexels)

Opinion

Ashira Konigsburg

A North American Conservative Judaism for the next generation

“Our synagogues and other institutions must embrace transformation in order to survive, and we must start by engaging Jews wherever they are.”

OpinionPlanting an Audrey

By Kally Kislowicz

A scene from "Thanks to Her" filmed inside the Charles Morris Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (Image provided by Sam Orlowski)

Films

Coming-of-age story filmed at JAA

By Justin Vellucci

“The goal of our event is to introduce the film to those who will benefit from its message of self-discovery, especially with the intergenerational connections it makes.”

Spiced beef with pine nuts over hummus (Photo by Wade Grann)

Food

Spiced beef over hummus perfect for appetizer or dinner

By Jessica Grann

Recipe tastes great warm and also at room temperature

Israel Museum director Ido Bruno (second from left) with visitors for a capsule tour of the museum in August 2020. (Photo courtesy Israel Museum via The Times of Israel)

Entertainment

After 11-month hiatus, Israeli cultural events come roaring back, cautiously

By Jessica Steinberg

As Israel looks to emerge from pandemic, theaters, clubs and concert halls start hosting live audiences, as long as they are vaccinated and keep health rules; museums open for all

Wed 03

January 18 - March 8

Wed 03

Parashah Discussion: Life & Text

March 3 , 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm

Wed 03

Artists of the Harlem Renaissance

March 3 , 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Wed 03

Beth Shalom Congregation Derekh Speaker Series

March 3 , 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Thu 04

Mishna

March 4 , 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

10.27 Healing Partnership
Pop-Up exhibit celebrates Squirrel Hill artists and small businesses
Fighting Anti-Semitism
‘Zoom-bombing’ on the rise

By Justin Vellucci
Westmoreland County
Revived Westmoreland Jewish Community Council readies programs for 2021

By David Rullo
Development
Beth Shalom names first development director

By Adam Reinherz
Ignite
Sephardic Jewry celebrated at Hillel JUC’s annual summit

By Adam Reinherz
Jewish journalism
Chronicle selected for Jewish Journalism Fellowship
COVID-19
Yeshiva Schools closed due to COVID-19
JDAIM
Disability advocate frames conversation about inclusion in Pittsburgh

By Adam Reinherz
Films
Coming-of-age story filmed at JAA

By Justin Vellucci
Recognition
Pittsburgh’s Jewish communal professionals honored throughout week
Fire
Following nearby fire, Murray Avenue Kosher awaits inspection
Transitions
Local Jewish police commander accepts chief position in Maryland

By Toby Tabachnick
Transitions
Jewish educator Danielle Kranjec leaves Hillel JUC for Hartman Institute

By Adam Reinherz
COVID-19
The search for vaccines ‘has brought out some angels’

By David Rullo
JDAIM
Temple Sinai celebrates Jewish Disability Awareness Month with live storytelling

By David Rullo
Elections
Albert Veverka seeks seat on the bench

By Adam Reinherz
Fighting Anti-Semitism
Zach Banner, Josh Bell and Jasiri X pledge to combat anti-Semitism

By Justin Vellucci
Transitions
‘JCC lifer’ Emma Litwak joins South Hills team

By Justin Vellucci
Innovation
Former Allegheny General Hospital president looks to ‘disrupt’ the medical world

By David Rullo
History
Shouts and voices

By Eric Lidji

Food
Spiced beef over hummus perfect for appetizer or dinner

By Jessica Grann
Zoe Skirboll
Jewish Aspinwall teen readies for Olympic trials

By Adam Reinherz
Food
Beyond hamantaschen: Haman’s fingers

By Jessica Grann
COVID-19
Camp directors strive for safe and COVID-free summer experiences

By Adam Reinherz
Religious School
Beth Samuel’s small religious school perseveres through pandemic

By Adam Reinherz
Streaming
New Fran Lebowitz series elevates art of complaining

By Sophie Panzer
Working from Home
From British baking to “Sesame Street,” Abbey Farkas adds creative touch

By Adam Reinherz
Books
Blessing Congress: The history of Jewish prayer on Capitol Hill

By Eric Schucht
Food
Chocolate espresso cake an easy solution when pressed for time

By Jessica Grann
Holocaust
Pittsburgh’s Holocaust Torahs encompass rich history

By Justin Vellucci
Food nostalgia
What happened to the Webster Hall Coffee Cake?

By Eric Lidji
Food
Pear and pomegranate salad for Tu B’Shevat

By Jessica Grann
Television
Mrs. Maisel’s marvelous accessories come from Pittsburgh

By Hilary Daninhirsch
Food
Solomonov brings Israel home with web Series

By Jesse Bernstein
Films
Paradise Eluded in ‘Some Kind of Heaven’

By Sophie Panzer
COVID-19
JFCS donation fulfills wishes for those devastated by COVID-19

By Adam Reinherz
Television
Trouble in mind: ‘Shtisel,” Season 3

By David Holzel
COVID-19
New rabbi assumes first pulpit in the midst of COVID-19

By Adam Reinherz
Film review
‘Wonder Woman 1984’ soars, then stumbles

By Sophie Panzer
Chanukah
Calabrian Chanukah celebration saved by Italian priest

By Adam Reinherz

Harvey Schwartz
Opinion
Letters to the Editor
Opinion
Michael Che’s SNL joke: Not funny, not factual, definitely hurtful

By Alan Edelstein
Opinion
A North American Conservative Judaism for the next generation

By Ashira Konigsburg
Opinion
Planting an Audrey

By Kally Kislowicz
Torah
Clothes make the man — in many ways

By Rabbi Yaier Lehrer
Opinion
To Zoom or not to Zoom: That is the Purim shpiel question

By Molly Pascal
Torah
Embracing Happiness

By Rabbi Daniel Wasserman
Opinion
‘Soft-core’ Holocaust denial
Opinion
A deep abiding ‘thank you’ to Rep. Jamie Raskin

By Elinor S. Nathanson
Opinion
Need for inclusion of those with disabilities is magnified during pandemic

By Nancy Gale
Opinion
Our government can’t force us to get vaccinated, but our morals compel us to

By Rabbi Yosie Levine
Opinion
Reframing ‘dual loyalty’
Opinion
We’re running out of time to preserve endangered Jewish languages

By Sarah Bunin Benor
Opinion
Life so fleeting and life endlessly evergreen

By Dionna Dash
Opinion
Letters to the Editor
Torah
You shall be holy people to Me

By Rabbi Doris J. Dyen
Opinion
Don’t give up now! There is light at the end, and in the middle, of this tunnel.

By Jeffrey Finkelstein
Opinion
Rabbi Twerski made our work helping Orthodox Jews fight addiction possible

By Rabbi Zvi Gluck
Jane Blair McShea

Fighting Anti-Semitism
School board member in Massachusetts used anti-Semitic slur on live TV

By Ben Sales
Fighting Anti-Semitism
AJC wants ‘Saturday Night Live’ to apologize for vaccine joke

By Ron Kampeas
Connecting community
Innovative Jewish groups seek respect from the mainstream

By Gary Rosenblatt
News obituary
Rush Limbaugh, conservative radio firebrand, dies at 70

By Ron Kampeas
Politics
Nikki Haley broke with Trump. It could make her a Jewish GOP favorite in 2024.

By Ron Kampeas
Politics
Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert described by their Jewish constituents

By Ben Sales
Fighting Anti-Semitism
Mayor Bill Peduto joins AJC’s Mayors United Against Antisemitism Initiative
Sports
A tale of two Jewish Super Bowl linemen

By Marc Brodsky
Politics
2020 polling errors, dissected

By Jesse Bernstein
Fighting Anti-Semitism
Jewish groups condemn Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene

By Ben Sales
Finance
The Jewish angles to the GameStop stock saga, explained

By Gabe Friedman
Politics
NBC removes story on Biden official’s ties to $500,000 in AIPAC donations

By Ron Kampeas
Fighting Anti-Semitism
A major American Jewish coalition has adopted IHRA definition of anti-Semitism

By Ben Sales
News obituary
Larry King, legendary Jewish TV interviewer, dies at 87

By Ron Kampeas
Television
Mayim Bialik to guest host ‘Jeopardy!’

By Curt Schleier
Inauguration Day
All the ways Biden and Harris are making Jewish history on Inauguration Day

By Uriel Heilman
Government
Biden nominates Dr. Rachel Levine to be deputy health secretary

By Ron Kampeas
Social media
Experts talk about implications of social media crackdown

By Toby Tabachnick
Anti-Semitism
Hackers shut down Atlanta synagogue website

By Ron Kampeas
Social Media
Jewish civil rights group protests Twitter CEO over not banning Holocaust denial

By JNS

Jewish peoplehood
Israel to grant citizenship to non-Orthodox Jewish converts in Israel

By Ben Sales
Aliyah
Pittsburgh Federation helps Ethiopian Jews make aliyah

By Justin Vellucci
Fighting Anti-Semitism
NBC pulls episode of ‘Nurses’ show after backlash over its portrayal of Jews

By Gabe Friedman
Entertainment
After 11-month hiatus, Israeli cultural events come roaring back, cautiously

By Jessica Steinberg
COVID-19
Dr. Anthony Fauci wins $1 million Israeli prize

By Gabe Friedman
Art and architecture
Architect opens ‘Daring’ virtual museum

By Jesse Bernstein
Award
Steven Spielberg gets 2021 Genesis Prize, the ‘Jewish Nobel’

By Gabe Friedman
Holocaust
Polish court rules historians must apologize for part of Holocaust research

By Cnaan Liphshiz
Jews in Asia
Myanmar’s tiny Jewish community is rattled after military coup

By Ben Frank
Holocaust
US Supreme Court rules against Holocaust victims’ heirs in Nazi-era disputes

By JNS
Israel
Senate overwhelmingly votes to keep embassy in Jerusalem

By Ron Kampeas
Fighting Anti-Semitism
Facebook draws ire after employee says the site could police the term ‘Zionists’

By Gabe Friedman
Diplomacy
Drawing the Palestinians close, drawing Israel closer

By Ron Kampeas
Teens
New initiative fosters connections between local teens and Israeli peers

By Dionna Dash
News obituary
Sheldon Adelson, megadonor to Israel and Republicans, is dead at 87

By JTA Staff
Aliyah
US immigration to Israel holds up in 2020 despite pandemic

By Larry Luxner
The year that was
Those we lost in 2020: Remembering the rabbis, pioneers and innovators

By Gabe Friedman
COVID-19
Israel has vaccinated over 10 times more of its population than the US

By Gabe Friedman
Fighting Anti-Semitism
University of London refunds tuition to Jewish student because of anti-Semitism

By Cnaan Liphshiz
A 'dream realized'
Jonathan Pollard arrives in Israel, 35 years after his arrest for spying

By TOI Staff