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Pittsburgh’s delegation to Washington, D.C., met with Congressman Chris Deluzio. Back, from left: Andy Shear, Cheryl Americus, David Ainsman, Sue Berman Kress, Meryl Ainsman, Congressman Chris Deluzio, CRC Director Laura Cherner, Larry Rosen. Front, from left: Marjorie Manne, Sandy Rosen (Photo courtesy of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh)

Security

Pittsburghers join national emergency mission to D.C. amid rising antisemitism

By Toby Tabachnick

Nearly 100 Jewish communities sent delegations, representing 7.5 million Jewish Americans

Netanyahu to DCPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, depart from Israel for Washington, D.C., July 6, 2025. (Photo by Avi Ohayon/GPO)

Israel at war

Netanyahu lands in DC for meeting with Trump at White House

By Amelie Botbol, JNS Staff and Ariel Kahana

The United States is pressuring Qatar to “deliver the goods” regarding efforts to reach a ceasefire in Gaza.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the press before boarding his flight to Washington DC, at Ben Gurion International Airport, July 6, 2025. (Lazar Berman/ The Times of Israel)

Israel at warNetanyahu said to receive report on medical conditions of all living hostages

By ToI Staff

Ofer Kalderon reunites with his children Rotem, Gaya, Erez and Sahar on Feb. 1, 2025. Erez and Sahar, who were also abducted on Oct. 7, 2023, were released in November 2023. (Photo by Maayan Toaf/GPO)

Israel at warFormer hostage Ofer Kalderon recounts ghastly captivity

By JNS Staff

The 2025 Alfred Lerner Fellows (Photo courtesy of the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous)

Education

Pittsburgh-area teachers inspired by national Holocaust education seminar

By Deborah Weisberg

“My goal in teaching about the Holocaust is to make a better world where can all live together and not see each other as strangers.”

Grayson Honig in Team USA gear (Photo courtesy of Grayson Honig)

Sports

Maccabiah Games in Israel canceled, but Pittsburgh athletes look ahead to 2026

By Andrew Rich

“I definitely plan on playing next year.” — Maya Gelman

Jewish students were evacuated to a hostel in Eilat before leaving for Cyprus. (Photo by Levi)

Lessons of war

University of Pittsburgh student evacuated from Israel during war with Iran

By David Rullo

“We sometimes heard explosions overhead,” he said. “One friend who was outside during one of the sirens saw a missile being intercepted. Luckily, none landed very close to us.”

Hillel of JUC’s Daniel Marcus (left), Chabad at Pitt’s Rabbi Shmuli Rothstein, Pitt Alum Alon Leshem, University of Pittsburgh’s Vice Chancellor for Alumni Relations Nancy Merritt (fourth from left), Karen Gal-Or and Hillel JUC’s Jennifer Poller stand with a Pitt alum at a reunion event held by the new Pitt Jewish alumni group. (Photo provided by Karen Gal-Or)

Building community

Pitt’s new Jewish alumni group holds first event

By David Rullo

“The more the alumni feel they have a relationship with each other and with the current students, they’ll feel better and more connected to the university,” he said.

Julie Paris in conversation with Iranian scholar and journalist Mohamad Machine-Chian at an event sponsored by StandWithUs in Pittsburgh on June 24 (Photo by Gene Tabachnick)

Insider perspective

Reformer in exile: Scholar says Iranian people reject regime’s ideology and terror tactics

By Toby Tabachnick

Mohamad Machine-Chian, now a researcher at Pitt, describes the disconnect between the Iranian people and the regime that governs them.

Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell speaks during a press conference at the Pentagon on March 17, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images via JNS)

IranPentagon: US strikes set back Iran’s nuclear program by 1–2 years

By Joshua Marks

OpinionHow the West got the Israel-Iran war so wrong

By Adam Slonim

Israel at warIsrael was facing destruction at the hands of Iran. This is how close it came, and how it saved itself

By David Horovitz

Mike and Lindsay Goldberg at the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy Conference (Photo courtesy of Mike and Lindsay Goldberg)

Health

Pittsburgh family leads global fight against little-known RYR-1 disease

By Deborah Weisberg

In July, the foundation will host its fourth International Family Conference at the Hyatt Regency Pittsburgh International Airport for RYR-1-affected children and adults.

Books

Join the Chronicle Book Club and meet author Sarah Tuttle-Singer

By Toby Tabachnick

“Jerusalem, Drawn and Quartered: One Woman’s Year in the Heart of the Christian, Muslim, Armenian, and Jewish Quarters of Old Jerusalem,” by Sarah Tuttle-Singer.

PollChronicle poll question

PollChronicle poll results: Peace between Iran and Israel

By Toby Tabachnick

OpinionLetters to the editor

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By Jim Busis

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Leigh Lawson (left) as Antonio and Dustin Hoffman as Shylock in Peter Hall's stage production of Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice," 1989. (Photo by Georges De Keerle/Getty Images)

Antisemitism

Trump says he didn’t know antisemitic history of ‘Shylock’ when he used the term

By Philissa Cramer

Police officers are seen collecting evidence at an East Melbourne, Australia, synagogue that was the scene of an arson attack, July 4, 2025. (Alex Zucco/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Antisemitism

Melbourne protesters chant ‘Death to the IDF’ days after attacks on synagogue, Israeli restaurant

By Philissa Cramer

The chant also featured in the storming of the restaurant Miznon on Friday night.

Rabbi Dovid Gutnick speaks to the media next to the burnt front entrance of the East Melbourne Synagogue in Melbourne on July 6, 2025. (Photo by William West/AFP via Getty Images via JNS)

AntisemitismMan charged over synagogue arson in Melbourne

By JNS

Isaac Dechtman of Denver and his parents Evan and Jennifer comfort each other at the Boulder County Courthouse on Pearl Street in Boulder, Colorado, on June 3, 2025, two days after 12 people marching to raise awareness for Israeli hostages in Gaza were injured in a "targeted act of violence" by a man wielding incendiary devices. (Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

AntisemitismBoulder firebombing victim Karen Diamond, 82, dies of her injuries

By Grace Gilson

Columbia University Acting President Claire Shipman speaks during the Commencement Ceremony at Columbia University in New York on May 21, 2025, (Jeenah Moon / POOL / AFP)

Higher education

House panel: Columbia leader urged ouster of Jewish trustee

By Grace Gilson

A letter from Rep. Elise Stefanik cites messages sent by Shipman when she was still a trustee.

Harvard University's "Veritas" shield is seen on a gate on Feb. 17, 2024. (PErica Denhoff/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Higher educationTrump administration finds Harvard violated Jewish students’ civil rights

By Grace Gilson

A swastika spray-painted on noise barriers in Tyumen, Russia, April 10, 2024. (Credit: RG72 via Wikimedia Commons)

AntisemitismUp to five years in prison for vandalizing private property with swastikas under new Virginia law

By Mike Wagenheim

Professor Amos Tanay (L) and Professor Liran Shlush, the lead researchers at the Weizmann Institute Cancer Research Unit of the breakthrough in leukemia diagnostics. (Credit: Courtesy, via JNS)

Israel at war

After missile strike, Weizmann lab publishes breakthrough leukemia research

By Tziona Gerson

A joint project led by Professors Liran Shlush and Amos Tanay could fundamentally change the means of diagnosis and treatment of this pernicious form of cancer.

Conservative Judaism has been trying to chart a middle path between Jewish tradition and acceptance of the reality of interfaith families. (Stock photo/Burke/Triolo Productions via Getty Images)

Religion

In a first for Conservative Judaism, synagogue allows clergy to participate in interfaith weddings

By Asaf Elia-Shalev

The policy change at Adath Jeshurun Congregation, a large synagogue in suburban Minneapolis, goes against rules set by the Conservative movement.

Yafa Negrete and her son prepare stuffed grape leaves (Photo courtesy of Yafa Negrete)

Food

Savoring Stories: Yabrak/ stuffed grape leaves/ taquitos de hojas de parra

By Yafa Negrete

Do you have a tried-and-true dish that comes with an interesting origin story? If so, we want to hear from you!

Calling all chefs!

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July 28 , 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

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