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Danny Rosen is the new President and CEO of Jewish Healthcare Foundation. (Photo courtesy of Jewish Healthcare Foundation)

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New JHF President and CEO Danny Rosen seeks to continue foundation’s legacy

‘The foundation’s mission is not going to change…We have a commitment to improving health, strengthening communities, supporting vulnerable populations and seeking out where there are opportunities for us to have an impact’

As part of a series of paid political advertisements in the Jewish Chronicle, Ivan Itkin promoted his effort to stop the proposed Squirrel Hill Tunnel bypass.

History‘Stop Them At The Bypass’

By Eric Lidji

Rabbi Hannah Estrin. (Photo courtesy of Rabbi Hannah Estrin)

Getting to KnowGetting to know: Rabbi Hannah Estrin

By Adam Reinherz

Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh director Emily Loeb, right, speaks during the 2026 Holocaust Remembrance Day program in Pittsburgh. (Photo by Adam Reinherz)

EducationHolocaust Center launches yearlong teacher training series

By Adam Reinherz

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Groundbreaking at Beth Israel Center. (File photo)

July 24, 2026, 3:27 pm

South Hills Jewish life explored at upcoming Jewish Genealogy Society of Pittsburgh event

'When people are interested in other people, or even American history, there’s so many fascinating things'

By Adam Reinherz

July 23, 2026, 3:02 pm

Holocaust Center launches yearlong teacher training series

'We really see it as an opportunity for both new and returning educators'

By Adam Reinherz

July 22, 2026, 12:17 pm

‘Stop Them At The Bypass’

A short-lived plan to bypass the Squirrel Hill Tunnel animated Jewish involvement in local politics in the early 1970s.

By Eric Lidji

July 20, 2026, 10:00 pm

New JHF President and CEO Danny Rosen seeks to continue foundation’s legacy

'The foundation’s mission is not going to change...We have a commitment to improving health, strengthening communities, supporting vulnerable populations and seeking out where there are opportunities for us to have an impact'

By Adam Reinherz

July 20, 2026, 12:57 pm

Getting to know: Rabbi Hannah Estrin

'One of the things we’ll be looking at this year is how do we honor the past and also make space for this future'

By Adam Reinherz

Program organizers hope that a beer and conversation will bring communities closer. (Photo by Ketut Subiyanto via Pexels)

July 17, 2026, 3:40 pm

Interfaith beer hopes to bring a blessing

'We really want to bring these communities together. There’s so much common ground'

By Adam Reinherz

Hella Eskenazi (C) poses with the Cuban delegation for the Maccabiah Games in Israel. (Courtesy Hella Eskenazi)

July 14, 2026, 4:36 pm

Five countries over four days: How Cuba’s Maccabiah Games delegation made it to Israel

Cuba’s lagging oil supply and dearth of relations with other countries makes it hard for travelers like the dozens of Jewish athletes who are competing in Israel.

By Jacob Gurvis

Educators from Pittsburgh’s three Jewish day schools stand at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. (Photo courtesy of Classrooms Without Borders)

July 13, 2026, 9:39 pm

Israel trip gives Jewish day school educators opportunities to learn so they can teach

'Teachers need to understand what’s happening in Israel. They need to provide students with real information'

By Adam Reinherz

Taking time to tend. (Photo by Chris F via Pexels)

July 10, 2026, 5:51 pm

Summer heat is no sweat for local master gardeners

'We plant trees, not because we’re going to be able to enjoy the fruit or shade, but that our children and grandchildren will'

By Adam Reinherz

Healthcare workers analyze samples in a laboratory. (Photo by Diego Romero via Pexels)

July 9, 2026, 5:35 pm

New partnership brings halachic oversight for fertility treatments to Pittsburgh

'Fertility journeys can be very complex and people shouldn’t have to navigate them alone'

By Adam Reinherz

July 7, 2026, 11:01 am

The exit interview: Rabbi Hazzan Jeffrey Myers

'As I grade myself, whatever that number is, I gave my best and I'll let everyone else give their score. Whatever that number is, I accept it. I recognize I'm human.'

By Adam Reinherz

Noah Kahan plays to a sold-out crowd at PNC Park on July 3 (Photo by Octavia Liku)

July 7, 2026, 10:18 am

Noah Kahan’s ‘The Great Divide Tour’ sells out PNC Park

The Jewish singer-songwriter performed songs from his latest album “The Great Divide” to a crowd of roughly 40,000 at PNC Park stadium.

By Octavia Liku

Community Day School students prepare food inside Our Giving Kitchen. (Photo courtesy of Community Day School)

July 2, 2026, 5:02 pm

Teen Tov brings partners together for increased teen engagement

'Teen Tov is yet another representation of the desire in our community to experience Judaism together, to be in community, to have teens coming together, being proud, and feeling supported'

By Adam Reinherz

July 1, 2026, 5:14 pm

Clean mural prompts call for conservation and Pittsburgh connection

'Just look up, pay attention, and ask yourself, ‘What is this? Do I know this?’'

By Adam Reinherz

July 1, 2026, 8:28 am

250 years: Since the beginning, part of the American journey

These Pittsburgh-connected individuals and families represent a small sample of the many Jewish Americans whose work helped shape both our city and our country.

By Yafa Negrete