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From left, Uri and Tamar Heller and Beverly Siegel and Howard Rieger shopping for hats in Panama City’s Old Town (Photo courtesy of Beverly Siegel)
Travel
Discovering Panama’s kosher delights
By Beverly Siegel
Where food meets tradition in a tropical paradise
Memories of Ahavath Achim remain strong but shul’s future is less certain
By Adam Reinherz
Synagogue-goers enjoy services at Ahavath Achim. (Photo courtesy of John Katz)
March 17, 2025, 1:40 pm
Memories of Ahavath Achim remain strong but shul’s future is less certain
'We are at a point where we are realizing it’s not being used and starting to think about what might be next for it'
By Adam Reinherz
L-R: Bruce Pearl, Jon Scheyer, Lindsay Gottlieb and Todd Golden (Getty Images; Scheyer image courtesy of Rabbi Nossen Fellig)
March 17, 2025, 9:59 am
Jewish coaches lead 4 of 8 top seeds in the NCAA’s March Madness tournaments
The men’s basketball teams at Duke, Auburn and Florida all have Jewish coaches, as does USC’s women’s team.
By Ben Sales
Included in photojournalist Larry Roberts' book, "The Faces of Israel: a Conversation," is this 1989 image in Haifa at Purim. "Under the cloud of the Arab intifada uprising," Roberts explains in his caption, "many young Israeli Jews were disturbed that they were being portrayed as the aggressors in the conflict and took to the streets, showing in costume what it meant to be a young Jew in a conflicted country." (Photo by Larry Roberts)
March 14, 2025, 3:43 pm
Photojournalist’s book portrays a generation of daily life in Israel
Pittsburgh resident Larry Roberts hopes 'The Faces of Israel' provides an understanding of Israeli diversity between 1982 and 2015.
By Marshall Weiss | Dayton Jewish Observer
Mason McCulley, Brandon Mendez Homer, Noah Wyle and Tracy Ifeachor in “The Pitt” (Photo by John Johnson/Max)
March 14, 2025, 1:55 pm
Local ER doctors agree: ‘The Pitt’ gets it right, from overcrowding to empathy
Unlike other medical dramas, the on point portrayal by "The Pitt” of both the clinical and sociological dimensions of an emergency department resonates with the program’s devotees.
By Deborah Weisberg
From left, Uri and Tamar Heller and Beverly Siegel and Howard Rieger shopping for hats in Panama City’s Old Town (Photo courtesy of Beverly Siegel)
March 14, 2025, 9:08 am
Discovering Panama’s kosher delights
Where food meets tradition in a tropical paradise
By Beverly Siegel
An old photograph and letter. (Photo by Pixabay via Pexels)
March 13, 2025, 4:08 pm
UCLA professor will discuss book about Sephardic family history at Pitt
'I really like writing books where historical human dramas are the center of attention, and that is something I continue to pursue'
By Adam Reinherz
Illustration by Mara Cohen from 'From Illness to Exodus: A Passover Meditation on Empathy, Health, and Healing.' Image courtesy of Dr. Jonathan Weinkle
March 12, 2025, 4:19 pm
Pittsburgh physician’s new Passover book prescribes lessons for long after holiday ends
'The things we do Jewishly have a direct bearing on how we conduct our lives. They are supposed to change us and help us grow'
By Adam Reinherz
The Shvesters: Paulina Levi (left) and Polina Fradkin (Photo by Nira Dayanim)
March 12, 2025, 2:44 pm
How two Yiddish soul sisters became a singing sensation
The Shvesters, originally from Michigan but with Israel their new home base, are hopping on the tour circuit to major cities in the United States.
By Alan Zeitlin
(Image courtesy of Pixabay)
March 12, 2025, 11:48 am
Fake news (It’s Purim!)
Just kidding!
By Chronicle Staff
Eggplant salad (Photo by Jessica Grann)
March 11, 2025, 12:13 am
Eggplant salad
A great addition to a Shabbat table
By Jessica Grann
A statewide report found 37% of teens felt 'sad or depressed' most days in the past 12 months. (Photo by RDNE Stock project via Pexels)
March 10, 2025, 12:20 pm
JHF initiative empowers Pennsylvanians to address teen mental health
'This is not a Democrat or Republican issue. This is not an urban or rural or suburban issue. This cuts across all those lines'
By Adam Reinherz
An egg shortage due to avian flu could put a crimp on Passover in 2025. (Illustration by Grace Yagel)
March 10, 2025, 8:04 am
Passover requires tons of eggs. Amid the avian flu, what’s a Jew to do?
Eggs are expensive and often not available — just as the very eggy holiday looms.
By Rachel Ringler
A production still from the 2013 production of “The Dybbuk” by the Pittsburgh Jewish Music Festival, showing Leah watching the burial of Channon. (Photo courtesy of the Rauh Jewish Archives)
March 9, 2025, 12:26 pm
‘The Dybbuk’ returns
In the last of a three-part series, “The Dybbuk” is revived locally on stage through three community theatre productions in 1984, 1993, and 2013.
By Eric Lidji
“Purim” by Arthur Szyk (Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
March 7, 2025, 4:11 pm
A Purim primer
A barely-avoided genocide being celebrated with costumes and drunkenness and jokes is itself a kind of celebration of life
By Tim Miller
Beth VanderStoep and Justin Regan are eager about creating community. (Photo courtesy of Beth VanderStoep)
March 5, 2025, 9:28 pm
Moishe Pod residents seek to grow young Jewish community
'Our goal is to meet people wherever they are'
By Adam Reinherz
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