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Debby Tepper Glick
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Debby Tepper Glick
A friendship written in words
In 2009 JF wrote a piece titled “The Passage of Time, Life Reflected in a Cereal Bowl.” He had me at hello.
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September 2, 2026, 9:58 am
A friendship written in words
In 2009 JF wrote a piece titled “The Passage of Time, Life Reflected in a Cereal Bowl.” He had me at hello.
By Debby Tepper Glick
Kippah with Star of David. Jewish men's headdress. (Photo by Yuriy Komarov, iStock)
September 2, 2026, 9:40 am
Little things mean a lot
Antisemitic microaggressions are verbal, behavioral or environmental indignities that communicate hostile, derogatory or negative slights about Jewish identity, culture or religion.
By Rabbi Barbara Aiello
Union Theological Seminary (New York City) (Wikimedia Commons)
September 2, 2026, 9:34 am
The Presbyterians’ war against Israel: A call to action for American Jewry
Jewish organizations should document and publicize the Presbyterian Church’s record on Israel.
By Stephen M. Flatow
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August 26, 2026, 9:37 am
Don’t fall off
We must always keep our eyes on the bridge. It is all there is, and no matter how hard we try we cannot make it longer or change or control what lies at the far end.
By Jonathan Weinkle
António Guterres, secretary-general of the United Nations, briefs the press after the Informal Meeting on Cyprus, Geneva, March 18, 2025. (Credit: Violaine Martin/U.N. Photo)
August 26, 2026, 9:25 am
The most important election no one is talking about
After nearly a decade under Secretary-General António Guterres, the United Nations stands at a crossroads.
By Danny Danon
The evacuation of the Israeli community of Morag on Aug. 17, 2005. (Photo courtesy of Israel Defense Forces, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons)
August 21, 2026, 8:10 am
The gamble
"The slew of painful images of Jews being forced from their homes forewarned what we would see broadcast via Gazan terrorists 18 years later."
By Sarah Kendis
Oakland and Cathedral of Learning. (Photo by Cam Miller via Flickr at https://rb.gy/r2yato)
August 20, 2026, 10:17 am
Curious about Jewish studies? Reject insinuations and join our conversations
Jewish studies is an academic subject, not an advocacy organization, and our colleagues hail from many backgrounds.
By Rachel Kranson and Michal Friedman
Dictionary definition of antisemitism. (Via JTA)
August 20, 2026, 10:13 am
Beyond the debate over ‘antisemitism’: The case for rehumanization
By Lauren A Bairnsfather
Har Hamenuchot. (Photo by Zeev Barkan, courtesy of flickr.com)
August 20, 2026, 9:54 am
‘We are all Jews here’: A shiva call in Jerusalem
We are, in effect, one nation to which geography or other distances or obstacles are no bar.
By Mark A. Sindler
Production of the first edition of the newly relaunched Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle. (Photo by Jim Busis)
August 12, 2026, 3:24 pm
The Jewish conversation is happening. Are you listening?
Too many people whose job is to lead, educate, advocate for or represent the Jewish community aren’t regularly reading, listening and learning from the people shaping the Jewish conversation.
By Karen Gal-Or and Ben Sitter
A pro-Palestinian encampment on the lawn in front of Columbia University's Butler Library, April 24, 2024. (ProudFarmerScholar, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons)
August 7, 2026, 10:41 am
The terrible waste that is Jewish Studies at American universities
These programs are giving a kosher stamp to anti-Israel propaganda and delegitimization.
By Dominic Green
A different and unrelated Holocaust Center event on April 13 at Beit Kulanu. (Photo by Adam Reinherz)
August 6, 2026, 10:00 am
A profound failure by a Pittsburgh institution
That was the session’s final explicit message: Jews, as a group, do not get to decide what is anti-Jewish.
By Alex Kranjec
Photo from Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh President and CEO Jeff Finkelstein's recent trip to Eastern Europe. (Photo courtesy of Jeff Finkelstein)
July 29, 2026, 10:44 am
Six thousand miles from Pittsburgh, I kept running into Pittsburgh
I went to see where our Federation’s dollars actually land. What I found, again and again, was Pittsburgh’s fingerprints.
By Jeffrey Finkelstein
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) at the Jewish Democratic Council of America’s 2024 Leadership Summit, May 20, 2024. (Credit: Jewish Democratic Council of America)
July 29, 2026, 9:58 am
Fetterman has no right to leave the Democratic Party
If Fetterman became a Republican, it would be nearly impossible for Democrats to win a Senate majority in 2026.
By Bruce Ledewitz
Portrait of Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, in a detail from the poster for the documentary, “The Darkest Light.” (Courtesy)
July 21, 2026, 2:47 pm
The film about my father is premiering today. I won’t be there
The documentary tells the full story of Shlomo Carlebach while challenging Jewish communities to hear survivors and hold leaders accountable
By Neshama Carlebach
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