Jewish Healthcare Foundation
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May 6, 2025, 4:16 pm
Worried about dementia? How Pittsburgh’s Jewish community can help
There are more than 100 different types of dementia, which is caused by diseases that gradually destroy brain cells.
By Stacie Bails-Bonenberger
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April 10, 2025, 11:11 am
JHF awards grants to bolster health, immigrant services amid federal policy shifts
In response to policy and funding changes instituted by the Trump administration, JHF recently approved $690,000 in grants to support organizations affected by those changes.
By Toby Tabachnick
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
Karen Wolk Feinstein with the Galen Health cofounders, Kushagra Agarwal and Logan Nye (Photo courtesy of the Jewish Healthcare Foundation)
January 24, 2025, 9:44 am
PRHI champions tech’s role in patient safety at Consumer Electronics Show
Three winners and three runners-up, including a team from Carnegie Mellon University, were chosen by more than two dozen third-party judges for their pioneering inventions.
By Deborah Weisberg
Lt. Gov. Austin Davis, third from left, meets with teens and staff at The Beacon on Sept. 25. (Photo courtesy of Jewish Healthcare Foundation)
September 27, 2024, 6:35 pm
Lt. Gov. Austin Davis visits Squirrel Hill: Spotlight on teen mental health initiatives
'When I see this, it's a model of what we should be doing in communities all over the commonwealth'
By Adam Reinherz
“Willow Casket” by Daniel Brockett. (Photo courtesy of Contemporary Craft)
July 10, 2024, 10:00 pm
Artists invite discussion of ‘Hereafter’ by focusing on grief, life
Visiting a Lawrenceville exhibition prompts memories of individuals absent
By Adam Reinherz
Volunteers from the Ladies’ Hospital Aid Society “A Masked Ball” fundraiser at the home of Reggie Stern, 1980. (Photo courtesy of Rauh Jewish History Program & Archives at the Heinz History Center)
June 21, 2024, 7:52 pm
After 125 years, LHAS still serving community and looking ahead
Ladies Hospital Aid Society continues history by building, pivoting and bolstering Pittsburgh
By Adam Reinherz
JHF fellowship participants discuss death and dying. (Photo courtesy of Jewish Healthcare Foundation)
April 26, 2024, 5:47 pm
JHF fellowship broaches death and dying
Jewish Healthcare Foundation helps medical professionals and patients address challenging topics more effectively
By Adam Reinherz
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December 21, 2023, 12:49 pm
JHF approves emergency grants to Tel Aviv Sexual Assault Crisis Center
"The Jewish Healthcare Foundation's funding allows the Center to expand programs to address the ongoing trauma of survivors."
By Toby Tabachnick
Students gather at the University of Pittsburgh and demonstrate support for Israel on Oct. 9, 2023. (Photo by Adam Reinherz)
December 18, 2023, 1:46 pm
JHF approves emergency grants for mental health needs on campus
Of the $135,000 given, $100,000 will go to Hillel International, $25,000 to Hillel JUC, $5,000 to Chabad at Pitt and $5,000 to Chabad of CMU
By Adam Reinherz
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September 26, 2023, 9:56 am
New JHF award honors legacy of Justin Ehrenwerth
To preserve Ehrenwerth’s life’s work, JHF approved a one-time grant of $50,000 to the Anti-Defamation League’s Cleveland chapter.
By Justin Vellucci
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May 10, 2023, 8:28 am
The time is now to invest in the mental health system
What can be more Pittsburgh than having people showing up for each other with kindness?
By Sarah Pesi
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April 5, 2023, 12:06 pm
Jewish Healthcare Foundation awards grant to Chronicle and approves grant for patient safety research
Making the region healthier
By Toby Tabachnick
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December 19, 2022, 2:44 pm
New House bill aims to establish National Patient Safety Board
The new agency will augment the work of federal agencies
By David Rullo
September 22, 2022, 12:30 pm
More than $1 million in grants distributed by JHF
JHF Women’s Reproductive Health Emergency Fund, CMU, Presbyterian SeniorCare Network, Allegheny Conference of Community Development, to receive grants
By David Rullo
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