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Rona Kaufman. (Photo courtesy of Rona Kaufman)
Fighting antisemitism
Pittsburgher Rona Kaufman joins Voice of the People’s first global cohort
By David Rullo
“They will go back to their community to lead the change,” she said.
Rona Kaufman. (Photo courtesy of Rona Kaufman)
January 16, 2025, 4:22 pm
Pittsburgher Rona Kaufman joins Voice of the People’s first global cohort
“They will go back to their community to lead the change,” she said.
By David Rullo
(Photo by David Rullo)
November 11, 2024, 1:00 pm
Jewish Pittsburghers react to 2024 general election
“I hope it will be good for the Jewish community,” she said. “I hope it will be good for America as well.”
By David Rullo
A Jewish Pitt student was recently assaulted in an antisemitic attack in Pittsburgh's South Oakland neighborhood. (Photo by David Rullo)
October 7, 2024, 1:40 pm
Jewish University of Pittsburgh student recounts antisemitic attack
“I call on the school and the city to do more to combat antisemitism on campus,” he said, “as well as the Student Government Board to condemn hate speech.”
By David Rullo
Eileen Freedman, Lynn Berman, Naama Perel-Tzadok, Adi Perlman and Julie Paris at a Koolulam event Oct. 5. Daphne Lazar Price wonders where international women's agencies are to speak for Jewish women terrorized by Hamas. (Photo provided by Julie Paris)
November 30, 2023, 3:07 pm
I believed diverse coalitions would benefit Jewish women
After partnering for years, I expected my sister feminist groups to share their outrage about Hamas’ war crimes against Israelis on Oct. 7.
By Daphne Lazar Price
(Photo by Karolina Grabowska)
November 20, 2023, 10:33 am
Thanksgiving: An American holiday with Jewish roots
“Thanksgiving celebrates the theme of thankfulness, which is very Jewish. I mean, we have a prayer of thanksgiving in our services.”
By David Rullo
Photo by Abby Warhola.
October 9, 2023, 2:07 pm
Jewish-American curator settles in at Andy Warhol Museum
Finds value in family, art and baseball.
By David Rullo
Rabbi Jeffrey Myers, second from left, recites the HaMotzi blessing beside Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati, Chidanand Saraswati and Julie Paris. Photo by Adam Reinherz
July 24, 2023, 6:14 pm
Hindu/Jewish program welcomes mutual call for peace and oneness
'When you are in peace, you absorb peace, you manifest peace, you share peace...When you are in pieces, what you share [is] only pieces'
By Adam Reinherz
May 25, 2023, 2:59 pm
Why this Jew is binge-watching ‘The Chosen’ (and maybe you should too)
To my complete surprise, “The Chosen” (Season 1 is streaming on Netflix) presents the most intensely Jewish Jesus and the Gospels we’ve ever had.
By Faydra Shapiro
Buffalo, New York. Photo by Doug Kerr, courtesy of flickr.com
May 17, 2023, 9:10 am
A mass shooting in Buffalo brought our Jewish and Black communities together.
What took so long?
By Rabbi Alex Lazarus-Klein
Enes Kanter Freedom high-fives campers inside the Jerusalem YMCA. Photo courtesy of SoulShop Studios
August 5, 2022, 11:08 am
NBA player promotes peace in Israel while fulfilling Pittsburgh teaching
Inside a Jersualem gym, Enes Kanter Freedom and Tamir Goodman actualize a lesson conveyed in a Squirrel Hill classroom 25 years ago
By Adam Reinherz
Cairo International Airport. Photo by Dennis Jarvis, courtesy of Flickr.com.
April 20, 2022, 2:51 pm
Leading the people back to Egypt
In Egypt, for the first time in my life, I walked around a city where the vast majority of people were like me — devout practitioners of their religion.
By Joshua Berman
Rabbi Danny Schiff has taught many in classes like Melton, both in-person and virtually. Thanks to a legacy endowment from H. Arnold and Adrien B. Gefsky, adult education won't end any time soon in the city. From left, back row: Kim Salzman, Marissa Tait, Alex Zisman, Elina Lipov, Bill Stein, David Guzikowski, Aviva Lubowsky, Rabbi Danny Schiff; front row: Lauren Wolcott, Rachel Lipkin, Debbie Swartz, Kate Kim, Hope Nearwood, Jennifer Slattery, Danielle Kranjec. (Photo courtesy of Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh)
April 4, 2022, 12:39 pm
Ready to teach in person and online, Rabbi Danny Schiff returns to Pittsburgh
“I always feel like I come out smarter than I was before. He asks questions, he probes a lot. He demands interactivity and it’s really high quality.”
By David Rullo
A child sings during Sunday's demonstration. Photo by Adam Reinherz
February 28, 2022, 12:25 pm
Pittsburghers shout and sing support for Ukraine
Teenage organizers refused to silently watch as Russia invaded Ukraine. Three hundred Pittsburghers agreed by raising their voices.
By Adam Reinherz
February 3, 2022, 10:34 am
An interview with Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey
Bridges, antisemitism, schools and guns
By David Rullo
Calendar. Photo by Dafne Cholet courtesy of flickr.com
December 29, 2021, 2:12 pm
‘A Diaspora calendar to revive Jewish life’: A response
Jewish history is replete with movements intended to customize Judaism to the times, independent of a halachic framework.
By Reuven Hoch
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