Mitzvah Day
Volunteers from the South Hills Jewish community prepare items for food pantries on Mitzvah Day, 2017. (Photo provided by the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh)
December 15, 2022, 9:40 am
Federation sponsors Mini Mitzvah Day
Volunteers can donate blood and cans of food at the Squirrel Hill and South Hills JCCs.
By Toby Tabachnick
December 21, 2021, 9:02 am
Chronicle poll results: Mitzvah Day
We asked our readers if they would be participating in Mitzvah Day this year. Here's what they said.
Hillel Academy, Squirrel Hill, hosted a past Jewish Federation Volunteer Center Mitzvah Day team that assembled literacy kits for children served by United Way programs. Photo by Josh Franzos
December 10, 2021, 9:48 am
Mitzvah Day offers in-person and virtual volunteer options
Federation-hosted event set to welcome volunteers and aid nearby organizations on Dec. 26
By Adam Reinherz
Hillel Academy students help build a casket on Mitzvah Day. Photo by Joshua Franzos
January 2, 2020, 1:12 pm
Casket building honors classic Jewish practice
12 students spent Dec. 25 volunteering on a project few have undertaken.
By Adam Reinherz
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