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Production of the first edition of the newly relaunched Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle. (Photo by Jim Busis)
Opinion
Karen Gal-Or and Ben Sitter
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.
“120 Years of Zionism,” an exhibit at Israel's Ben-Gurion Airport, was launched in 2017 to mark the establishment of the World Zionst Congress in 1897. (Rakoon/Wikimedia Commons)
OpinionShould Jews who support Israel avoid the word ‘Zionism’? 
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
A rendering of the building at Shady and Wilkins. (Photo courtesy of Studio Libeskind)
OpinionAddressing the Holocaust Center’s antisemitism presentation
By The Tree of Life Leadership
Alex Kranjec
OpinionA profound failure by a Pittsburgh institution
By Alex Kranjec
“120 Years of Zionism,” an exhibit at Israel's Ben-Gurion Airport, was launched in 2017 to mark the establishment of the World Zionst Congress in 1897. (Rakoon/Wikimedia Commons)
August 13, 2026, 4:36 am
Should Jews who support Israel avoid the word ‘Zionism’? 
A consultant was fired for telling Jewish leaders not to use the term. But many think he has a point.
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
(Photo from Flash90)
August 12, 2026, 3:26 pm
Letters to the editor
Readers Respond
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
August 12, 2026, 1:55 pm
Chronicle poll results: Out-of-state primaries
We asked our readers if they are following primary races in other states. Here's what they said.
By Toby Tabachnick
August 12, 2026, 9:59 am
A court, not a chorus
Deuteronomy 16:18 — 21:9
By Rabbi Aaron Bisno
August 11, 2026, 1:31 pm
Chronicle poll question
Do you feel unsafe wearing Jewish symbols or clothing in public?
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
A rendering of the building at Shady and Wilkins. (Photo courtesy of Studio Libeskind)
August 6, 2026, 10:00 am
Addressing the Holocaust Center’s antisemitism presentation
At the heart of everything we do at The Tree of Life is the belief in our shared humanity.
By The Tree of Life Leadership
(Photo from Flash90)
August 5, 2026, 12:53 pm
Letters to the editor
Readers respond
August 5, 2026, 10:05 am
The poem that had to be rewritten
Deuteronomy 11:26 – 16:17
By Rabbi Yossi Feller
August 5, 2026, 9:16 am
Chronicle poll question
Are you following primary races in other states?
August 4, 2026, 4:32 pm
Chronicle poll results: Political leaders’ criticism of Israel
We asked our readers if U.S. political leaders should consider the safety of Jews at home when choosing words critical of Israel. Here's what they said.
By Toby Tabachnick
Jews held a Tisha B'av protest opposing Israeli government moves they said curbed democracy, outside the Israeli consulate in Manhattan, July 26, 2023. (Luke Tress)
August 2, 2026, 3:26 pm
Zohran Mamdani has made it impossible for liberal Zionists like me to protest Netanyahu’s UN visit
Jews who want to rally against the Israeli prime minister now run the risk of appearing to align with New York’s anti-Israel mayor, writes a former and aspiring protester.
By Menachem Z. Rosensaft
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
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