Rodef Shalom Congregation
Rabbi Sharyn Henry (Photo by Toby Tabachnick)
June 10, 2025, 8:47 am
The exit interview: Rabbi Sharyn Henry
“What I've really learned over my years in the rabbinate is that it's not about me,” Henry said. “It's about how I make other people feel."
By Toby Tabachnick
Rabbi Daniel Fellman leads his first Shabbat service at Temple Sinai. A little more than four years after he came to the city, Fellman will lead a new congregation comprised of Temple Sinai and Rodef Shalom. (Photo courtesy of Temple Sinai)
June 9, 2025, 10:15 am
Rodef Shalom, Temple Sinai members approve unification
More than 90% of those voting at both congregations voted for unification
By David Rullo
Image by Lisa Rasmussen. (Courtesy of Rodef Shalom Congregation)
June 5, 2025, 9:40 pm
Rodef Shalom exhibit illustrates floral treasures in Shadyside
“A Rabbi in Bloom” features drawings inspired by the congregation’s Biblical Botanical Garden and honors those who planted its seeds
By Adam Reinherz
Rabbi Daniel Fellman and Cantor David Reinwald will be the spiritual leaders at a unified Rodef Shalom/Temple Sinai congregation. (Photo courtesy of Temple Sinai)
May 27, 2025, 5:17 pm
Rodef Shalom, Temple Sinai boards approve unification plans
Congregation will call Rodef Shalom's current building home. Temple Sinai's spiritual leaders, executive director will serve new organization.
By David Rullo
Students share stories at Rodef Shalom Congregation during an April 3 program created by Ella Greenfield, Zev Loring and local leaders. (Photo by Adam Reinherz)
April 4, 2025, 4:31 pm
Teens discuss antisemitism and create community at pop-up program
'If we don’t tell our story, who will tell it'
By Adam Reinherz
Barbara Trellis works on a piece to cover Congregation Poale Zedeck's ark. Photo courtesy of Rauh Jewish History Program and Archives
March 19, 2025, 4:22 pm
Upcoming exhibit details life’s work and ‘golden hands’ of local needlepointer
'This is a figure who was part of our community, and her work enriched the lives of so many synagogues and so many people who went to synagogues'
By Adam Reinherz
As part of election in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Jeffrey Brodsky inscribes his name in a book of inductees. (Photo courtesy of Jeffrey Brodsky)
January 3, 2025, 4:13 pm
Getting to know: Jeffrey Brodsky
University of Pittsburgh professor, cell biologist, elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
By Adam Reinherz
'Bicycle' by Jonathan Shapiro. (Photo by Huggybear media)
December 3, 2024, 11:27 am
Jonathan Shapiro’s ‘Secret Forest’ exhibit taps partisan life for modern purpose
Sculptor's oscillation between fear and empowerment drives remembrance and action
By Adam Reinherz
Rabbi Jacob with wife, Irene, in Rodef Shalom’s Biblical Botanical Garden. (Photo provided by Rodef Shalom)
October 28, 2024, 11:36 am
Rabbi Walter Jacob dies at 94
The long-serving rabbi of Rodef Shalom Congregation leaves behind a global legacy of scholarship and kindness.
By Eric Lidji
Rabbi Michael Zedek. (Photo courtesy of Rabbi Michael Zedek)
September 23, 2024, 3:38 pm
Rodef Shalom guest lecturer encourages attention to everyday burning bush moments
Days of Awe and ordinary days can both be awesome, says Rabbi Michael Zedek
By Adam Reinherz
A dancer performs in Netanya, Israel. (Photo by Dale Lazar)
August 15, 2024, 5:33 pm
Photo exhibit bridges Israeli dancers and Rodef Shalom
A bridge, two dancers and one Pittsburgh photographer result in 'Dancing without their Timbrels'
By Adam Reinherz
Payadora Silent Tears (from left): Joseph Phillips, Lenka Lichtenberg, Robert Horvath, Rebekah Wolkstein and Drew Jurecka (Photo courtesy of Peter Yuan)
April 19, 2024, 12:53 pm
‘The Last Yiddish Tango’ blends music with testimonies of Holocaust survivors
Performed May 5 at Rodef Shalom Congregation
By Justin Vellucci
Dr. Solomon B. Freehof of Rodef Shalom Congregation watches Leon Falk Jr. give an address in the new Falk Auditorium of Temple Sinai during the dedication of an addition to the synagogue complex in May 1958—photograph by Hans Jonas. (Photo courtesy of the Rauh Jewish Archives)
February 29, 2024, 10:25 am
Rodef Shalom, Temple Sinai and “A Marvelous Example”
Facing over-capacity in the mid-1940s, Rodef Shalom decided to try something new for Jewish Pittsburgh: starting a new congregation.
By Martha Berg and Eric Lidji
Carole and Daniel Kamin. Photo courtesy of Carole Kamin
January 25, 2024, 9:06 pm
Telescope building and tzedakah giving: Daniel and Carole Kamin deliver historic gift to Carnegie Museums
'People should think through and contribute to the groups that they feel closest to,' Daniel Kamin said. 'There's so many opportunities to help.'
By Adam Reinherz
Image of Rabbi Martin Sofer by Rosabel Rosalind
January 8, 2024, 9:51 pm
Artist mines family and beet juice to tell personal story in Rodef Shalom exhibit
Images from Rosabel Rosalind's graphic novel add texture to intergenerational space
By Adam Reinherz
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