Temple Sinai
Community members carry Torah scrolls from the former Temple Sinai to the Rodef Shalom Congregation building, where the newly formed Beit Kulanu is housed. (Photo by Octavia Liku)
June 22, 2026, 11:00 am
Torah Walk celebrates unification of Temple Sinai, Rodef Shalom into Beit Kulanu
“Until today, it was a house for all. Now it is a home for all.”
By Octavia Liku
Young learners congregate on the bimah inside Rodef Shalom Congregation. (Photo courtesy of J-JEP)
August 25, 2025, 7:50 pm
Unification of Rodef Shalom and Temple Sinai brings mightier religious school
'The question is, how can we craft a program that's meaningful, that's interesting, that's tempting, that's exciting'
By Adam Reinherz
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
View of Rodef Shalom Congregation from Morewood Avenue. (Photo courtesy of Rodef Shalom Congregation)
June 4, 2025, 1:25 pm
Rodef Shalom, Temple Sinai members react to news of possible unification
Congregation members sound off, for and against, unification
By David Rullo
Rabbi Daniel Fellman and Cantor David Reinwald will be the spiritual leaders at Beit Kulanu. (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
Shabbat in Jerusalem will enable participants to meaningfully connect. (Photo by Haley Black via Pexels)
March 21, 2025, 4:03 pm
Joint trip to Israel seeks to build community in Pittsburgh
'I think the true benefit of bringing the Jewish community together across multiple congregations is the opportunity to form relationships before, during and after the trip that will make this more than a singular experience'
By Adam Reinherz
Rodef Shalom now Beit Kulanu. (Photo courtesy of Rodef Shalom Congregation)
February 18, 2025, 9:11 am
Rodef Shalom, Temple Sinai continue with unification talks
“Doing nothing is not an option.”
By David Rullo
Cathy Mansfield will screen her opera “The Sparks Fly Upward” during an artist in residence weekend at Temple Sinai. (Photo provided by Temple Sinai)
January 10, 2025, 3:11 pm
‘The Sparks Fly Upward’ comes to Temple Sinai
"It’s an intricate work. It’s really an amazing work that’s very accessible at the same time."
By David Rullo
David Pollock. (Photo courtesy of Ideality Communications)
November 22, 2024, 4:38 pm
After 50 years of law, attorney David Pollock looks to sing a familiar tune
'The goal is, how do we reach some kind of resolution that is going to be something the parties want to fulfill'
By Adam Reinherz
Dr. Dan Gup sits in his Squirrel Hill home. (Photo by Adam Reinherz)
November 17, 2024, 8:22 am
Retirement brings old practices and new meaning to Squirrel Hill urologist
Months of study lead Dr. Dan Gup to new profession and profound appreciation for millennia-old covenant
By Adam Reinherz
Rabbi Deborah Zecher will combine her love of Torah and cabaret during her artist-in-residency at Temple Sinai Sept. 20 and 21. (Photo provided by Deborah Zecher)
September 12, 2024, 3:33 pm
All the world’s a stage for Rabbi Deborah Zecher
Pittsburgh native brings cabaret and Torah to Temple Sinai
By David Rullo
Rabbi Sharyn Henry celebrated her 20th anniversary at Congregation Rodef Shalom in 2019. She will retire in 2025 after 26 years with the congregation. (Photo by Stephanie Rex)
March 25, 2024, 2:43 pm
Changes coming to Rodef Shalom as talks with Temple Sinai continue
“In the long-term, in another year or so, or even as we come to the fall and the High Holy Days in 2024, we might have a better sense of where we’re going."
By David Rullo
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
Rodef Shalom now Beit Kulanu. (Photo courtesy of Rodef Shalom Congregation)
December 20, 2023, 12:38 pm
Rodef Shalom, Temple Sinai begin process to explore collaboration
Congregations eye ways to work together
By David Rullo
"Howl," by Julia Netzer
November 20, 2023, 12:45 pm
Former Squirrel Hill resident returns for one-night art exhibit
After making Berkeley home, Julia Netzer brings 'Be My Bruise' to Pittsburgh
By Adam Reinherz
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