tikkun olam
March 12, 2026, 12:43 pm
Chronicle introduces 18 Difference Makers
A spotlight on 18 individuals who embody tikkun olam — repair of the world — and encourage it among others.
Sandy Budd (Photo by Dan Singleton of Age-Friendly Greater Pittsburgh, via Sandy Budd)
December 12, 2025, 11:29 am
A career of compassion: Sandy Budd ends 33 years serving Holocaust survivors
“Many shared stories with me that they had never shared with their families and opened up about deeply personal stuff. It was incredibly moving."
By Deborah Weisberg
November 26, 2025, 4:00 pm
Volunteers of the Year 2025
Their stories are inspirational
Fran Fall and dozens of her homemade headwraps (Photo courtesy of Lee Schwebel)
November 7, 2025, 12:54 pm
A stitch of kindness: How one woman is wrapping Pittsburgh in warmth
What began as a hobby has become a heartfelt outreach for Fran Fall, who uses her needles and yarns to bring comfort — and a touch of beauty — to Pittsburgh’s most vulnerable.
By Deborah Weisberg
From left: Mark Rubenstein, Harry Levinson, Nancy Levine and Dan Mosse (Photo courtesy of Mark Rubinstein)
June 16, 2025, 1:27 pm
Dor Hadash members complete spiritual, charitable cross-country trek
A group of senior cyclists rode from Oregon to New Jersey, raising funds for an immigrant family and for Torah repairs
By Deborah Weisberg
Participants of PYL 2023 winter trip 1, from West Virginia to North Carolina via Ohio, Kentucky, Virginia and Tennessee, with Mark Rubenstein, second from right (Photo courtesy of Pittsburgh Youth Leadership)
December 18, 2024, 2:17 pm
Two wheels and one mission: Jewish lawyer’s bike trips empower kids to lead
“Some of these kids have never been outside Pittsburgh or their own neighborhoods. We open their eyes to things they didn’t know existed.”
By Deborah Weisberg
Stan Polovets (right) cofounder of the Genesis Prize, with some of the 2024 awardees, the parents of hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Rachel Goldberg (center) and Jon Polin (left), for their activism on the hostages held in Gaza.
February 28, 2024, 4:31 pm
Groups working to support Israeli hostages and their families awarded 2024 ‘Jewish Nobel’
The $1 million prize is aimed toward supporting medical and psychological treatment for former hostages and hostages' families.
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Shari Woldenberg (Photo by Toby Tabachnick)
January 19, 2024, 12:48 pm
A ‘second chance at life’: Bone marrow recipient organizes drive at Beth Shalom
Blood drive and bone marrow registry to be held Jan. 28
By Toby Tabachnick
January 17, 2024, 3:41 pm
Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle 2023 Volunteers of the Year
Their stories are inspirational
Nicole Iole helps a JFCS client with his new iPad (Photo courtesy of JFCS)
December 23, 2023, 7:15 pm
JFCS brings holiday cheer to vulnerable residents
Part of the gift drive’s aim is to recognize that injured, elderly or disabled people who are deemed incompetent by the state have needs and desires beyond simply necessities.
By Emma Riva
The Violins of Hope, a rare collection of restored violins from the Holocaust, will be displayed and played at venues throughout Greater Pittsburgh this fall. (Photo courtesy of Violins of Hope Greater Pittsburgh)
July 14, 2023, 9:56 am
Violins of Hope collecting used instruments
"These once cherished instruments can lift the spirits of one young person and enhance the trajectory of their life."
By Toby Tabachnick
Natan Sharansky, the Genesis Prize cofounder and board member, visits with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelesnky in Kyiv in October 2022. (Courtesy Genesis Prize Foundation)
January 18, 2023, 1:04 pm
This year’s ‘Jewish Nobel’ goes to Jewish activists supporting Ukraine
Recognizing the extraordinary nature of events, the selection committee "decided to depart from the usual custom of awarding the prize to a single Jewish individual."
By Philissa Cramer
Sam Bankman-Fried testifies during a hearing before the House Financial Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Dec. 8, 2021 (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
December 1, 2022, 12:43 pm
Will the Bankman-Fried scandal stop congregations from joining ‘effective altruism’ movement
Bankman-Fried has suggested that his embrace of E.A. was insincere, a tactic to bolster his reputation.
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
November 23, 2022, 12:03 pm
Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle 2022 Volunteers of the Year
Their stories are inspirational
Jewish funders from around the world were happy to gather again in person at the 2022 JFN International Conference (Photo courtesy of Jewish Funders Network)
March 29, 2022, 11:37 am
Philanthropists share ideas, concerns at Jewish Funders Network conference
The Jewish world faces a host of challenges. These changemakers are ready to tackle them.
By Toby Tabachnick
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