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Kommuna Lux is bringing its lively music and spirit to Pittsburgh. (Photo courtesy of Diana D’Angelo)
July 18, 2024, 7:04 am
With culture, joy and quest to educate, Ukrainian band coming to Pittsburgh
Get ready for Kommuna Lux and its 'bohemian Black Sea coastal vibe'
By Adam Reinherz
Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili (Photo by Aimee Obidzinski/University of Pittsburgh)
September 20, 2023, 10:07 am
Jewish Pitt professor leads effort to help refugees and threatened scholars
The center has begun funding scholars inside Ukraine who could not or would not leave the country.
By Justin Vellucci
Jewish pilgrims gather to pray in Uman, Ukraine, Sept. 12, 2023.. (Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
September 14, 2023, 9:10 pm
Thousands of Jews flock to Uman for Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage despite wartime warnings
The annual Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage that pays tribute to the influential Hasidic Rabbi Nachman of Breslov.
By Gabe Friedman
Pinchas Goldschmidt in Munich, May 30, 2022. (Sven Hoppe/picture alliance via Getty Images)
July 7, 2023, 4:10 pm
Russia labels Moscow’s former chief rabbi a ‘foreign agent’
The designation cannot be contested in court and bars those assigned it from participating in many aspects of public life in Russia.
By Gabe Friedman
Dighton police cars block Maple Street in North Dighton, Mass., half a mile from the house where Airman Jack Teixeira was arrested for sharing classified documents, April 13, 2023. (Kylie Cooper for The Washington Post/Getty Images)
April 14, 2023, 10:44 am
Man arrested in massive intelligence leak case allegedly railed against Jews online
The National Guard airman was arrested on charges of leaking a large trove of U.S. intelligence documents.
By Ron Kampeas
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (Photo courtesy of creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons)
February 15, 2023, 9:42 am
Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s secret weapon
Comedy might be the most Jewish thing about Zelenskyy, and the most effective
By Rob Eshman
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
Photo of Ukranian children fleeing taken by Mirek Pruchnicki in Przemyśl, Poland on February 27, 2022. Photo via https://www.flickr.com/photos/mirekpruchnicki/51913859595/
October 14, 2022, 11:08 am
Jews are still a part of the Polish story
As a Jewish-American, I am very pleased to say that Poland is not consigned to the past.
By Steve Rabinowitz
(Image via Pixabay)
September 29, 2022, 11:58 am
The world’s attention may be flagging, but Ukraine’s Jews still need our help
Our support — including food and medicines and supplemental aid for emergency needs like their rent and utilities — is a lifeline for these Ukrainians.
By Ariel Zwang
Marsha Shisman and Natalya Shisman. Photo by Edie Shealy
August 22, 2022, 1:56 pm
Pittsburghers support to Ukrainians unwavering six months after Russian invasion
War's continuance brings calls for recognition, reform and kindness.
By Adam Reinherz
Jan Koum (Designed by Grace Yagel with images from Getty Images and Wikimedia Commons)
June 16, 2022, 1:45 pm
WhatsApp’s reclusive founder has quietly become a megadonor to Jewish causes
The publicity-shy Jan Koum, a Ukrainian-born Jew who arrived in California as a teenager, is more entwined than meets the eye with the events rocking the country.
By Asaf Shalev
Photo by studiodr via iStock
May 13, 2022, 4:48 pm
Hadassah members disappointed by its departure from Pittsburgh
Move is difficult for longtime members, yet Hadassah's work protecting women’s rights remains source of pride
By Adam Reinherz
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) speaks with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett during their meeting in Sochi, Russia, Oct. 22, 2021. (Yevgeny Biyatov/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)
May 5, 2022, 3:16 pm
Bennett says Putin apologized for his deputy’s remarks on Nazis
Russian foreign minister said it was possible for Nazi ideologies to flourish in Ukraine because “in my opinion even Hitler had Jewish origins.”
By Andrew Lapin
Borscht (Photo by Polina Tankilevitch via Pexels)
May 4, 2022, 5:49 pm
Ukrainian Jewish food: Remember the past through recipes
A culinary tribute to the Jews of Ukraine
By Linda Morel
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks during a press conference on legislation to address gas prices, in the Capitol, April 28, 2022 (Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
May 3, 2022, 10:08 am
Schumer calls Russian foreign minister’s comments about Jews and Hitler ‘sickening’
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said he believed Adolf Hitler also had Jewish origins
By Ron Kampeas
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