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Juan Mejia is pictured with a converted couple in San Miguel de Allende in Mexico. Photo courtesy of Rabbi Juan Mejia
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Juan Mejia, a modern global rabbi
By Adam Reinherz
His journey to Yiddishkeit is one of family, faith and a desire to serve
Juan Mejia is pictured with a converted couple in San Miguel de Allende in Mexico. Photo courtesy of Rabbi Juan Mejia
September 24, 2017, 2:28 pm
Juan Mejia, a modern global rabbi
His journey to Yiddishkeit is one of family, faith and a desire to serve
By Adam Reinherz
An Israeli couple pose at their wedding in the northern Israeli forest. Photo by Yoav Alon
September 5, 2017, 2:46 pm
Israelis throwing themselves one-of-a kind weddings
Growing number of Israelis are creating one-of-a-kind outdoor weddings from the ground up
By Andrew Tobin
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confers with Knesset member David Bitan at a Likud party meeting at the parliament in Jerusalem. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90
September 5, 2017, 1:20 pm
Rebellious New Likudniks are crashing Netanyahu’s party
Prime minister has often claimed that his left-wing political enemies are out to get him
By Andrew Tobin
Bram Presser of the band Yidcore blows a shofar at a Judaica store in Melbourne, Australia.  Photo by Peter Haskin
August 31, 2017, 3:31 pm
Punk bands prove shofar isn’t just for the High Holidays
Recent years have seen a new twist in the practice of blowing the shofar
By Michael Croland JTA
Photo courtesy of Nefesh B'Nefesh
August 31, 2017, 1:40 pm
El Al, Nefesh B’Nefesh fly Pittsburgher to reunite with lone soldier
Nancy Jo Aharon did not think that she would be able to make it to Israel to celebrate with her daughter, Tamar
By Toby Tabachnick
Rabbi Leon Morris Photo courtesy of Rabbi Leon Morris
August 31, 2017, 1:22 pm
Rabbi Leon Morris has local ties, leads Pardes Institute
At 10 years old and living in Connellsville, Pa., with just 10 Jewish families, he built a sukkah in his back yard.
By Toby Tabachnick
August 31, 2017, 9:07 am
Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle launches new website
The Chronicle has joined a digital partnership with The Times of Israel, the Jerusalem-based online publication founded in 2012
By Toby Tabachnick
Alan Elsner Photo courtesy of Alan Elsner
August 29, 2017, 6:32 pm
J Street’s Elsner weighs in on Israel as well as U.S
The nonprofit was founded in 2007 to focus on advocating for American policies that could lead to a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
By Toby Tabachnick
Area clergy gather in front of the JCC, singing “We Shall Overcome” in a demonstration organized by the JCC’s newly formed Center for Loving Kindness and Civic Engagement, and Christian Associates of Southwest Pennsylvania. Photo by Toby Tabachnick
August 29, 2017, 3:43 pm
Jewish Community Center takes on ‘civic engagement’
JCC hosts interfaith clergy anti-hate program
By Toby Tabachnick
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August 28, 2017, 4:36 pm
Chronicle launches new website
Pittsburghjewishchronicle.org is in partnership with Times of Israel
By Toby Tabachnick
Players pose for a photo after an exhibition game between members of the Perth Heat Colts and the all-stars of Squirrel Hill baseball teams. Photo by Adam Reinherz
August 24, 2017, 11:08 am
Local little leaguers enjoy competition
Community gets experience against an international little league team with players from Australia and Dubai
By Adam Reinherz
From left, Helen Blier; Esther Menn, dean of academic affairs at the Lutheran School of Theology Chicago; Lallene Rector, co-leader of the trip (with Rabbi Yehiel Poupko) and president of Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary; and David Sandmel, rabbi and director of Interfaith Affairs for the ADL, listen to a presentation about EcoPeace. Photo provided by Helen Blier
August 23, 2017, 4:39 pm
Scholar’s Mideast views challenged by Israel mission
Israel Action Network supported trip including leaders and scholars of divinity schools from across the country
By Toby Tabachnick
Four stolpersteine in the Berlin-Mitte neighborhood Photo by Lauren Bairnsfather
August 23, 2017, 4:00 pm
German artist Gunter Demnig commemorates those lost
Stumbling stones connect families, memorialize those murdered by Nazis
By Toby Tabachnick
Alma editor Molly Tolsky Photo by Marissa Roer
August 16, 2017, 3:58 pm
Welcome to Alma
New website created especially for young Jewish women
By Toby Tabachnick
Children wave Israeli and American flags at the Celebrate Israel Parade in New York City. Photo by Perry Bindelglass
August 11, 2017, 6:43 pm
Why more Israelis are moving to the US
The Israeli-American Diaspora is real, growing and leaving its mark on the United States
By Ben Sales
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