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Tree of Life Award celebration

Greta and Art Rooney II, owner of the Steelers, were awarded the Jewish National Fund's 28th Tree of Life Award.

December 1, 2017, 1:30 pm 0 Edit
From left: Jewish National Fund Midwest associate executive director Jason Rose with Art and Greta Rooney and JNF Western Pennsylvania board president Steven H. Schwartz. (Photo courtesy of Jewish National Fund)
From left: Jewish National Fund Midwest associate executive director Jason Rose with Art and Greta Rooney and JNF Western Pennsylvania board president Steven H. Schwartz. (Photo courtesy of Jewish National Fund)

On Nov. 21, Greta and Art Rooney II, owner of the Steelers, were awarded the Jewish National Fund’s 28th Tree of Life Award at a reception and dinner at the Omni William Penn Hotel.

Said former Steeler great and longtime Rooney family friend Franco Harris: “Art and Greta are such wonderful, beautiful people and they do get involved, they do give back. That’s really been a trademark of the Rooney Family.”

From Left: Becky Weinberg, Linda Safyan Holber, Franco Harris and Gayle Kraut. (Photo courtesy of Jewish National Fund)

Greta Rooney and past Tree of Life Award recipient Eva Tansky Blum. (Photo courtesy of Jewish National Fund)
Yram Groff with Alexander Muss High School in Israel Pittsburgh Genesis Scholar Maya Groff and Merris Groff. (Photo courtesy of Jewish National Fund)
Student leaders from the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University at the JNF Tree of Life Award dinner. From left: Jodi Tandet, the Janet L. Swanson director of Jewish Studies Life at the University of Pittsburgh; Avigail Schneiman; Serena Mlawsky; Rayna Saltzman; Brian Burke; Brenna Rosen; Elina Lipov, Herman and Helen Lipsitz Israel Fellow; and Dan Marcus, Hillel Jewish University Center executive director. (Photo courtesy of Jewish National Fund)
JNF Western PA board member Debbie Resnick with Community Day School Head of School Avi Baran Munro. (Photo courtesy of Jewish National Fund)
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