Beth Kissileff
Beth Kissileff
New Light Congregation co-presidents Barbara Caplan and Stephen Cohen hug at the start of a press conference after the jury found the Pittsburgh synagogue shooter guilty of federal hate crimes, Friday, June 16, 2023, Downtown. (Alexandra Wimley/Union Progress)
June 28, 2023, 6:02 pm
What’s on the menu after a triumph over evil? Hamantashen, of course.
"After the guilty verdict in the trial the previous day, it felt satisfying to be able to sit and socialize [and] enjoy Shabbat together."
By Beth Kissileff
(Photo from Flash90)
September 25, 2019, 3:42 pm
My congregation prays at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue.
Here’s how we are coping this Rosh Hashanah.
By Beth Kissileff
July 24, 2019, 10:28 am
5 years ago, Naftali Fraenkel was killed by terrorists.
His mother looks back on a journey from grief to joy.
By Beth Kissileff
(Photo from Wikimedia Commons)
June 1, 2018, 9:38 am
What I learned writing in Roth’s room At Yaddo
Staying in Roth's room at the writers' and artists' colony, I was shocked by the revelation that Roth was not born ready to inflame taboos and infuriate readers.
By Beth Kissileff
October 1, 2017, 3:47 pm
Israel’s ‘emotional pull’ tugs at author Nicole Krauss
Author's newest novel, “Forest Dark,” recently garnered a featured review in The New York Times
By Beth Kissileff
Ayelet Tsabari: “I love accessing different characters to put myself in characters that are not necessarily me.” (Photo by Sean Brererton)
April 9, 2015, 1:28 pm
Ayelet Tsabari’s award-winning stories reflect Yemenite background, global outlook
By Beth Kissileff
April 2, 2015, 3:18 pm
Some of Lincoln’s best friends were Jews
By Beth Kissileff
Ruby Namdar (right) and his editor, Haim Weiss, celebrate at the Sapir Prize award ceremony in Israel. (Photo by Carolyn Cohen) The cover of Ruby Namdar’s “The Ruined House” features a historic photo of New York’s Grand Central Terminal. (Photo provided by Image Bank/Getty Images)
February 5, 2015, 6:11 pm
In first, expat author Ruby Namdar wins Israel’s leading literary prize
By Beth Kissileff
Dov Lipman
April 19, 2013, 6:44 pm
American-born MK on U.S. speaking tour
By Beth Kissileff
Lynn and Sam Berman of Squirell Hill prepare decorations on their porch, Sunday, Sept. 30, to be hung inside of their sukka. The family has taken a photograph inside of their sukka every year since the mid-1990s as a token to remember how they looked. Sukkot, the Festival of Booths, began at sundown, Sept. 30. (Chronicle photos by Lindsay Dill)
October 4, 2012, 8:35 pm
Decorating the sukka
By Beth Kissileff
Lynn and Sam Berman of Squirell Hill prepare decorations on their porch, Sunday, Sept. 30, to be hung inside of their sukka. The family has taken a photograph inside of their sukka every year since the mid-1990s as a token to remember how they looked. Sukkot, the Festival of Booths, began at sundown, Sept. 30. (Chronicle photos by Lindsay Dill)
October 4, 2012, 8:35 am
Sukkot a time to teach lessons from environmental perspective
By Beth Kissileff
December 1, 2011, 2:35 pm
Where history meets
By Beth Kissileff and JNS
December 1, 2011, 2:35 pm
National Jewish museum takes rightful place  
By Beth Kissileff and JNS
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