Deborah Weisberg
The 2025 Alfred Lerner Fellows (Photo courtesy of the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous)
July 6, 2025, 12:18 pm
Pittsburgh-area teachers inspired by national Holocaust education seminar
"My goal in teaching about the Holocaust is to make a better world where can all live together and not see each other as strangers.”
By Deborah Weisberg
Mike and Lindsay Goldberg at the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy Conference (Photo courtesy of Mike and Lindsay Goldberg)
June 30, 2025, 8:13 am
Pittsburgh family leads global fight against little-known RYR-1 disease
In July, the foundation will host its fourth International Family Conference at the Hyatt Regency Pittsburgh International Airport for RYR-1-affected children and adults.
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
The core group of Dragons, bottom row, from left: Carol Steinbach, Steve Harr, Robbie Reicher. Top row, from left: Neal Wein, Bill Reinfeld, Henry Slesinger and Tom Stutz (Photo by Deborah Weisberg)
June 8, 2025, 10:06 am
Allderdice ’58 alums reunite to celebrate 70+ years of friendship
They came of age in the golden glow of the 1950s — and 70 years later, still see each other just as they did back in high school.
By Deborah Weisberg
(Image courtesy of Pixabay)
May 30, 2025, 11:34 am
Pilot program aims to help Jewish families navigate divorce with compassion
Divorce First Responder is being marketed to secular as well as practicing Jews of all denominations from Reform to Orthodox, where support is often more limited.
By Deborah Weisberg
Volunteers prepare food at Our Giving Kitchen. (Photo courtesy of Our Giving Kitchen)
May 12, 2025, 3:43 pm
Our Giving Kitchen expands as it works to address food insecurity
The nonprofit kitchen can accommodate more than 50 volunteers and generate over 300 kosher meals a week.
By Deborah Weisberg
Groundbreaking of Krause Commons. E.J. Strassburger, first row, second from right. (Photo courtesy of The Branch)
April 25, 2025, 1:04 pm
E. J. Strassburger’s legacy of leadership takes center stage at Branch fundraiser
Strassburger will be honored for his many contributions to growing the organization.
By Deborah Weisberg
Jeffrey Cole speaks with docents for the “Americans and the Holocaust” exhibit in Beaver Falls (Photo by Michael Duncan/Geneva College)
April 11, 2025, 1:40 pm
What did Americans know? Beaver Falls Holocaust exhibit challenges historical memory
It is an aspect of the Holocaust “largely underexplored, even in college history classes."
By Deborah Weisberg
Caryl and Irving Halpern (Photo courtesy of Steve Halpern)
March 30, 2025, 6:20 pm
Irving Halpern, entrepreneur and community stalwart, dies at 98
“He was from one of the great generations of Federation leadership." — Jeff Finkelstein
By Deborah Weisberg
Mason McCulley, Brandon Mendez Homer, Noah Wyle and Tracy Ifeachor in “The Pitt” (Photo by John Johnson/Max)
March 14, 2025, 1:55 pm
Local ER doctors agree: ‘The Pitt’ gets it right, from overcrowding to empathy
Unlike other medical dramas, the on point portrayal by "The Pitt” of both the clinical and sociological dimensions of an emergency department resonates with the program’s devotees.
By Deborah Weisberg
Book cover (Photo courtesy of the publisher)
March 14, 2025, 12:53 pm
Transgender scholar Joy Ladin examines gender and Torah at Dor Hadash event
Joy Ladin was the first openly transgender professor at an Orthodox Jewish institution.
By Deborah Weisberg
Fabiana Cheistwer leads an aquatic wellness activity (Photo courtesy of Providence Point)
February 28, 2025, 10:58 am
Innovative wellness programs at Providence Point earn Fabiana Cheistwer top recognition
Since joining Providence Point at its inception in 2009, Cheistwer has utilized a SPICES model to provide meaningful activities for residents and associates.
By Deborah Weisberg
Joel Roteman (Photo courtesy of the Rauh Jewish Archives)
February 16, 2025, 11:43 am
Former Chronicle editor Joel Roteman dies at 87
A "quintessential Pittsburgher" and a "quintessential newsman"
By Deborah Weisberg
The Pittsburgh delegation to the CYP international conference (Photo courtesy of CYP)
February 10, 2025, 10:32 am
Pittsburghers join immersive Jewish weekend at Chabad Young Professionals Summit
About 700 Gen Zers and millennials from 30 countries took part in the event
By Deborah Weisberg
Jeffrey Finkelstein, president and CEO of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh, gives a statement after the jury's eligibility decision in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial on Thursday, July 13, 2023, outside Joseph F. Weis Jr. U.S. Courthouse, Downtown. The jury found the gunman eligible for the death penalty. (Emily Matthews/Pittsburgh Union Progress)
January 27, 2025, 11:09 am
Jeff Finkelstein marks 20 years as Federation CEO
“I’m blessed to have this job,” Finkelstein said. “I love what I do most days and wake up inspired to do more."
By Deborah Weisberg
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