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
"Love LA" (Copyright, Burton Morris)
January 27, 2025, 10:34 am
Burton Morris unveils heart-themed art to aid LA’s fire recovery efforts
All proceeds from the sale of the prints go to the Los Angeles Fire Department and Wilshire Boulevard Temple Wildfire Relief Fund to support fire victims and first responders.
By Deborah Weisberg
Karen Wolk Feinstein with the Galen Health cofounders, Kushagra Agarwal and Logan Nye (Photo courtesy of the Jewish Healthcare Foundation)
January 24, 2025, 9:44 am
PRHI champions tech’s role in patient safety at Consumer Electronics Show
Three winners and three runners-up, including a team from Carnegie Mellon University, were chosen by more than two dozen third-party judges for their pioneering inventions.
By Deborah Weisberg
Irene Skolnick (Photo courtesy of Irene Skolnick)
January 20, 2025, 9:53 am
A survivor’s voice: Irene Skolnick on the trauma of the Holocaust and the ongoing fight against antisemitism
Irene Skolnick, 87, and one of a dwindling number of survivors living in Pittsburgh, was 2 years old when the Nazis marched into Poland and began their campaign of terror.
By Deborah Weisberg
Evan Wolfson (to the right of Joe Biden) along with his extended family at the Citizens Medal ceremony (Photo courtesy of Evan Wolfson)
January 13, 2025, 12:49 pm
Pittsburgh’s Evan Wolfson awarded presidential medal for advancing same-sex marriage rights
“Hope is a key element of successful activism.”
By Deborah Weisberg
A still from the restored black-and-white silent film “The City Without Jews”
January 10, 2025, 3:11 pm
A chilling silent film returns with live klezmer score on International Holocaust Remembrance Day
The 1924 silent movie eerily predicted the rise of antisemitism in Eastern Europe
By Deborah Weisberg
Participants of PYL 2023 winter trip 1, from West Virginia to North Carolina via Ohio, Kentucky, Virginia and Tennessee, with Mark Rubenstein, second from right (Photo courtesy of Pittsburgh Youth Leadership)
December 18, 2024, 2:17 pm
Two wheels and one mission: Jewish lawyer’s bike trips empower kids to lead
“Some of these kids have never been outside Pittsburgh or their own neighborhoods. We open their eyes to things they didn’t know existed.”
By Deborah Weisberg
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