Justin Vellucci | Special to the Chronicle
Cindy Berg-Vayonis and Steffi Berg (Photo provided by Cindy Berg-Vayonis)
July 27, 2020, 9:39 am
Holocaust survivor from Pittsburgh beats COVID-19
Two weeks after her husband of seven decades died, Steffi Berg was in a coma and fighting for her own life.
By Justin Vellucci | Special to the Chronicle
The Tree of Life building days after the attack. (Photo by Adam Reinherz)
July 19, 2020, 3:11 pm
Tree of Life moves forward to rebuild site
With the help of grant funds, the congregation has hired consultants for programming services and fundraising.
By Justin Vellucci | Special to the Chronicle
(File photo)
July 19, 2020, 2:22 pm
Dor Hadash to stay at Rodef Shalom
Since being displaced from the Tree of Life building after the Oct. 27, 2018, massacre, the Reconstructionist congregation has been housed within Rodef Shalom.
By Justin Vellucci | Special to the Chronicle
The Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh (Photo by Adam Reinherz)
June 22, 2020, 9:37 am
Federation provides more than $1 million in grants in response to COVID-19
Emergency funds helped pay for PPE, meals for seniors and children, and much more
By Justin Vellucci | Special to the Chronicle
Mendel Hoexter (Photo courtesy of Mendel Hoexter)
June 15, 2020, 11:08 am
A glimpse at the class of 2020
COVID-19 robbed these grads of formal ceremonies, live goodbyes and even the chance to 'slack off'
By Justin Vellucci | Special to the Chronicle
Julie Mallis, city director of Repair the World Pittsburgh. (Photo by Sarah Huny Young)
June 14, 2020, 12:16 pm
Julie Mallis hired to head Repair the World Pittsburgh
Zack Block, who launched the Pittsburgh arm of Repair the World in 2013, has taken on a role at the national level of the organization.
By Justin Vellucci | Special to the Chronicle
Aaron Walker (Photo courtesy of Aaron Walker)
June 5, 2020, 2:48 pm
Spotlight on Aaron Walker, new head of Life and Learning at CDS
Bloomington, Indiana native set to hit the ground running in his new role at Community Day School
By Justin Vellucci | Special to the Chronicle
Part of the Healing Rivers Project exhibit. (Photo courtesy of Center for Victims)
June 5, 2020, 1:03 pm
Healing Rivers Project helps those dealing with trauma move beyond victimhood
'Your history does not dictate your destiny'
By Justin Vellucci | Special to the Chronicle
Yitzy Nadoff receives the Combat Medic Pin while serving in the IDF. (Photo provided by Yitzy Nadoff)
June 1, 2020, 9:00 am
Yitzy Nadoff: The making of a Jewish EMT
The 26-year-old Squirrel Hill native carries on his family's tradition of giving back to community.
By Justin Vellucci | Special to the Chronicle
The a cappella group Kol Shira will be featured in a prerecorded performance during the Sound of Jewish Music. Photo provided by Chani Altein.
May 27, 2020, 3:40 pm
Not even a pandemic can silence The Sound of Jewish Music
Annual event will be prerecorded and available on YouTube this year
By Justin Vellucci | Special to the Chronicle
Yeshiva Schools of Pittsburgh is providing hundreds of free kosher meals during the pandemic. (Photo provided by Chezky Rosenfeld)
May 24, 2020, 1:23 pm
There is such a thing as a free lunch – and breakfast – at Yeshiva Schools
The Squirrel Hill-based school provided food to 600 children last week.
By Justin Vellucci | Special to the Chronicle
The Dancisin family photographed in their home for the photo series Isolated Radiance. Photo by Elan Mizrahi
May 24, 2020, 11:36 am
A Vermeer for our times: viewing the world through the lens of Elan Mizrahi
In just five years, Jewish photographer with an artistic eye has made his mark in Pittsburgh.
By Justin Vellucci | Special to the Chronicle
Doris Rudolph. Photo provided by Rudolph family.
May 17, 2020, 11:42 am
Community leader, family matriarch, Doris Rudolph dies at 96
The philanthropist and volunteer guided three generations of Jewish leadership
By Justin Vellucci | Special to the Chronicle
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