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It is hard to believe that in just a few weeks, children will go back to school and soon thereafter, the Jewish holidays will be here. The Federation and its Shalom Pittsburgh Division for outreach to young adults is once again putting on the annual Apples and Honey Fall Festival at…
GOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAALLLLLL!!!!! If you've ever watched a professional soccer match on television, you have heard that announcer yell out in a long, pronounced way, the word "GOAAAAAAAAALLLLL". For a sport that can be a little monotonous without much scoring (no offense to soccer…
Anthony Weiner. Ryan Braun. Other scandals recently in the news within Jewish institutions (none in Pittsburgh). Every time I hear a negative news story with a Jewish person at the center, I feel pained. I feel it because of our sense of Jewish peoplehood. Each time a Jew is…
I am writing this in my hotel’s business center in Tel Aviv on Wednesday, leaving in just a half hour to return to Pittsburgh. I depart from Israel, as I always do, with mixed feelings. I am excited to return to Pittsburgh to see my family both at home and in the office, but I am…
I am a Star Trek fan. I love the original show, the movies and the newer shows. I've quoted different characters in this weekly email like Spock's famous, "The good of the many, outweighs the good of the few or the one". It speaks to me about why Federation is so important.
