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Every year, for the last several, I have looked forward to writing this week’s Shabbat message about our communal Tikkun Leil Shavuot (the night of study that took place on Tuesday evening at the JCC). This program, run by the Agency for Jewish Learning with support from the JCC and the…
Community coming together. Our newly reconfigured Community Relations Council (CRC) held its first Delegate Assembly meeting last night. The Delegate Assembly is populated by the volunteer Chairs/Presidents from approximately 60 organizations and synagogues throughout our region…
For fifty years, the National Young Leadership Cabinet of the Jewish Federations of North America has served as a training ground for Federation and Jewish communal leadership. This past week, we held a reunion of all of Pittsburgh's graduates, current participants and potential future…
One of our shining star new programs in the community is the Jewish Federation Volunteer Center. All of you, as donors to the Federation, should feel great about supporting this new effort. I also want to thank our friends and partners at the United Way for their support. I asked Jenny…
In modern sociological literature about the American Jewish community and Jewish continuity, much has been written about the fact that young Jews today have multiple identities. A young person can be a vegan, heterosexual, biking, movie watcher, parent and a cultural Jew where being…
