Passover

Young boy at Passover Seder

Questioning Strengthens and Improves Our Community

Thursday, April 18 @ 9:11 PM EDT

I am proud of the questions we here in Pittsburgh have been asking.

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Passover Seder Plate Items|

Neither Had They Made for Themselves Provisions

Thursday, April 18 @ 9:11 PM EDT

Yet, while I eagerly look forward to the seders, I can’t purge what I experienced in Poland and at the Ukrainian border out of my mind.

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Stronger Than Hate Day Declared April 10 2019

Being Present in a Moment of History

Thursday, April 18 @ 9:11 PM EDT

The Jewish Federation’s Community Relations Council (CRC) invited all the family members of those who were killed and those who were injured along with the leadership of the three congregations to join us on a Federation arranged bus to and from Harrisburg to participate in an historic joint session of the House and Senate.

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Passover Bitter Herbs|Dr. Erica Brown

A Passover Prayer Against Anti-Semitism

Thursday, April 18 @ 9:11 PM EDT

A Passover Prayer Against Antisemitism: In every generation, they seek to destroy us, but they have not destroyed us.

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Chag Sameach

Thursday, April 18 @ 9:11 PM EDT

We are still in the midst of the holiday of Passover, celebrating the freedom of the Jewish people.  I write to you today about a program taking place next Thursday that commemorates one of the most tragic chapters in Jewish history – the Shoah (the Holocaust). Yom HaShoah will be commemorated on Thursday, May 5th at 7 pm […]

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Honoring Holocaust Victims, Fallen Soldiers, Israeli Independence, and So Much More

Thursday, April 18 @ 9:11 PM EDT

Passover ends and immediately the activity in the Jewish community starts to move at a frantic pace.  The number of events, programs and meetings is beyond belief and is a testament to the kind of engaged and interested community we have. I would only mention one such event from this past week, the Yom Hashoah […]

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