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Historic moment | 06.18.13 - 02:10 pm

<i> From left to right, at the June 16 Yeshivat Maharat ordination ceremony in New York: Rabba Sara Hurwitz (dean of Yeshivat Maharat), Maharat Ruth Balinsky Friedman, Maharat Rachel Kohl Finegold, and Maharat Abby Brown Scheier. Credit: Maxine Dovere.</i>

From left to right, at the June 16 Yeshivat Maharat ordination ceremony in New York: Rabba Sara Hurwitz (dean of Yeshivat Maharat), Maharat Ruth Balinsky Friedman, Maharat Rachel Kohl Finegold, and Maharat Abby Brown Scheier. Credit: Maxine Dovere.

Orthodox Jewish women ordained as first class of a ‘different kind of leader’

by Michele Alperin, JNS.org

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On the surface, Sunday’s ordination ceremony for the first three graduates of Bronx, N.Y.-based Yeshivat Maharat—the first institution to train Orthodox women as spiritual leaders and halakhic a...

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Metro Briefs June 13
The Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh has joined with its national body, the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) in supporting efforts to ensure that the Western Wall remains a “spir...

Jun 13, 2013 | 0

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<i>Jean Chatzky (Photo courtesy of “Money Matters with Jean Chatzky.” Photographer Brad Trent)</i>

NBC’s Jean Chatzky offers advice to women facing financial challenges
In celebration of 10 years of funding women’s and girls’ initiatives in Allegheny County and Israel, the Jewish Women’s Foundation of Greater Pittsburgh welcomed Jean Chatzky, financial editor of N...

Jun 13, 2013 | 0

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Sideman invites Rich Fitzgerald to visit Israel
On his first visit to the Pittsburgh area last week as Israel’s consul general to the Mid-Atlantic Region, Yaron Sideman invited Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald to visit the Jewish state...

Jun 13, 2013 | 0

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The Tzohar Seminary highlighted students’ talents in performing arts at its year-end production held Sunday, June 9. (Photo credit: Arianna Sharfman)</i>

Tzohar Seminary showcases students’ talents in the performing arts
One of the foundational tenets of Judaism is that G-d is the Creator. On a smaller scale, artists are also creators. The year-end presentation from Tzohar Seminary, titled “Creation,” showcased stu...

Jun 12, 2013 | 0

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<i>Helena Ruoti (l) as Polly, and Susan Cella as Silda, wrap Christmas gifts in “Other Desert Cities.”</i>

‘Other Desert Cities’ shines wisecracking light on assimilation
Polly Wyeth, the WASP-ish matriarch in “Other Desert Cities,” opening at the Pittsburgh Public Theater, Thursday, May 30, does not approve of her sister Silda’s fake Pucci blouse — a real bargain f...

Jun 03, 2013 | 0

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First woman Hebrew novelist Sara Foner bucked the times
Sarah Feiga Foner is not exactly a household name, but the late 19th-century novelist, who lived in Pittsburgh for the last 28 years of her life, holds an important distinction: she was the first w...

May 14, 2013 | 0

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Foreign policy wishes for Father’s Day
As a father, I feel responsible not only for my three little girls’ health and well being, but also for their emotional security, their education and their safety. Because of this, I believe that ...

Jun 12, 2013 | 0

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Letter to an Israeli pioneer
Dear Raffa: You came into my life and married my mother when I was 10. You asked my permission and let me try on the engagement ring first. I accepted you as my father. We had the wedding at our...

Jun 12, 2013 | 0

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<i>Robert Perloff, on left, with son Rick Perloff</i>

‘A bris is still a bris’
I feel a little unsettled this Father’s Day. It’s an odd feeling — of loss and strong obdurate silence where once there were words, sounds and a linguistic joie de vivre. My father, Robert Perloff,...

Jun 12, 2013 | 0

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Sen. Frank Lautenberg leaves long record of public service
U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg, a Jewish Democrat from New Jersey, died Monday at age 89 from complications from viral pneumonia. Lautenberg, who was the last member of the Senate to serve in World Wa...

Jun 06, 2013 | 0

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<i> Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (Credit: Wikimedia Commons)</i>

IDF intelligence: Assad used lethal sarin gas against Syrian rebels
The regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has used lethal chemical weapons, mostly sarin gas, against armed rebels several times in the past few weeks, and is continuing to do so, the head of...

Apr 24, 2013 | 0

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American-born MK on U.S. speaking tour
Dov Lipman is coming to the United States this week for the first time without a U.S. passport. As a precondition for joining the Israeli government as a Member of Knesset, Lipman, 41, had to make ...

Apr 19, 2013 | 1

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Thank you event held

The Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh held its Pacesetters Thank You Event for donors who made a minimum commitment of $1,000 to the Federation’s 2013 Annual Campaign. The Ira and Nanette Gordon Endowment Fund of the Federation’s Jewish Community Foundation underwrote the program. Shown at the event, from left, are Ira and Nanette Gordon, Robin Gordon and Peter Gordon, 2013 Campaign Pacesetters co-chair. (Federation photo by Josh Franzos)

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The Dybbuk

Chronicle video by Ohad Cadji

The Dybbuk

Chronicle video by Ohad Cadji

04.25.13 - 02:04 pm

Obama at the Israel Museum

President Barack Obama, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and James Snyder, director of the Israel Museum and Belle Vernon native, at the museum. (Video courtesy of the prime minister's office)

03.24.13 - 01:00 am

Big Night

Video by Ohad Cadji for the Chronicle

03.14.13 - 01:29 pm

CDS Gala

02.18.13 - 01:34 pm

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Ohav Shalom music coordinator and youth director heads to rabbinical school
After a summer studying Jewish texts at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem, Amanda Russell decided that she wanted to become a rabbi. “I just fell in love with what I was doing the...

Jun 17, 2013 | 0

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Beth Goldstein leaving J-SITE this month, was director 5 years
Beth Goldstein, who has served as the director of teen education at the Agency for Jewish Learning since 2008, will be leaving her post at the end of June. Goldstein will be moving to Boston wher...

Jun 13, 2013 | 0

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Rabbis for Human Rights fight for Negev Bedouin
Rabbi Arik Ascherman has been fighting for human rights in Israel for many years, but there is one issue in particular that, lately, has been keeping him up at night: the proposed re-settling of 40...

Jun 13, 2013 | 0

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Rabbi Danny Schiff to lead Temple Ohav Shalom this fall
Temple Ohav Shalom (TOS) in Allison Park has retained Rabbi Danny Schiff to serve as the congregation’s rabbi from Aug. 29 through Oct. 15. Schiff will be replacing Rabbi Art Donsky, who recently ...

Jun 13, 2013 | 0

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