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<i>Pictured from left are Head of School Avi Baran Munro, Winter Gala chairs Stefani Pashman and Jeremy Feinstein and Leadership Award recipient Karen Feinstein. (David Bachman photo)</i>
CDS celebrates Winter Gala Roaring ’20s style
The roaring ’20s were a time of economic prosperity for Americans who believed the sky was the limit when discussing the future of the country. As the Jewish Healthcare Foundation enters its 20th ...
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<i>The July 8, 1976, front page.</i>
Rabin addressed readers following Entebbe rescue  
(Editor’s Note: Retro News is a column that will appear every week as part of the celebration of the Chronicle’s 50th anniversary. Each week, Retro News will look at a past issue of the Chronicle,...
Jan 25, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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<i>Agudath Achim synagogue in Huntingdon was struggling to survive in the 1980s. Today, it has 100 members and drew 40 to 60 worshippers for the most recent High Holy Days. </i>
Huntingdon Co. center to preserve central PA Jewish history
The Jewish population of central Pennsylvania may be dwindling, but its stories and records will be kept alive, thanks to the stewardship of Jewish leaders in Huntingdon, as well as a group of non-...
Jan 25, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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<i> The Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon. (Ben Frank photo)</i>
A Jewish presence continues in this jungle land
You don’t have to take the “Road to Mandalay, Where the flyin’ fishes play,” to find the Jews of Burma, a country where little has changed since British colonial times over a half century ago. Fly...
Feb 03, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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<i>Chronicle photo by Ohad Cadji Micah Toll thinks his PEV0 electric bike (pictured here) is durable enough for the hills of Pittsburgh and Israel.</i>
Jewish engineering student to make durable EVs in ’Burgh
A University of Pittsburgh senior, who plans to make aliya this summer, is starting his own electric bike company, which he hopes will be a hit here and in the Jewish state. Micah Toll, 22, was th...
Feb 02, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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<i>Bubbe signs her award-winning book. (Credit: Chalutz Productions)</i>
Bubbe’s recipes
A University of Pittsburgh senior, who plans to make aliya this summer, is starting his own electric bike company, which he hopes will be a hit here and in the Jewish state. Micah Toll, 22, was th...
Jan 31, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Shelley’s words apply to today’s ‘Arab Spring’  
JERUSALEM — The English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley surely did not have the Arab world in mind when he penned the concluding verse of his “Ode to the West,” which reads: “If winter comes, can spring ...
Feb 02, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Campaign against campus anti-Semitism is making gains
Just over a year ago, the Jewish community won an important victory against campus anti-Semitism. The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) agreed, for only the second time, ...
Feb 02, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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<i>Joel Rubin</i>
Israel’s ’74 pact with Syria shows we can deal with Iran  
WASHINGTON — In 1974, Israel struck a security deal with Syria that is still in effect today.  The West should seek to do the same with Iran in 2012. When the subject of diplomacy with Iran comes ...
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<i> Rabbi Menachem Youlus</i>
Youlus pleads guilty
Rabbi Menachem Youlus, the Maryland rabbi who has referred to himself as the “Jewish Indiana Jones,” pleaded guilty in a federal court in New York on Thursday to mail and wire fraud. He admitted i...
Feb 03, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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<i>Newt Gingrich speaks at a political conference in Orlando, Florida, Sept. 23, 2011. (Credit: Gage Skidmore)</i>
Florida primary is first big showdown for the Jewish vote
With Newt Gingrich gaining ground on frontrunner Mitt Romney, the stage is set for a crucial Jan. 31 Republican presidential primary in Florida. By playing a significant role in that day’s outcome,...
Jan 29, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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<i>Rare plants enthusiast Moshe Weiss at Zichron Ya akov, Israel. (Credit: Jeffrey Barken)</i>
Israelis are eager to recreate the botanical grandeur of their homeland.
ZICHRON YA’AKOV, Israel — Rare plants enthusiast Moshe Weiss often contrasts Israel’s agricultural perspective with Hawaii’s strict policies that keep nonindigenous plants from infiltrating a fragi...
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Happy birthday Hadassah
Residents at UPMC Heritage Place participated in an educational presentation about the 100th anniversary of Hadassah, Jan. 24. The residents learned about the history of Hadassah and the new addition being built on the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem. Pictured from left are Shirley Zionts, Sondra Glasser and Judy Palkovitz.
Residents at UPMC Heritage Place participated in an educational presentation about the 100th anniversary of Hadassah, Jan. 24. The residents learned about the history of Hadassah and the new addition being built on the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem. Pictured from left are Shirley Zionts, Sondra Glasser and Judy Palkovitz.
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<i>The November 24, 1977, front page.</i>
Retro News
(Editor’s Note: Retro News is a column that will appear every week this year as part of the celebration of the Chronicle’s 50th anniversary.)  Front Page Four days after Egyptian President A...
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<i>Chronicle photo by Ohad Cadji Micah Toll thinks his PEV0 electric bike (pictured here) is durable enough for the hills of Pittsburgh and Israel.</i>
Jewish engineering student to make durable EVs in ’Burgh
A University of Pittsburgh senior, who plans to make aliya this summer, is starting his own electric bike company, which he hopes will be a hit here and in the Jewish state. Micah Toll, 22, was th...
Feb 02, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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<i>Max and Paige Duhl with Rabbi Art Donsky of Temple Ohav Shalom in Allison Park.</i>
Twins on autism spectrum to mark b’nai mitzva
Like any Jewish mother, Jillian Zacks just always assumed that when the time came, her twins, Max and Paige Duhl, would celebrate their b’nai mitzva by leading services for their congregation. Wh...
Feb 01, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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<i>Bubbe signs her award-winning book. (Credit: Chalutz Productions)</i>
Bubbe’s recipes
A University of Pittsburgh senior, who plans to make aliya this summer, is starting his own electric bike company, which he hopes will be a hit here and in the Jewish state. Micah Toll, 22, was th...
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