Cantor Joshua Finkel named spiritual leader of Shir Hadash Reconstructionist Community
Cantor Joshua Finkel has joined Shir Hadash Reconstructionist Community as its new spiritual leader. Finkel’s first official day was July 1. He succeeds Rabbi Lane Steinger, who retired in June 2016 and continues to participate...
Jews working to help non-Jews, a longtime Pittsburgh tradition
Repair the World is a relative newcomer to the Pittsburgh Jewish landscape — it established a chapter here just four years ago — but its mission to aid the underserved regardless of religious affiliation...
Harry T. “Buzzie” Schukar
Harry T. “Buzzie” Schukar, passed away on Tuesday, July 18, 2017, at the age of 84. Beloved husband of Barbara Lipson Schukar; dear father of Susan (Gregg) Berdy, Kathryn (Terry) Bader and Douglas (Laura)...
City park would honor 19th century lawmaker who stood up for Jews
Members of Congregation B'nai Abraham in Hagerstown are backing the idea of a park across from the synagogue to honor Thomas Kennedy, a Washington County state lawmaker who pushed for the right of Jews...
The Davidson School at JTS and the HUC-JIR School of Education awarded major grant...
The William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education of The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS), in partnership with the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion School of Education, will launch a second Chicago-based cohort of the Jewish...
Adding depth to Holocaust classes
One of many anti-Jewish laws the Nazi regime enacted between 1933 and 1945 prohibited Jews from owning dogs, cats, and birds. So what were German Jewish families to do with their beloved pets?
This question...
San Diego Birthright Bus – Report from Shaar Ha’Negev
Going on Birthright was something that I have been contemplating partaking in ever since I first heard about it my freshmen year of college, but I always found reasons not to do it. It...
Obituary: Clementine Brodsky / Lifelong social justice activist was committed to Jewish community
When Clementine Brodsky and her husband, Allan, walked across the Roberto Clemente Bridge to attend Pittsburgh Pirates games, they often passed by a saxophonist. The Brodskys were regular Pirates fans, and after hearing the...
City Council to consider UC San Diego Hillel Center proposal
An 11-year-old proposal to build a community and religious center for Jewish students at UC San Diego is scheduled to be considered by the City Council Tuesday.
The plan is to establish a temporary Hillel Center for Jewish Life...
New Jewish youth center honors respected community leader
San Antonio’s Congregation Agudas Achim broke ground Sunday on a new youth center to provide a place for area teens to gather and socialize.
The Kavy Youth Center is named in honor of Cary Kavy, who died...