Capping off our year-long celebration of the 120th year at the JCC, we are moving swiftly into the future with significant updates to our digital presence — the JCCPGH.org website. In the next couple days, the homepage will have a new feel to it. Reflecting what members have told us matters most to them, we simplified […]
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Reggio and Jewish Values Enrich Our Early Childhood Program We often are asked how the Reggio Emilia Approach (REA) to learning–the philosophy that we embrace at the JCC Early Childhood Development Center preschool–prepares children for Kindergarten and for life. As part of the Jewish Early Childhood Education Initiative, which provides educator professional development opportunities and program
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By now you’ve probably heard of this new smartphone game, Pokémon Go. The 90s card game has been transformed into a virtual game. In less than a week, Pokémon Go has surpassed Snapchat, Facebook and Whatsapp in the number of daily users, with no sign of slowing down. What makes this game so special, and subsequently
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For the next three weeks Le Tour de France will dominate all conversation in my household where race coverage will be blasting from every electronic device from sun-up to sun-down. Most discussions center on routes, team tactics, doping scandals and tour favorites. My thoughts every July, though, turn to Italian cycling champion and humanitarian Gino
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A state Senior Community Center grant will fund AgeWell at the JCC’s pilot of an innovative program for caregivers. The Aging Mastery Program (AMP)® for Caregivers through AgeWell at the JCC, developed by the National Council on Aging (NCOA), will be offered in both Squirrel Hill and South Hills beginning in the fall of 2016.
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Let’s Continue the Movement of Men Stepping Up to Stop Gender Violence For the third year in a row, we are joining with dozens of other regional leaders in signing the Father’s Day Pledge #FathersDayPledge #PAsaysNoMore This vow to break the generational cycle of violence for children, teens and young adults calls on all of
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Manny Gold Humanitarian Award LYNNE CARVELL Ziggy Kahn Award BEN FORMAN Inductees SAM BELLINSoccer BRETT HOROWITZBaseball ALLAN TISSENBAUMTrack Scholastic Athletic Awards SAMANTHA AMOS, Upper St. Clair High SchoolVolleyball / Tennis / High Jump JAKE AVERCH, Winchester Thurston High SchoolLacrosse / Ice Hockey / Fencing JAMISON BEIRIGER, Central Catholic High SchoolSoccer JORDYN BRINER, South Fayette High
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We do it every day. Maybe twice. Maybe three times. And each time we look in the mirror, we very well might see something different: a hair out of place, a blemish, a twinkle in the eye, a sense of calm…. Jewish wisdom encourages mirror-gazing…. of a different type. You see, our collective mirror stood
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If you’re wondering what that long line is across the street from Casbah on Highland Avenue, people are waiting to try Millie’s homemade ice cream. It’s worth the wait. Millie’s is the brainchild of husband and wife duo Lauren and Chad Townsend. Chad was the executive chef at Salt of the Earth. Before opening their brick-and-mortar storefront
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PSO Brings Music for the Spirit to the JCC The JCC’s Katz Theater will be the site of a special Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Music for the Spirit event – Father and Son: Klezmer Insights on Wednesday, June 15. Noah Bendix-Balgley, the former Concertmaster of the PSO, will share a behind-the-scenes look at Klezmer in anticipation of the June
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The artwork included in Community Day School’s (CDS) Student Art Show at the American Jewish museum, organized by CDS art teacher Jeremy Lerner, reverberates with playful exploration and buoyant energy. The works are based on curriculum around aesthetics, the principles and elements of design, and analysis of the methods and concepts artists throughout history have
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What’s the best way for young children to spend their day? At the JCC South Hills, children from six weeks through age 5, including Pre-K and Kindergarten Enrichment, are engaged in activities that nurture and inspire them as they grow, preparing them for kindergarten and a lifetime of learning. The JCC’s Early Childhood Development Center
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We’re all proud (and sometimes surprised) that Pittsburgh has been anointed a culinary capital, but a recent JFilm presentation of the film In Search of Israeli Cuisine, hosted by once Pittsburgher Michael Solomonov, reminded me that the ‘Burgh may not be at the very epicenter of the food universe. Israel may well be. Solomonov, now a famous Philadelphia restaurateur (Zahav,
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With my favorite holiday, Passover, just around the corner, I can’t help but thinking about when I was the youngest child at our family Seder and would have the opportunity to ask the Four Questions. The Four Questions, traditionally recited by the youngest person at the table, highlight the ways in which Passover customs and
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On Friday night, as my family and guests retold the time-honored story of our journey from slavery to freedom, my son Micah inserted his seder gift into the festivities. He explained how he had been studying Civil War history in school and thought that it might be appropriate to read the Emancipation Proclamation at the
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Pittsburgh’s 200th anniversary celebration has me thinking about the JCC’s part in Pittsburgh’s story, and the portraits I recently stumbled upon of James and Samuel Levinson, tucked away in a JCC office, resonated with me. The subjects’ outsized proportions, crossed arms and straight-on gaze are characteristic of all ‘master-of-industry’ style images. There are, however, captivating Pittsburgh narratives
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Big Night 120 – Celebrating Yesterday, Imagining Tomorrow, was a blast! Take a look at how we partied:
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Opening tonight is one of my favorite events – JFilm: The Pittsburgh Jewish Film Forum. Every spring, JFilm brings in a whole range of films from Israel and around the world—true stories, comedies and dramas that often wouldn’t make it to town otherwise, some provocative, some moving, some roaringly funny and almost all, a treat.
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The South Hills Pool will be closed Monday, August 17 through Saturday, August 29 for annual maintenance and improvements.
We anticipate reopening on Sunday, August 30.