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Jewish Sports Hall of Fame Western Pennsylvania 2022 Awards

Jewish Sports Hall of Fame /

Manny Gold Humanitarian Award BILL PEDUTO Ziggy Kahn Award ANDY PAKLER Inductees ERIC ANISHTrack & Field JOSH HELMRICHNFL Executive MIKE LEVYTennis DR. ROBERT MARCUSSoccer Scholastic Athletic Awards JESSICA BALK, Fox ChapelField Hockey & Lacrosse BENJAMIN BEALE, Taylor Allderdice High SchoolSoccer ALYANA CHILDS, Upper St. Clair High SchoolTennis COLE FELDSTEIN, Central Catholic High SchoolFootball, Baseball & […]

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Ready, Set, Vote!

Jewish Life /

    Even though our democracy is only 246 years old, we can look back in Jewish values from 2,000 years ago to guide our understanding of what so many of us understand as the ‘sacred right’ (or is it ‘sacred rite’; or both) to vote. Hillel, an early architect of rabbinic thinking who lived

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Spotlight

Community Spotlight /

In our new Spotlight blog,  we will be highlighting some of our lovely JCC members, community, and their amazing stories. Billy Carney – “B’man” Being inclusive and welcoming to people of all abilities is at the forefront of what we do. Seventeen-year-old Bill Carney, better known as B’man, has cerebral palsy. B’man and his family

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ECDC Children Learn and Explore Through Art

Arts & Events, Early Childhood /

The JCC’s Early Childhood Development Center (ECDC) adopts an approach for the education of young children which is inspired by the ideas and practices in Reggio Emilia, Italy.  The principles of the Reggio Approach resonate with the JCC’s mission to create an environment that nurtures people and connects community each day, through every age, inspired

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December 24 Police Clergy Government Photo

Loving Kindness and Civic Engagement – Faith and Politics – Our Fifth Calendar Year

Center for Loving Kindness /

December 2021 “I believe that our faith could influence our civic engagement.” I am hoping that for some of us, the above statement raises at least one eyebrow.  After all, we know each other well enough to understand how precious I hold the rights explicated in the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights that

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Covid Vaccine Card

The imperative to preserve and safeguard life – Why two JCCs announced vaccine requirements

News /

The mitzvah of preserving life taking precedence over other Jewish laws has been at the forefront of our minds these past weeks It has not been an easy ride for the JCC field these past 18 months. Mandated closures, partial re-openings, staff layoffs, workforce shortages, capacity limitations, new operating protocols, contract tracing, mask requirements and

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Teen Mental Health Awareness Proclamation

Teens Bring About The First Teen Mental Health Awareness Day

Community Spotlight, Teens /

Sunday was a win for teens, teen mental health advocates, mental health organizations, and the community-at-large. Teens who are a part of the Jewish Healthcare Foundation’s PA Youth Advocacy Network wrote a proclamation that recognized May 23, 2021, as Teen Mental Health Awareness Day in the city and in the commonwealth.  The proclamation, written for teens and

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Disability Awareness and Inclusion is a Year-Round Commitment at the JCC

Community Spotlight /

While February is Jewish Disability, Awareness and Inclusion Month (JDAIM), a North American initiative to raise awareness and support efforts to foster inclusion in Jewish communities worldwide, at the JCC of Greater Pittsburgh, awareness and inclusion of those with physical or developmental differences is a year-round commitment – fully integrated into our programming and baked

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Beyond Potlucks and Panels: Interfaith Dialogue for a Digital Era

Community Spotlight, Jewish Life /

  February 1, 2021 One by one the Zoom boxes appear on the screen. A retired Jewish radiologist in suburban Pittsburgh. A self-described “Jew-Bu” in Brooklyn, combining the Judaism of her upbringing with a Buddhist meditation practice. A college professor who has practiced the Baha’i faith since her teens. A lapsed Catholic exploring phenomenological philosophy

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Jewish Healthcare Foundation provides $2.5 million to JCC for COVID Relief

News /

We are excited to share the announcement from the Jewish Healthcare Foundation (JHF) of a $2.5 million dollar emergency grant awarded to the Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh over two years. In making the announcement, JHF stated: “The current pandemic is historic, and it is wreaking havoc—medically, financially, socially, and mentally. The Jewish community

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