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New Fitness Equipment / New Challenges!

As I await the delivery of our new equipment to Squirrel Hill Centerfit, I’ve been thinking about how much has...

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  • Fitness & Wellness

Drink your water!

It’s Drinking Water Week — a good time to remind us of the many, many benefits of drinking water. Here...

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  • Fitness & Wellness

Seder supplements to make your Passover relevant this year

What I love about the seder is that the ritual that began the night before we left Egypt has been...

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  • Teens

“Let All Who Are Hungry Come and Eat!”

Year after year, brisket after brisket, matzah after matzah… this line is the highlight of my Passover experience. There is...

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  • Jewish Life, Teens

J-Serve Pittsburgh: Teamwork in Action

Last June, four collaborating agencies – BBYO, Repair the World, the Volunteer Center of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh...

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  • Jewish Life, Teens
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March Madness: We Feel It Year-Round at the JCC

Ahhh…March Madness…the time of year where die-hard fans, casual fans and just about everyone in-between focuses their attention on basketball...

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  • Sports, Aquatics, & Dance

J-Serve: A Day of Community Service for Teens

This Sunday, for the 12th consecutive year in Pittsburgh, more than 300 Jewish teens in 6th-12th grade will join together...

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  • Community Spotlight

National Nutrition Month: Let's Talk About Food!

OK, it’s National Nutrition Month, so let’s talk about food. Quick: what does a healthy diet look like? If you...

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  • Fitness & Wellness, Nutrition

Heart Healthy Eating

Did you know that heart disease is the number one killer of women AND men? It causes 1 in 3...

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  • Fitness & Wellness, Nutrition

A Lesson from the J&R Day Camp Garden

Children have an innate affinity to being in nature, to sensory play, to experiential learning that we see every day...

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  • Camps, Early Childhood, Teens

About Big Night: The Prom

Dancing Queens and limousines – prom night is a magical milestone! We can’t wait for you to make some new...

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  • Big Night, Happenings
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PJ Library Celebrates Authors & Illustrators Week

With the week of February 5th being Children’s Authors and Illustrators Week, what better opportunity than to highlight a few...

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  • Happenings, Jewish Life, Teens
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Community is our Middle Name

February 3, 2017 At this time of challenging and often contentious public discourse, we proudly wear ‘COMMUNITY’ as our middle...

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  • History 120 Years, Jewish Life

J Line – Teens and Jewish Values at Work

“For I, the Lord, love justice.” -Isaiah 61:8   “You shall love the stranger, for you were strangers.” -Deuteronomy 10:19...

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  • Teens

100 Letters – 100 Days

I would love to read the President’s mail. But of course, that would be illegal without his permission. We do...

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  • Community Spotlight, Early Childhood, Teens

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Swimmers, please note that the Squirrel Hill pools will be closed from 11 am-3 pm on Sunday, March 29,  for the Jack Morris Invite swim meet.
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