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JCC Maccabi Campus Games Pittsburgh 2025: In the News!

Learn all about The JCC Maccabi Campus Games 2025 HERE TribLIVE.com | Pittsburgh to host JCC Maccabi Games in 2025 GIUSTINO RACCHINI  | Wednesday, July 24, 2024 1:23 p.m. The Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh will serve as host for the inaugural JCC Maccabi Campus Games next summer at Pitt. The JCC Maccabi Games are the world’s largest in-person Jewish youth sporting event, and more than 6,000 participants from JCC …

JCC Coronavirus Watch

Mamma Mia!

PHILIP CHOSKY PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAM PRESENTS Richard E. Rauh Senior High Musical 2020 Directed by Jill Machen Show Dates Thursday, February 13 7:30 PM Saturday, February 15 8:00 PM Sunday, February 16 2:00 PM Wednesday, February 19 7:30 PM Thursday, February 20 7:30 PM Saturday, February 22 8:00 PM FOR TICKETS: Call 412-697-3518 $12/Reserved Seats Available until February 6 $10/General $8/Students & Seniors Available in advance: Purchase ONLINE Centerfit Desk, lower level, Kaufmann Building The Second …

People on The Fringes

For thousands if years now, Jewish wisdom has been teaching us that we are not permitted to ignore the needs of the most vulnerable among us.  The authors of the Torah and the Hebrew Prophets that came after them went to extra efforts to remind us that we have a responsibility to treat the orphan, widow and stranger with the same amount of respect that …

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 and their NCAA Tournament brackets! Here at the JCC, we are no different – whether it’s Sherree Hall running her annual poll for the staff or the typical conversations between members about their brackets or their favorites to win it all or who they like …

Entering the Season of Books

As our finger tips scroll through the rest of the summer weeks listed on our phones, we are preparing to enter the season of books. Our students are anticipating the end of summer reading assignments – so many pages divided by so many days… ‘I can do this… tomorrow’. Our business leaders are preparing to close the books on the 3rd quarter of 2015 and open …

Where Do the Days Go?

How often do you ask yourself, "Where did the day go?" Is this a common question in your life? Many of us pack so much into our daily routines, there's no time to relax-let alone exercise. Lack of time is one of the most common excuses for not having a decent fitness regimen. But do you realize that in the time it might take you …

Heart Disease is the #1 Threat to Women.

Breast cancer is foremost in many women’s minds, but heart disease is the nation’s number one killer, and women are the prime target. Every year, more women than men die of heart disease and stroke. The overall lifetime risk of dying from breast cancer is 3 percent. For cardiovascular disease or stroke, it’s nearly 50 percent. While the numbers may be stacked against women, it’s possible …

Shabbat Message – June 26, 2015

Rabbi Paul Tuchman,Temple B’nai Israel, White Oak June 26, 2015 | 9 Tammuz Water for body and soul Parshat Chukat, Numbers 19:1-22:1 The day before this is published I will have returned safely, God willing, from a visit to my beloved native Arizona desert. It is a place of austere grandeur and a fascinating ecosystem. I find it effortless to sense God’s presence there. But it is not without difficulties. …