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a big circle of children outside a school
Posted inLocal Voice

1,000 students crossed the street to show our Jewish school love and support

Jessica TrubowitchPeg Sandel by Jessica Trubowitch and Peg Sandel November 12, 2018
a pile of dollar bills
Posted inPhilanthropy

Too many causes? How to align your tzedakah with your values

Lisa Tabak by Lisa Tabak November 12, 2018
Rabbi Mychal Copeland has been the spiritual leader of Congregation Sha'ar Zahav since July 2017. (Norm Levin/Special to J.)
Posted inLocal Voice, Opinion

At my synagogue, I’ll take 20 Mennonites over one armed guard

9mugmychalcopeland by Rabbi Mychal Copeland November 9, 2018
Bishop Michael Barber and Father Jay Matthews light a candle in memory of Pittsburgh synagogue shooting victims
Posted inUncategorized

My fellow faith leaders showed up, proving no community is alone in its struggle

Rabbi Mark Bloom by Rabbi Mark Bloom November 8, 2018
people in kippot embrace during a memorial event
Posted inLocal Voice

Shootings make it official: We no longer feel safe as Jews in America.

Rachel Raskin-Zrihen by Rachel Raskin-Zrihen November 6, 2018November 6, 2018
Noily stands next to a woman with a sign reading "Havdalah Against Hate"
Posted inLocal Voice

Why so many non-Jewish leaders showed up in our hour of need

Doug Kahn by Rabbi Doug Kahn November 5, 2018
JOC leaders invited to a think tank convened by the Leichtag Foundation in September 2016, including Ilana Kaufman (top right)
Posted inLocal Voice

After Pittsburgh, is anyone considering Jews of Color?

Ilana Kaufman by Ilana Kaufman November 5, 2018November 6, 2018
Naftali Bennett, Israel’s minister of education and Diaspora affairs, speaks at the Jewish Media Summit in Jerusalem, Dec. 6, 2016. (Photo/Israeli Government Press Office)
Posted inOpinion

Israel’s foreign minister is wrong: Pittsburgh is not like Gaza

David Biale by David Biale November 2, 2018
The author is on the top row, third from the left
Posted inLocal Voice

I am a Pittsburgh Jew, a Tree of Life Jew

Melanie Cartiff Marcus by Melanie Cartiff Marcus October 31, 2018October 31, 2018
1999 Los Angeles JCC mass shooting survivor Mindy Finklestein weeps as she tells her story at Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco, Oct. 28, 2018. (Photo/Sue Barnett)
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How the Jewish community healed me after I was shot at a JCC

Mindy Finkelstein by Mindy Finkelstein October 30, 2018October 30, 2018

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