Lox and Learning - "A Memoir of Service"
Sunday, May 5, 2019 | 10:00 a.m. Join Dorit Sasson as she discusses her book Accidental Soldier. At age nineteen, Dorit, a dual American-Israeli citizen, was trying to make the status quo work as a college student—until she realized that if she didn’t distance herself from her neurotic, worrywart of a mother, she would become just […]
Lox and Learning - Why Peacekeeping Fails
Sunday, April 14, 2019 | 10:00 a.m. Fellow congregant Dennis Jett has served as US Ambassador to Mozambique and Peru and is currently a professor of international relations at Penn State. He has written about such issues as the future of American diplomats and the political underpinnings of the Iran nuclear deal. Most recently his book […]
Shabbat Shi'ur with Norm Eisen
Saturday, April 13, 2019 1:00 P.M. | Helfant Chapel Join Norm Eisen, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution who served in the White House as Special Assistant and Special Counsel to President Obama and as U.S. Ambassador to the Czech Republic. When Norm Eisen moved into the U.S. ambassador’s residence in Prague, returning to […]
Lunch and Learn - April 2019
April's Topic: "Homosexuality, Human Dignity, and Halakhah" 4/2/2019 | 12:00 p.m. at Downtown Pittsburgh 4/9/2019 | 12:00 p.m. at Congregation Beth Shalom Ever wonder why you don’t have to park three blocks away from a Conservative synagogue on Shabbat? Or whether your rabbi can marry a gay couple? The Rabbinical Assembly’s Committee on Jewish Law […]
Pesach University
Join us for these wonderful sessions at Beth Shalom. Each will be taught twice, first at 10 AM and again at 10:45 AM! Meaning at the Seder: Has your seder lost its luster? Finding it difficult to relate to 10 plagues, four cups of wine and Dayyenu? Learn with Rabbi Seth Adelson to help navigate […]
Jewish Genetic Diseases: One Family's Journey
Saturday, March 16, 2019 | 12:45 p.m. Join Aviva Rosenberg for a shabbat shi'ur after Kiddish! It is estimated that 1 in 5 Ashkenazic Jews is a carrier of a mutation in at least one of 20 rare disease genes. Aviva is a health care attorney, wife and mother of 3 boys, with personal experience dealing […]
Lunch and Learn -March 2019
March's Topic: "On the Ordination of Women as Rabbis”” 3/5/2019 | 12:00 p.m. at Downtown Pittsburgh 3/12/2019 | 12:00 p.m. at Congregation Beth Shalom Ever wonder why you don’t have to park three blocks away from a Conservative synagogue on Shabbat? Or whether your rabbi can marry a gay couple? The Rabbinical Assembly’s Committee on […]
Clues & Shmooze (with some booze) Fundraiser
Saturday, February 23, 2019 7:45 P.M. | Samuel & Minnie Hyman Ballroom Join us for this fun trivia event, including a raffle, open bar, and snacks! Trivia will be in teams of 3-6 players. Bring your own team or be matched up at the door! REGISTRATION AND DRINKS START AT 7:45 PM TRIVIA GAME STARTS […]