Communal 2nd Seder 5779
Because We Were Strangers in Egypt Saturday, April 20th, 2019 | 6:00 pm “Because you were strangers in Egypt” (Ex. 22:20) – one tradition teaches that the Torah exhorts us no less than 36 times not to mistreat the sojourner among us, because we know what it means to be an alien. When we tell […]
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 […]
Sisterhood Torah Fund Brunch
Sunday, April 7, 2019 | 10:00 a.m. Congregation Beth Shalom's Sisterhood 2019 Torah Fund Brunch will be honoring Benita "Bunny" Morris. Bunny is a lifetime Board Member, has served on numerous committees, and she and her family have been with the shul for generations. Bunny, a native Pittsburgher, taught Health and Physical Education in the […]
Chocolate Seder!
Monday, April 8, 2019 Led by USYers! 5:30 p.m. | Eisner Commons 3rd - 7th Grade | 5:30-6:30 p.m. in lieu of Kadima Lounge 8th - 12th | 7:00-8:00 p.m. $8.00 includes pizza & chocolate! Eat your way through the haggadah in chocolate… RSVP to Marissa Tait by Friday, April 5th youthdirector@bethshalompgh.org or 412.421.2288 x […]
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 […]
Men's Club Shabbat
Saturday, March 30, 2019 - 23 Adar II 5779, at 9:15 a.m. As President and CEO, Paul Siefken ensures that Fred Rogers Productions presents the very best in educational children’s media on broadcast and digital platforms — and beyond. Before joining Fred Rogers Productions in 2013, Siefken spent nearly ten years at PBS, most recently […]
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 […]