#alternate * Donate * About Us + About Us + Contact Us + Change My Address + Letters to the editor + Suggest a story + Advertise with us + Subscribe to Print * Subscribe to Print * Facebook * Twitter * email * Print What you need to know about Highland Park, the Chicago suburb rattled by July 4 shooting [PJC_Logo_Header.svg] search * Home * News + All + Local + National + World * Features * Opinion * Blogs * Life Cycle + All Celebrations + Births + B’nai Mitzvah + Weddings & Engagements + Other Celebrations + Obituaries + Submit a life cycle event * Calendar + Events + Submit an Event * Community + Community + Submit a photo * Newsletter * The Times of Israel + Atlanta Atlanta Jewish Times + North New Jersey The Jewish Standard + Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle + United Kingdom The Jewish News + Australia The Australian Jewish News + For Publishers Become a Times of Israel Partner * search ____________________ search home page Mass shootingAn 'idyllic suburban Jewish capital' What you need to know about Highland Park, the Chicago suburb rattled by July 4 shooting According to a 2020 study of the metropolitan Chicago area by researchers at Brandeis University and the University of Chicago, Highland Park is 50% Jewish. By Gabe Friedman July 5, 2022, 4:34 pm 0 Edit * Facebook * Twitter * email * Print First responders and police force are seen at the scene of the shooting at a July 4 parade in Highland Park, Ill., July 4, 2022. (Youngrae Kim/AFP via Getty Images) First responders and police force are seen at the scene of the shooting at a July 4 parade in Highland Park, Ill., July 4, 2022. (Youngrae Kim/AFP via Getty Images) (JTA) — In 2014, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency included Highland Park in an article on communities across the country that were melding Jewish pride into their ceremonies for July 4, which that year fell on Friday, just before Shabbat. Locals were used to seeing a 1953 pickup truck drive through their suburb and others along Chicago’s North Shore blaring a mashup of the song “Yankee Doodle Boy” with a niggun, or wordless melody, written by the noted Orthodox singer-songwriter Shlomo Carlebach. The director of a local synagogue said he passed out both American and Israeli flags along the North Shore parade route. “In Highland Park,” he told JTA, “they prefer the Israeli flag.” Get The Jewish Chronicle Weekly Edition by email and never miss our top stories Free Sign Up The report captures Highland Park’s sky-high levels of Jewish pride and provides yet another example of how Monday’s shooting that killed at least seven people at a July 4 parade there struck the heart of one of the country’s idyllic suburban Jewish capitals. (One of the two victims identified so far, Jacki Sundheim, was the b’nei mitzvah and event coordinator for the North Shore Congregation Israel in the neighboring suburb of Glencoe.) The entire North Shore region — which stretches over 20 miles along Lake Michigan, approximately from Evanston up to Lake Bluff — is heavily Jewish, and other adjacent suburbs northwest of Chicago, such as Buffalo Grove and Skokie, are also known for their large Jewish populations. But Highland Park has the highest Jewish ratio of them all, and it was the original Chicago suburb that grew a substantial Jewish population in the early 20th century. A Chicago area ‘Jerusalem’ According to a 2020 study of the metropolitan Chicago area by researchers at Brandeis University and the University of Chicago, Highland Park is 50% Jewish: about 15,000 of the suburb’s 30,000 residents. (About 3% of the Jews in Highland Park and its surrounding towns are Israeli, the study also found.) Thanks to its leading number of Jewish institutions — from camps to synagogues to a kosher butcher and other kosher restaurants — Highland Park is also still a destination for Jews throughout the North Shore, said Jay Tcath, executive vice president of Chicago’s Jewish United Fund federation. “While there are other Jewish concentrations elsewhere in the North Shore, Highland Park’s still the original. Highland Park is kind of still the Mecca, or Jerusalem, if you will,” Tcath said. Highland Park’s Jewish history dates back to the turn of the 20th century, when Tcath said Jewish families began spending parts of their summers in the area. The Lake Shore Country Club opened in 1908 as likely the only of its kind in the area to admit Jews in neighboring Glencoe, but Tcath said it was “primarily populated by [people from] Highland Park.” In 1918, the similar Northmoor Country Club opened in Highland Park proper. Some lamenting the tragedy on social media noted how the shooting punctured a very affluent, normally peaceful town where several iconic movies ostensibly about American suburbia — from “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” to “Sixteen Candles” — were filmed. Highland Park’s median household income was $147,067 in 2020, according to the Census Bureau, more than twice the national median. “It’s a place of movie magic and one of the 100 wealthiest cities in America,” tweeted the noted film critic Richard Roeper. “No place is safe.” Hockey bagels and other antisemitism The town has avoided large-scale antisemitic incidents throughout the 20th century — even as nearby Skokie became the site of a nationwide neo-Nazi march and the center of a landmark Supreme Court case in the late 1970s, and as West Rogers Park on Chicago’s far northwest side saw a white supremacist shoot to kill multiple Orthodox Jews leaving services in 1999. Tcath said that the worst for Highland Park involved antisemitic hockey fans from neighboring towns, who in the 1980s and 90s would throw bagels onto the ice when their children played against Highland Park, to try to intimidate and embarrass them. In 2019, Highland Park High School yearbooks had to be edited to remove Nazi and white supremacist elements from multiple students’ comments. This past April, around the Yom HaShoah Holocaust Remembrance Day, antisemitic flyers were found scattered throughout Highland Park and other North Shore communities (they shared qualities with others distributed in several other cities over the past year by the antisemitic Goyim Defense League group). Famous Highland Park Jews Highland Park’s Jewish population is comparable to Squirrel Hill, the Pittsburgh neighborhood where a white supremacist opened fire on the Tree of Life synagogue in 2018, killing 11 Jewish worshippers. Like Squirrel Hill — which is also home to almost exactly 15,000 Jews — Highland Park boasts an array of synagogues spanning denominations, including multiple Reform congregations and the largest Chabad-Lubavitch center in the area, called the Central Avenue Synagogue. It has also been the hometown for several famous Jews, from “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” screenwriter William Goldman to Olympic figure skater Jason Brown. (The non-Jewish Rachel Brosnahan, who is not Jewish but has said her upbringing around Jewish friends helped inform her performance as the very Jewish comedian Midge Maisel in the Emmy-winning Amazon TV series “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” also hails from Highland Park.) Several Highland Park mayors, including the incumbent Nancy Rotering, have been Jewish. The town is rich in other 20th-century Jewish history, too. In 1967, Highland Park’s Congregation Solel flew a delegation into Washington, D.C., to protest the Vietnam War in what a JTA dispatch from the time called a historic move for an American congregation of any faith. Highland Park synagogue-goers were also active in the movement to free Soviet Jewry in the 1970s and 80s. Congregation Solel was led for a decade by Rabbi Robert Marx, a pioneering social justice activist who marched with Martin Luther King, Jr. and died last year at 93. While the Squirrel Hill shooter’s motive was clear, local police are still investigating the alleged Highland Park attacker, Robert “Bobby” Crimo III. Crimo’s father, Bob Crimo II, is a well-known local figure who owns multiple businesses, including a deli, and once unsuccessfully ran for mayor. Tcath said that while his organization and so many others are still looking into the younger Crimo’s background, Highland Park’s Jews are not reacting first with fears about a looming wave of specifically antisemitic violence. The town is heavily Democratic, and the fact that the incident was another of the 300-plus mass shootings in the United States so far in 2022 has many talking about gun reform. “People are shaken, but they’re not processing it as I was, or I am more at risk, because I live in Highland Park in particular,” Tcath said. “It’s being processed as, ‘This is yet another example of what America is today.’” PJC read more: * Highland Park * Chicago * July 4 shooting * Mass shooting * all headlines * national * Facebook * Twitter * email * Print comments January 7, 2023 Right Now Sea Otter at the Pittsburgh Zoo. Photo by ©Paul A. 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But most Torah classes begin in Genesis and never […] 10:00 am - 2:00 pm New Light Chapel Open Visitation December 29, 2022 , 10:00 am - 2:00 pm New Light Chapel Open Visitation In response to overwhelming interest from the community, New Light Congregation's New Light Memorial Chapel is open for public visitation each Monday and Friday in December from 10 am to […] 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Melton Core 1: Rhythms & Purposes of Jewish Living December 29, 2022 , 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Melton Core 1: Rhythms & Purposes of Jewish Living Registration is now open for Melton Core 1: Rhythms and Purposes of Jewish Living. 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Jewish Children's Discovery Center.. Children will explore captivating stories of our heroic Jewish fathers and mothers and bake delicious desserts that relate […] 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm Online Parashah Study Groups January 8 , 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm Online Parashah Study Groups Join a lay-led Online Parashah Study Group to discuss the week's Torah portion. All classes meet online. No Hebrew knowledge is needed. 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But most Torah classes begin in Genesis and never […] 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm Post Film Discussion Liga Terezin January 12 , 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm Post Film Discussion Liga Terezin Join Classrooms Without Borders for a post film discussion of Liga Terezin with Oded Breda, Michael Schwartz and moderated by Avi Ben Hur. “LIGA TEREZIN” is a documentary film that […] 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm A Conversation with Local Romance Novelist Lainey Davis January 12 , 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm A Conversation with Local Romance Novelist Lainey Davis Save the date for NCJW's conversation with local romance novelist Lainey Davis. Enjoy an evening of cocktails and tales while learning about the writing process, hear an author-read excerpt, and […] 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Melton Core 1: Rhythms & Purposes of Jewish Living January 12 , 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Melton Core 1: Rhythms & Purposes of Jewish Living Registration is now open for Melton Core 1: Rhythms and Purposes of Jewish Living. 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Children will explore captivating stories of our heroic Jewish fathers and mothers and bake delicious desserts that relate […] 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm Online Parashah Study Groups January 15 , 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm Online Parashah Study Groups Join a lay-led Online Parashah Study Group to discuss the week's Torah portion. All classes meet online. No Hebrew knowledge is needed. 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Learn about Rob Rudy and his mother, Sharon, who co-founded Outreached Arms - a non-profit […] 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm America and The Holocaust: A Series of Colloquies January 18 , 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm America and The Holocaust: A Series of Colloquies Classrooms Without Borders is excited to share their new series: America and The Holocaust: A Series of Colloquies. The new PBS Documentary U.S. and the Holocaust has sparked debate over […] (BUTTON) 5 events, 19 5 events, 19 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications January 19 , 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications ZOA Pittsburgh is now accepting applications for its Scholarship to Israel Program from junior or senior high school students in September, 2023 and are participating in a qualified, structured, study […] 9:30 am - 10:30 pm Torah 1 January 19 , 9:30 am - 10:30 pm Torah 1 Understanding the Torah and what it asks of us is perhaps one of the most important things a Jew can learn. But most Torah classes begin in Genesis and never […] 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Women’s Challah Bake January 19 , 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Women’s Challah Bake Join Chabad of South Hills for Women's Challah Bake, Knead Connect Inspire. 7 p.m. 1701 McaArland Rd. $15. chabadsh.com/bake 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Working Mom Support Group January 19 , 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Working Mom Support Group Join NCJW for a Working Mom Support Group, for mothers who work outside the home. Facilitated by group therapist Cortney Seltman, there will be snacks, tea, support, a babysitter, and […] 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Melton Core 1: Rhythms & Purposes of Jewish Living January 19 , 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Melton Core 1: Rhythms & Purposes of Jewish Living Registration is now open for Melton Core 1: Rhythms and Purposes of Jewish Living. This 25-lesson course will take you through the year-cycle, lifecycle, traditions and practices that bind us […] (BUTTON) 1 event, 20 1 event, 20 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications January 20 , 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications ZOA Pittsburgh is now accepting applications for its Scholarship to Israel Program from junior or senior high school students in September, 2023 and are participating in a qualified, structured, study […] (BUTTON) 2 events, 21 2 events, 21 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications January 21 , 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications ZOA Pittsburgh is now accepting applications for its Scholarship to Israel Program from junior or senior high school students in September, 2023 and are participating in a qualified, structured, study […] 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Eliana Light Concert January 21 , 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Eliana Light Concert Join Temple Sinai for a special concert with musician Eliana Light. Great for all ages. Free and open to the public. Registration required. 7 p.m. templesinaipgh.org/event/ElianaLight (BUTTON) 3 events, 22 3 events, 22 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications January 22 , 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications ZOA Pittsburgh is now accepting applications for its Scholarship to Israel Program from junior or senior high school students in September, 2023 and are participating in a qualified, structured, study […] 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Jewish Children’s Discovery Center January 22 , 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Jewish Children’s Discovery Center Chabad of Squirrel Hill presents the six-week program. Jewish Children's Discovery Center.. Children will explore captivating stories of our heroic Jewish fathers and mothers and bake delicious desserts that relate […] 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm Online Parashah Study Groups January 22 , 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm Online Parashah Study Groups Join a lay-led Online Parashah Study Group to discuss the week's Torah portion. All classes meet online. No Hebrew knowledge is needed. The goal is to build community while deepening […] (BUTTON) 1 event, 23 1 event, 23 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications January 23 , 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications ZOA Pittsburgh is now accepting applications for its Scholarship to Israel Program from junior or senior high school students in September, 2023 and are participating in a qualified, structured, study […] (BUTTON) 3 events, 24 3 events, 24 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications January 24 , 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications ZOA Pittsburgh is now accepting applications for its Scholarship to Israel Program from junior or senior high school students in September, 2023 and are participating in a qualified, structured, study […] 9:15 am - 10:00 am Monday Talmud Study January 24 , 9:15 am - 10:00 am Monday Talmud Study Join Rabbi Mark Asher Goodman in learning Masechet Rosh Hashanah, a tractate of the Talmud about the many new years that fill out the Jewish calendar at Congregation Beth Shalom's […] 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Weekly Talmud Class with Rabbi Daniel Fellman January 24 , 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Weekly Talmud Class with Rabbi Daniel Fellman Join Temple Sinai for a weekly Talmud class with Rabbi Daniel Fellman. Noon. On site and online. For more information and for the Zoom link, contact Temple Sinai at (412) […] (BUTTON) 4 events, 25 4 events, 25 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications January 25 , 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications ZOA Pittsburgh is now accepting applications for its Scholarship to Israel Program from junior or senior high school students in September, 2023 and are participating in a qualified, structured, study […] 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm Parashah Discussion: Life & Text January 25 , 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm Parashah Discussion: Life & Text Bring the parashah alive and make it personally relevant and meaningful with Rabbi Mark Goodman in this weekly Parashah Discussion: Life & Text. 12:15 p.m. For more information, visit bethshalompgh.org/life-text. 7:00 pm Beyond Shtisel:A Closer Look At The Hasidic World January 25 , 7:00 pm Beyond Shtisel:A Closer Look At The Hasidic World Hadassah Greater Detroit invites you to Beyond Shtisel: A Closer Look At The Hasidic World, a four-part virtual series learning about different Hasidic communities,discussing some provocative issues, and viewing videos […] 7:20 pm - 9:00 pm Book Smart January 25 , 7:20 pm - 9:00 pm Book Smart Join Chabad of the South Hills for Book Smart, a six-part page-turner that courses through Judaism’s most important titles, and the authors who inscribed them. From the Five Books of […] (BUTTON) 3 events, 26 3 events, 26 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications January 26 , 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications ZOA Pittsburgh is now accepting applications for its Scholarship to Israel Program from junior or senior high school students in September, 2023 and are participating in a qualified, structured, study […] 9:30 am - 10:30 pm Torah 1 January 26 , 9:30 am - 10:30 pm Torah 1 Understanding the Torah and what it asks of us is perhaps one of the most important things a Jew can learn. But most Torah classes begin in Genesis and never […] 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Melton Core 1: Rhythms & Purposes of Jewish Living January 26 , 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Melton Core 1: Rhythms & Purposes of Jewish Living Registration is now open for Melton Core 1: Rhythms and Purposes of Jewish Living. This 25-lesson course will take you through the year-cycle, lifecycle, traditions and practices that bind us […] (BUTTON) 1 event, 27 1 event, 27 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications January 27 , 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications ZOA Pittsburgh is now accepting applications for its Scholarship to Israel Program from junior or senior high school students in September, 2023 and are participating in a qualified, structured, study […] (BUTTON) 1 event, 28 1 event, 28 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications January 28 , 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications ZOA Pittsburgh is now accepting applications for its Scholarship to Israel Program from junior or senior high school students in September, 2023 and are participating in a qualified, structured, study […] (BUTTON) 5 events, 29 5 events, 29 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications January 29 , 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications ZOA Pittsburgh is now accepting applications for its Scholarship to Israel Program from junior or senior high school students in September, 2023 and are participating in a qualified, structured, study […] 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Jewish Children’s Discovery Center January 29 , 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Jewish Children’s Discovery Center Chabad of Squirrel Hill presents the six-week program. Jewish Children's Discovery Center.. Children will explore captivating stories of our heroic Jewish fathers and mothers and bake delicious desserts that relate […] 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm “Share and Share Alike: The Rules of Genealogical Privacy” January 29 , 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm “Share and Share Alike: The Rules of Genealogical Privacy” The Jewish Genealogy Society of Pittsburgh and the Rauh Jewish Archives at the Heinz History Center presents “Share and Share Alike: The Rules of Genealogical Privacy” with Judy G. Russell. […] 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm “Woman on Fire” discussion with author Lisa Barr January 29 , 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm “Woman on Fire” discussion with author Lisa Barr Join Temple Sinai and award-wining author Lisa Barr on Zoom to discuss her book, "Woman on Fire." 6 p.m. Free. Register at templesinaipgh.org/event/LisaBarr.html 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm Online Parashah Study Groups January 29 , 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm Online Parashah Study Groups Join a lay-led Online Parashah Study Group to discuss the week's Torah portion. All classes meet online. No Hebrew knowledge is needed. The goal is to build community while deepening […] (BUTTON) 2 events, 30 2 events, 30 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications January 30 , 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications ZOA Pittsburgh is now accepting applications for its Scholarship to Israel Program from junior or senior high school students in September, 2023 and are participating in a qualified, structured, study […] 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm An Evening with Jud Newborn January 30 , 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm An Evening with Jud Newborn Join Beth El Congregation of the South Hills for an evening with award-winning author and expert on antisemitism, Dr. Jud Newborn. He will discuss the topic “The White Rose Anti-Nazi […] (BUTTON) 3 events, 31 3 events, 31 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications January 31 , 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications ZOA Pittsburgh is now accepting applications for its Scholarship to Israel Program from junior or senior high school students in September, 2023 and are participating in a qualified, structured, study […] 9:15 am - 10:00 am Monday Talmud Study January 31 , 9:15 am - 10:00 am Monday Talmud Study Join Rabbi Mark Asher Goodman in learning Masechet Rosh Hashanah, a tractate of the Talmud about the many new years that fill out the Jewish calendar at Congregation Beth Shalom's […] 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Weekly Talmud Class with Rabbi Daniel Fellman January 31 , 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Weekly Talmud Class with Rabbi Daniel Fellman Join Temple Sinai for a weekly Talmud class with Rabbi Daniel Fellman. Noon. On site and online. For more information and for the Zoom link, contact Temple Sinai at (412) […] (BUTTON) 3 events, 1 3 events, 1 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications February 1 , 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications ZOA Pittsburgh is now accepting applications for its Scholarship to Israel Program from junior or senior high school students in September, 2023 and are participating in a qualified, structured, study […] 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm Parashah Discussion: Life & Text February 1 , 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm Parashah Discussion: Life & Text Bring the parashah alive and make it personally relevant and meaningful with Rabbi Mark Goodman in this weekly Parashah Discussion: Life & Text. 12:15 p.m. For more information, visit bethshalompgh.org/life-text. 7:20 pm - 9:00 pm Book Smart February 1 , 7:20 pm - 9:00 pm Book Smart Join Chabad of the South Hills for Book Smart, a six-part page-turner that courses through Judaism’s most important titles, and the authors who inscribed them. From the Five Books of […] (BUTTON) 3 events, 2 3 events, 2 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications February 2 , 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications ZOA Pittsburgh is now accepting applications for its Scholarship to Israel Program from junior or senior high school students in September, 2023 and are participating in a qualified, structured, study […] 9:30 am - 10:30 pm Torah 1 February 2 , 9:30 am - 10:30 pm Torah 1 Understanding the Torah and what it asks of us is perhaps one of the most important things a Jew can learn. But most Torah classes begin in Genesis and never […] 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Melton Core 1: Rhythms & Purposes of Jewish Living February 2 , 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Melton Core 1: Rhythms & Purposes of Jewish Living Registration is now open for Melton Core 1: Rhythms and Purposes of Jewish Living. This 25-lesson course will take you through the year-cycle, lifecycle, traditions and practices that bind us […] (BUTTON) 1 event, 3 1 event, 3 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications February 3 , 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications ZOA Pittsburgh is now accepting applications for its Scholarship to Israel Program from junior or senior high school students in September, 2023 and are participating in a qualified, structured, study […] (BUTTON) 1 event, 4 1 event, 4 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications February 4 , 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications ZOA Pittsburgh is now accepting applications for its Scholarship to Israel Program from junior or senior high school students in September, 2023 and are participating in a qualified, structured, study […] (BUTTON) 4 events, 5 4 events, 5 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications February 5 , 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications ZOA Pittsburgh is now accepting applications for its Scholarship to Israel Program from junior or senior high school students in September, 2023 and are participating in a qualified, structured, study […] 10:00 am - 11:00 am Media Bias Against Israel with Matti Friedman February 5 , 10:00 am - 11:00 am Media Bias Against Israel with Matti Friedman In Media Bias Against Israel, the award-winning Canadian-Israeli journalist Matti Friedman examines undue focus and distorted coverage of Israel in modern media. 10 a.m. Zoom. $12. jewishpgh.org/event/media-bias-against-israel-with-matti-friedman 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Jewish Children’s Discovery Center February 5 , 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Jewish Children’s Discovery Center Chabad of Squirrel Hill presents the six-week program. Jewish Children's Discovery Center.. Children will explore captivating stories of our heroic Jewish fathers and mothers and bake delicious desserts that relate […] 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm Online Parashah Study Groups February 5 , 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm Online Parashah Study Groups Join a lay-led Online Parashah Study Group to discuss the week's Torah portion. All classes meet online. No Hebrew knowledge is needed. The goal is to build community while deepening […] December 26 December 26, 2022 , 9:00 am - 3:00 pm Bone Marrow donor drive December 27 December 27, 2022 , 9:15 am - 10:00 am Monday Talmud Study December 27, 2022 , 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Weekly Talmud Class with Rabbi Daniel Fellman December 28 December 28, 2022 , 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm Parashah Discussion: Life & Text December 29 December 29, 2022 , 9:30 am - 10:30 pm Torah 1 December 29, 2022 , 10:00 am - 2:00 pm New Light Chapel Open Visitation December 29, 2022 , 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Melton Core 1: Rhythms & Purposes of Jewish Living * There are no events on this day. * There are no events on this day. January 1 January 1 , 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm Online Parashah Study Groups * There are no events on this day. January 3 January 3 , 9:15 am - 10:00 am Monday Talmud Study January 3 , 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Weekly Talmud Class with Rabbi Daniel Fellman January 4 January 4 , 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm Parashah Discussion: Life & Text January 5 January 5 , 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications January 5 , 9:30 am - 10:30 pm Torah 1 January 5 , 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Melton Core 1: Rhythms & Purposes of Jewish Living January 6 January 6 , 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications January 6 , 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm Shabbat Dinner at Chabad of Squirrel Hill January 7 January 7 , 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications January 8 January 8 , 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications January 8 , 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Jewish Children’s Discovery Center January 8 , 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm Online Parashah Study Groups January 9 January 9 , 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications January 8 January 8 , 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications January 8 , 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Jewish Children’s Discovery Center January 8 , 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm Online Parashah Study Groups January 9 January 9 , 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications January 9 , 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Make ‘n’ Eat Monday Nights at Temple Sinai January 10 January 10 , 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications January 10 , 9:15 am - 10:00 am Monday Talmud Study January 10 , 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Weekly Talmud Class with Rabbi Daniel Fellman January 10 , 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm Lunch & A Movie at Temple Sinai January 11 January 11 , 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications January 11 , 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm Parashah Discussion: Life & Text January 11 , 7:00 pm Beyond Shtisel:A Closer Look At The Hasidic World January 12 January 12 , 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications January 12 , 9:30 am - 10:30 pm Torah 1 January 12 , 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm Post Film Discussion Liga Terezin January 12 , 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm A Conversation with Local Romance Novelist Lainey Davis January 12 , 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Melton Core 1: Rhythms & Purposes of Jewish Living January 13 January 13 , 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications January 14 January 14 , 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications January 14 , 9:30 am - 11:00 am Unity Weekend with Tree of Life Congregation and Ebenezer Baptist Church January 15 January 15 , 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications January 15 , 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Jewish Children’s Discovery Center January 15 , 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm Online Parashah Study Groups January 16 January 16 , 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications January 17 January 17 , 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications January 17 , 9:15 am - 10:00 am Monday Talmud Study January 17 , 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Weekly Talmud Class with Rabbi Daniel Fellman January 18 January 18 , 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications January 18 , 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm Parashah Discussion: Life & Text January 18 , 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Squirrel Hill AARP Meeting January 18 , 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm America and The Holocaust: A Series of Colloquies January 19 January 19 , 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications January 19 , 9:30 am - 10:30 pm Torah 1 January 19 , 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Women’s Challah Bake January 19 , 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Working Mom Support Group January 19 , 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Melton Core 1: Rhythms & Purposes of Jewish Living January 20 January 20 , 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications January 21 January 21 , 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications January 21 , 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Eliana Light Concert January 22 January 22 , 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications January 22 , 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Jewish Children’s Discovery Center January 22 , 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm Online Parashah Study Groups January 23 January 23 , 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications January 24 January 24 , 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications January 24 , 9:15 am - 10:00 am Monday Talmud Study January 24 , 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Weekly Talmud Class with Rabbi Daniel Fellman January 25 January 25 , 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications January 25 , 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm Parashah Discussion: Life & Text January 25 , 7:00 pm Beyond Shtisel:A Closer Look At The Hasidic World January 25 , 7:20 pm - 9:00 pm Book Smart January 26 January 26 , 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications January 26 , 9:30 am - 10:30 pm Torah 1 January 26 , 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Melton Core 1: Rhythms & Purposes of Jewish Living January 27 January 27 , 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications January 28 January 28 , 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications January 29 January 29 , 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications January 29 , 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Jewish Children’s Discovery Center January 29 , 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm “Share and Share Alike: The Rules of Genealogical Privacy” January 29 , 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm “Woman on Fire” discussion with author Lisa Barr January 29 , 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm Online Parashah Study Groups January 30 January 30 , 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications January 30 , 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm An Evening with Jud Newborn January 31 January 31 , 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications January 31 , 9:15 am - 10:00 am Monday Talmud Study January 31 , 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Weekly Talmud Class with Rabbi Daniel Fellman February 1 February 1 , 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications February 1 , 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm Parashah Discussion: Life & Text February 1 , 7:20 pm - 9:00 pm Book Smart February 2 February 2 , 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications February 2 , 9:30 am - 10:30 pm Torah 1 February 2 , 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Melton Core 1: Rhythms & Purposes of Jewish Living February 3 February 3 , 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications February 4 February 4 , 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Scholarship to Israel Program applications February 5 February 5 , 8:00 am - 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(Steven Ackerman/Hallmark Media via The Times of Israel) Entertainment Hallmark’s new Hanukkah movie is ‘perfect timing’ amid antisemitism spike, says star By Amy Spiro * Daywatch at the Gate (Image courtesy of Paula Garrick Klein) Art You won’t have a beef with this exhibit: The cow paintings of Paula Garrick Klein By Justin Vellucci * "Armageddon Time," "Russian Doll," "The Rehearsal" and "Tár" were some of the cultural works of 2022 to deal with Jewish themes. (Photo illustration: Mollie Suss/70 Faces Media) Entertainment 2022 was a big year for Jews in the arts. Here’s what happened on screen and stage. By Andrew Lapin Opinion * US Rep. Andy Levin speaks at a press conference introducing his 'Two-State Solution Act,' on Capitol Hill, September 23, 2021. He is flanked by, from left: Hadar Susskind, the president and CEO of Americans for Peace Now; Rep. Alan Lowenthal; Rep. Sara Jacobs; Rep. Peter Welch; and J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami. (Ron Kampeas/JTA, via The Times of Israel) Opinion J Street and what it really means to be pro-Israel By Jeremy Ben-Ami * (Photo from Flash90) Opinion Letters to the editor * Likud party leader Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Religious Zionism party leader Bezalel Smotrich sign a coalition deal in Jerusalem on Dec. 1, 2022. (Likud) Opinion Why we’ll fight Israel’s new extremist political agenda By Rabbi Rick Jacobs * Benjamin Netanyahu speaking at the Munich Security Conference, 2017 (Photo from public domain) Opinion Mr. Netanyahu, your job is to improve Israeli security – dramatically By Brigadier-General Amir Avivi * (File photo) Torah Joseph’s tears By Rabbi Amy Bardack * Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with President Joe Biden from his office in Jerusalem, Nov. 7, 2022. (Office of Benjamin Netanyahu.) Opinion Don’t let the far-right define what it means to be ‘pro-Israel’ By Jeremy Ben-Ami * J-Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami met with the Chronicle in 2017 (Chronicle photo) Opinion J Street is honest about what it is, we just have to listen By Brian Strauss * Poll Chronicle poll results: New Year’s Eve By Toby Tabachnick * Poll Chronicle poll question * Governor Tom Wolf- Franco Harris proclamation presentation. Photo courtesy of flickr.com. Opinion Remembering Franco Harris By David Eisner * (Photo from Flash90) Opinion Letters to the editor * Peloton by Focal Foto. Photo courtesy of flickr.com. Opinion My Peloton Chanukah inspiration By Erica Brown * The Anti Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt retweeted a Twitter thread that singled out New York progressive group Jews For Racial and Economic Justice this week. (Getty/Courtesy) Opinion In fighting antisemitism, Jews can be our own worst enemies. We shouldn’t be. By Jonathan A. Greenblatt * (File photo) Torah Vayigash: Revealing character By Rabbi Aaron Bisno * Poll Chronicle poll results: Chanukiah placement By Toby Tabachnick * Poll Chronicle poll question * (Image via Pixabay) 60th anniversary Creating common avenues of understanding By Jim Busis * The staff of the Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle holds some memorable issues of the paper. From left: Staff Writer David Rullo; Publisher and CEO Jim Busis; Editor Toby Tabachnick; Senior Sales Associate Phil Durler; Staff Writer Adam Reinherz (Photo by Kim Rullo) 60th anniversary Renewing a pledge made six decades ago By Toby Tabachnick * 60th anniversary Remember the good old days? By Evan H. Stein * Dreidel by David Rullo. Opinion I’m a grown-up. I still love playing dreidel. By Beth Harpaz | Forward National * Light middleweight champion Claressa Shields and boxing promoter Dmitriy Salita. (Photo courtesy of Dmitriy Salita) Sports Jewish boxer to be inducted into New York Boxing Hall of Fame By Alan Zeitlin * Logo of the social network application Tik Tok on the screen of a phone. (Martin Bureau/AFP via Getty Images) Antisemitism New TikTokers see Nazi content within 75 minutes, according to a Jan. 6 committee test By Ron Kampeas * Rachel Schwartz stands in front of a piece of graffiti that plays on the commandment to wear tzitzit, written in the Hebrew feminine. (Courtesy of Rachel Schwartz) Religion Queer artists reimagine Jewish ritual garments for all bodies By Jackie Hajdenberg * Robert Kraft (New England Patriots, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons) Philanthropy Robert Kraft donates $18,003 to fundraiser for NFL player who suffered cardiac arrest By Jacob Gurvis * Barbara Walters in her office, as photographed by Lynn Gilbert in 1979, New York. (Lynn Gilbert, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons) News obituary Barbara Walters, groundbreaking Jewish TV host, dies at 93 By Gabe Friedman * Whoopi Goldberg, 2011 (Photo by Mark Taylor from Rockville, USA, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons) Controversial comments Whoopi Goldberg insists she didn’t double down on claim Holocaust wasn’t about race By TOI Staff * Rep.-elect George Santos addresses the Republican Jewish Coalition summit, Nov. 19, 2022. (Screenshot/YouTube) Politics Republican Jewish Coalition CEO: George Santos ‘will not be welcome’ at our events By Philissa Cramer * Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker and US President Joe Biden help Holocaust Survivor Bronia Brandman to a menorah during a Hanukkah Holiday Reception in the Grand Foyer of the White House, Dec. 19, 2022. (Brendan Smialowski / AFP/via Getty Images) Chanukah The White House celebrates Chanukah in the shadow of rising antisemitism By Ron Kampeas * Bari Weiss shown in The New York Times newsroom in 2018. (Josefin Dolsten) Social media Bari Weiss takes leading role in Elon Musk’s push to limit Twitter moderation By Ron Kampeas and Gabe Friedman * Rep. Elaine Luria questions a witness during the House Select Committee hearing investigating the January 6 attack on US Capitol in Washington, D.C., July 27, 2021. (Bill O'Leary-Pool/Getty Images) Antisemitism Elaine Luria accuses colleagues of peddling antisemitic dual loyalty trope By Ron Kampeas * Adam Sandler gives an acceptance speech at the 2022 Gotham Awards. (Getty Images via Nina Westervelt) Humor Adam Sandler to receive Mark Twain Prize for American Humor By Jackie Hajdenberg * The Washington Commanders and New York Giants matched up on Dec. 4, 2022 at MetLife Stadium. (Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post via Getty Images) Chanukah ‘Sunday Night Football’ to feature first-ever Chanukah menorah lighting By Jacob Gurvis * Josh Shapiro talks to supporters at a canvass kickoff in Swarthmore on Oct. 8. (Photo by Jarrad Saffren) Politics Josh Shapiro transitions to governor’s office By Jarrad Saffren * Kevin McCarthy of California walks out to give a speech on the results of the midterm election at the Westin Hotel in Washington, D.C, Nov. 9, 2022. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images) Antisemitism Liberal Jewish groups blast McCarthy for pledge to remove Ilhan Omar from committee By Ron Kampeas * Second gentleman Douglas Emhoff, husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, delivers remarks during a roundtable about the rise of antisemitism in the Indian Treaty Room at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, Dec. 7, 2022. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Fighting Antisemitism Biden task force to draft strategy for fighting antisemitism By Ron Kampeas * Donald Trump announces his bid for the presidency at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Nov. 15, 2022. (Thomas Simonetti for The Washington Post via Getty Images) Broad accusations Trump: Jewish leaders ‘lack loyalty’ and should be ‘ashamed’ By Ron Kampeas * Second gentleman Douglas Emhoff, husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, delivers remarks during a roundtable about the rise of antisemitism in the Indian Treaty Room at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, Dec. 7, 2022. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Fighting antisemitism Biden administration officials meet with Jewish leaders to tackle antisemitism surge By Ron Kampeas * J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami at J Street’s 2022 national conference in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 4, 2022. (Courtesy of J Street) Israel advocay J Street to AIPAC: ‘Pull back’ on political spending and we will too By Jacob Kornbluh * Sen. Jacky Rosen is interviewed in Dry Lake Valley, Nev., June 28, 2021. (Gabe Ginsberg/Getty Images for MGM Resorts International) Fighting antisemitism 125 lawmakers call for ‘whole of government’ approach to fight antisemitism By Ron Kampeas * Temple Beth El of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, as seen in 2008 (Photo by Dave Parker, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons) Antisemitism Michigan man charged after threatening synagogue-goers yelled antisemitic invective during arraignment By Andrew Lapin World * Pope Benedict XVI lays a wreath at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial's Hall of Remembrance in Jerusalem, May 11, 2009. in Jerusalem, Israel. The pope ultimately did not enter the memorial because of its portrayal of Pius XII, the pope during the Holocaust. (David Silverman/Getty Images) News obituary Pope Benedict XVI dies at 95 By David I. Klein * Pinchas Goldschmidt, former chief rabbi of Moscow, attends the 32nd General Assembly of the Conference of European Rabbis in Munich, Germany, May 30, 2022. (Sven Hoppe/picture alliance via Getty Images) Antisemitism Moscow’s former chief rabbi: ‘The best option for Russian Jews is to leave’ By David I. Klein * Pope Benedict XVI performing a blessing during the canonization mass in St. Peter's Square in Rome, Italy on Sunday Oct. 12, 2008 (Rvin88derivative work: Jüppsche, CC BY 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons) Remembering Pope Emeritus Netanyahu offers condolences for death of ex-pope Benedict, recounts Israel visit By TOI Staff * Benjamin Netanyahu, center, with Aryeh Deri, right, and other lawmakers at a plenum session on forming the government, in the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, Dec. 29, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) Israeli politics Netanyahu swears in new government, giving far-right figures key roles By Gabe Friedman * Likud party leader Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Religious Zionism party leader Bezalel Smotrich sign a coalition deal in Jerusalem on Dec. 1, 2022. (Likud) Israeli politics Coalition deals finalized before far-right Israeli government is sworn in By Philissa Cramer * Barracks at Stutthof Concentration Camp after liberation (Public domain) Holocaust justice 97-year-old German woman convicted of complicity in 10,500 Nazi death camp murders By Philissa Cramer * Francesca Albanese speaks at a U.N. forum in New York, May 18, 2018. (Atilgan Ozdil/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) Antisemitism US officials blast UN rapporteur on Palestinian rights over antisemitic comments By Ron Kampeas * Ben Greenfield and Jerry Cohen, founders of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream in 2010 (Dismas, CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons) BDS Unilever ‘resolves’ legal battle with Ben & Jerry’s board over Israel sales By Andrew Lapin * Rabbi Walter Homolka, rector of the Abraham Geiger College, in the Liberal Jewish community's synagogue in Hanover, Germany in December 2016. (Julian Stratenschulte/picture alliance via Getty Images) Abuse of power Prominent German rabbi exits leadership roles as allegations against him confirmed By Toby Axelrod * Volodymyr Zelensky pictured during a a welcoming ceremony in Kyiv, Nov. 26, 2022. (Philip Reynaers / Pool / Photonews via Getty Images) Recognition Volodymyr Zelensky named Time’s ‘person of the year’ By Caleb Guedes-Reed and Gabe Friedman * Felix Klein, Federal Government Commissioner for Jewish Life in Germany, speaks during a press conference in Berlin, Nov. 8, 2022. (Christian Marquardt/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Fighting antisemitism Germany approves first-ever government plan to combat antisemitism By Toby Axelrod * "Farha" is Jordan's entry into the Oscars. (Screenshot from YouTube) Streaming Israel condemns Netflix movie about 1948 War of Independence By Andrew Lapin * Likud party leader Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Religious Zionism party leader Bezalel Smotrich sign a coalition deal in Jerusalem on Dec. 1, 2022. (Likud) Israeli politics Likud, Religious Zionist parties sign coalition agreement By JNS * The granary that was built in the 15th century on top of the medieval Jewish cemetery of Erfurt. (Photo by Shai Carmi/Hebrew University via The Times of Israel) Archaeology Largest study of ancient DNA shows medieval Ashkenazi Jewry was surprisingly diverse By Amanda Borschel-Dan * Benjamin Netanyahu speaking at the Munich Security Conference, 2017 (Photo from public domain) Antisemitism Netanyahu on Trump’s dinner with Kanye West and Nick Fuentes: ‘He shouldn’t do that’ By Ron Kampeas * VIENNA, AUSTRIA - SEPTEMBER 22: Jose Pekerman the head coach / manager of Venezuela during the International Friendly match between Venezuela and Iceland at Motion Invest Arena on September 22, 2022 in Vienna, Austria. (Photo by Robbie Jay Barratt - AMA/Getty Images) Soccer All the Jewish players and storylines to watch in the 2022 World Cup By Jacob Gurvis * Students from University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon and Duquesne University on a 2018 Birthright trip. Future trips may include smaller numbers of students after Birthright Israel announced it would be cutting funding for the program. 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