Community Hillel Academy of Pittsburgh’s STEM Fest
Bet Tikvah celebrates 30 years Bet Tikvah celebrated the 30th anniversary of its founding with a wine and dessert reception held on June 3 at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh.
p Shira Wiesenfeld (right) assists Sori Rodkin in creating a homemade lava lamp from oil, water and food coloring. Wiesenfeld’s project was one of more than 50 experiments and projects presented by students at Hillel Academy of Pittsburgh’s STEM Fest. The May 31 event showcased the work of student researchers who investigated topics including the efficacy of ancient chariot wheels, the erosion speeds of rocks and the journey of flushed contents from a toilet. Photo courtesy of Hillel Academy of Pittsburgh. p Jordan Karp and Jamie Phillips celebrate Bet Tikvah’s 30th anniversary.
Honoring Jewish Educators
Photo courtesy of Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh
The community honored part-time Jewish educators on Wednesday, June 6 at an event presented by the Jewish Life & Learning Department of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh. Barbara Parker presented Pittsburgh’s 2018 Harold Grinspoon Award for Excellence in Jewish Education to Sharon Serbin. Serbin held her grandson as she shared her perspective as a part-time Jewish educator. Serbin is currently in her 20th year of teaching at Adat Shalom Religious School and in her third year of teaching at Dor Hadash Religious School. In Pittsburgh, the Barbara and Lester Parker Fund for a Jewish Future Endowment, an endowment of the Federation’s Jewish Community Foundation, supports the award.
p Jen Butchart and Aly Silver
Photos courtesy of Bet Tikvah
Book burial at Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery Several truckloads of prayer books were collected from individuals and congregations in the community, enough to fill a special, quadruple-sized grave at the Jewish Cemetery and Burial Association’s Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery.
t From left: Helpers Herbert Adelman, Elaine Berkowitz, Harvey Wolsh, Jonathan Schachter, Bernard Dickter, Steven Santman, Rabbi Alex Greenbaum and Judy Ryave McGuire
Photos courtesy of Jewish Cemetery and Burial Association
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