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As of 2017, there were an estimated 50,000 Jews in the Greater Pittsburgh area. [2] In 2012, Pittsburgh's Jewish community celebrated its 100th year of federated giving through the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh. [3] The city's Jewish federation is one of the oldest in the country, marking the deep historical roots of Jews in Pittsburgh.
1949 Jewish fraternity and sorority gathering in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, U.S. This is a list of historically Jewish fraternities and sororities in the United States and Canada. [1] [2] These organizations exemplify (or exemplified) a range of "Jewishness"; some are historically Jewish in origin but later became strictly secular. Some ...
Stanley Gumberg (1927–2009), Pittsburgh-based developer and chairman of J.J. Gumberg Co. [62] [63] Aaron Gural (1917–2009), chairman of Newmark & Company [ 64 ] Kamran Hakim , Iranian-born NYC-based landlord, developer and founder of the Hakim Organization [ 10 ]
But in light of Hamas’ Oct. 7 terrorist attack in Israel, Israel’s ongoing military campaign in Gaza and tensions at home, they said, the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh told them they ...
This followed a months-long campaign of harassment and threats directed at the Jewish community, including the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh and SCN. SCN and the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh worked closely with law enforcement, including the FBI, to monitor and share information about Hardy Lloyd’s activities, which ...
University of Pittsburgh police arrested a person suspected of attacking a group of Jewish students with a bottle Friday night, the school announced on its website. The incident occurred near the ...
Starting in 1654, when the first Jewish communal settlement in New Amsterdam (modern-day New York) began despite Governor Peter Stuyvesant's attempts to ban the first Jewish people in North America from the settlement (until he would be overruled), and for the next 250 years; the Jewish community promised local governments they would not become a burden, by taking care of their own community.
In recent weeks, protesters at two colleges and one university have taunted Jewish students outside or near events held by Hillel, a century-old mainstream Jewish organization at more than 600 ...