Finish up the chametz. Clean the house. Shop and cook for the seder: it’s the same to-do list each year. But for the five 20-somethings living at Pittsburgh’s first Moishe House, this season kicks off their inaugural pre-Pesach preparation as a group. “This is our first Passover together,” said Naomi Fireman, a resident of the house that opened in August to provide a Jewish home-based environment for the young people who live there, as well as other young people throughout the community. Read More...
Finish up the chametz. Clean the house. Shop and cook for the seder: it’s the same to-do list each year.
But for the five 20-somethings living at Pittsburgh’s first Moishe House, this season kicks off their inaugural pre-Pesach preparation as a group.
“This is our first Passover together,” said Naomi Fireman, a resident of the house that opened in August to provide a Jewish home-based environment for the young people who live there, as well as other young people throughout the community.
Read more: The Jewish Chronicle - A Moishe House Passover
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Before they discovered Moishe House L.A. (MoHoLa), Rodrigo Rodarte had never led a Shabbat dinner, Jon Shoer was looking to solidify his Jewish identity, and Joshua Nathan Finn was searching for a way to create a home away from home for his Jewish peers Read More...
A record 50 teams will participate in the 20th annual Tiferet Israel Kosher Chili Cook-off Sunday in the Tiferet Israel parking lot, 10909 Hillcrest Road in Dallas.
“We wanted to set a record for number of teams,” cook-off co-chair Neal Stollon said. “Then, we needed a hard cutoff. We had the team meeting [Feb. 26], and it would be very difficult for any additional teams to enter.”
Of the 50 entrants, 42 will compete in the regular (beef) division, while five teams will vie for the vegetarian chili title and three will feature turkey chili. Read More...
Young British leaders played a prominent role in a Berlin conference designed to help “revitalise Jewish communities across Europe”.
Joel Stanley, 33, and Debbie Danon, 28, were among the participants in Shifting Thought, Shifting Action — a three-day gathering of young “change-makers” from 20 European countries.
Mr Stanley, director of international planning for Moishe House, said the Britons brought a strong voice to the conference, given that Anglo-Jewish organisations had “a lot going on which is innovative. Read More...
Yoni Steinberg zips through the rooms of his rambling three-story Squirrel Hill dwelling, picking up and straightening up ahead of the reporter and photographer who just arrived.
Read more: The Jewish Chronicle - Moishe House hits stride in ’Burgh
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