Saturday, December 8, 2012
The Festival of Lights kicks off Dec. 8.
This year, Hanukkah begins on the evening of Saturday, Dec. 8, and ends a week later on Sunday, Dec. 16. According to Chabad.org, Hanukkah starts on the Hebrew calendar date of 25 Kislev and lasts for eight days. For those of us who aren't attuned to the Jewish calendar, that translates to sundown on Saturday, Dec. 8. Locally, the Cranberry Jewish Community association will be mark the ninth day of Hanukkah with a celebration from 12:30 to 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 16 in the Pittsburgh Room of the Marriott North on Route 228 in Cranberry. The party’s scheduling will also avoid any conflicts with a different sacred observance—the Pittsburgh Steelers game at Dallas—scheduled to begin at 4:15 that same Sunday, according to the event organizers. …
Saturday, September 15, 2012
Make this holiday special with these traditional recipes and share some of your favorites.
This Sunday, as the day draws to a close, the Jewish community will ring in year 5773 as part of their celebration of Rosh Hashanah, or the Jewish New Year. The festivities will continue until nightfall on Tuesday, Sept. 18. Although there are no synagogues in Cranberry, worshippers can find services throughout the Greater Pittsburgh area. Erev Rosh Hashanah services at Temple Ohav Shalom in Allison Park begin at 7:30 p.m. Sunday. The temple is located at 8400 Thompson Run Road. Here's a link to their calendar of events throughout the holiday. The Congregation B'nai Abraham in Butler will hold services on Monday, Sept. 17 and Tuesday, Sept. 18. Click here for more information. Locally, the Cranberry Jewish Community meets the second …
Friday, April 6, 2012
Here's some of the services around the community this weekend.
Today is Good Friday, the most solemn day of the Christian calendar, which commemorates the death of Jesus Christ on the Cross and his resurrection. When the sun sets tonight, it also will mark the first day of Passover, the eight-day holiday in which Jews commemorate their freedom from slavery and their passage out of Egypt. American Jews typically celebrate the “passing over” with a Seder dinner held at the home that involves story, song and conversation about the exodus from Egypt. The evening also features ritual drinking of wine and eating Matzo, a flat unleavened bread. While there are no temples in the Cranberry area, the Cranberry Jewish Community regularly holds meetings and culturally-based activities, including a Purim party …
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
The Cranberry Jewish Community offers cultural-based activities, including a Hanukkah warm-up event.
A little more than a year ago, Jack Cohen unexpectedly ran into a childhood friend from his Pittsburgh neighborhood while both were attending a work function. Now living in Cranberry, the men reminisced about their Jewish roots. Cohen, who is executive director of the Butler County Tourism and Convention Bureau, enjoyed the conversation so much he began to wonder if there were others in the community who shared his upbringing. “I thought, gee, wouldn’t it be nice to find other people with similar religious backgrounds,” he said. As it turned out, there were quite a few. Through mostly word of mouth, about 50 people showed up to an informal meeting that Cohen and Mike Berman scheduled last year to gauge interest in forming a group in which …
Art Wegweiser
10:06 am on Wednesday, December 12, 2012
That's CHanukkah as translated from Hebrew. The"C"was dropped for those unable to pronounce "CH". I function with a prosthesis voice box and can do it, so can anybody else with just a little practice. Allison Park/McCandless more ›