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An unusually large proportion of the Pittsburgh Jewish community from all denominations participated in local Jewish rituals related to death and mourning. Jewish tradition requires a person to guard a corpse until it is buried. Shomrim (volunteer guards) took one-hour shifts at the Pittsburgh morgue until the bodies were moved to funeral homes.
The cemetery opened a designated Jewish section called Chesed Shel Emet in 2011. [6] A second Jewish section, Makom Shalom, opened in 2022. [7] The cemetery and funeral home offers services consistent with Jewish burial and mourning traditions. [7]
Around 1916, Tree of Life joined the national Conservative Jewish network, the United Synagogue of America. [9] In 1906, the congregation began constructing a permanent home on Craft Avenue in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh. [8] The synagogue opened in 1907 with sanctuary seating for 750.
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In 2002, Jewish households represented 3.8% of households in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. [1] 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]
Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation & Roberts Rinehart Publishers. ISBN 1-57098-398-4. Toker, Franklin (1994) [1986]. Pittsburgh: An Urban Portrait. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 0-8229-5434-6. Rodef Shalom Congregation (November 2021). "Temple Rodef Shalom" (PDF). City of Pittsburgh Historic Landmark ...
Inside the Hillel Jewish University Center of Pittsburgh on Sept. 24. Hillel is a century-old mainstream Jewish organization at more than 600 colleges and universities nationwide that supports ...