(RNS) Rodef Shalom Congregation placed Rabbi Aaron Bisno on administrative leave in late November after employees complained about his conduct. Now the board has decided not to renew his contract.
The virtual tour will feature the synagogue's main sanctuary, a circa-1907 Kimball organ, and the 100,000-square-foot building’s stunning stained-glass window panels.
Squirrel Hill is lovingly known as “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.” It’s the area of Pittsburgh where television icon Fred Rogers not only lived, but nurtured. “There is a cohesiveness of the neighborhood,” said Helen Wilson, vice-president of the Squirrel Hill Historical Society. “There is a network of support. People care here.”
Pittsburgh MultiStories: The Beacon's Perch – The Grant Building|!!| When it opened in 1929 as the city’s tallest structure|!!| crowds of sightseers paid a quarter to visit the rooftop observation deck of the Grant Building named for the street|!!| which was named for the hill|!!| which was named for the somewhat hapless general.
On Pittsburgh’s East End sits a neighborhood with an abundance of sights, stores and places to grab a bite. Shadyside was labeled “Our Greenwich Village” by the Pittsburgh Press in the 1960s and ‘70s. A former railroad town, its name is derived from a Pennsylvania Railroad station’s “shady” lanes in