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Federation shifts allocations strategy, focusing on community priorities and collaboration

Stakeholder-driven plan includes new mission of cultivating resources, connecting people and collaborating across community to 'live and fulfill Jewish values' ....

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Chronicle's top stories of 2022 | The Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle

With 2023 just days away, here's a look back on 2022 ....

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What A Defunct Steam Plant And A Sinking Road Have To Do With Affordable Housing

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By most counts Pittsburgh is short some 20,000 units of affordable housing … but there’s not a lot of money to go around. 90.5 WESA’s Margaret J. Krauss reports even standout projects can run the risk of failure.
By most counts Pittsburgh is short some 20,000 units of affordable housing, and the number continues to grow. Meeting the need, while always a challenge, seems even more daunting against the backdrop of vast housing insecurity revealed by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
The city’s Housing Opportunity Fund, or HOF, is often a final stop for affordable housing projects; through its Rental Gap Program it can make the kind of last-piece-of-the-puzzle loans nonprofit developers need to make their numbers work. Earlier this month, the fund’s advisory board debated such a situation at Flats on Forward, at the corner of Forward and Murray Avenues. ....

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Jewish Federation says if you can't go out for Chinese on Christmas, donate the cash

It’s perhaps the most unofficial Christmas tradition there is.
On Christmas Day, many members of the Jewish community go out to eat at Chinese restaurants because they are usually the only ones open.
This is often followed by a trip to the nearest bowling alley.
It’s a ritual that goes back more than 100 years, when Jewish and Chinese immigrants shared a neighborhood on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
With Pennsylvania restaurants closed by state order through the holidays, however, the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh is encouraging people to use the money they’re saving on a Christmas Chinese meal to help those in need during the pandemic. ....

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