A WEEKLY TORAH THOUGHT FROM RABBI MORDY This week’s Parsha, Behar, contains various laws including that of the Sabbatical and Jubilee years. What I would like to focus on, however, is the name of the Parsha. These laws were communicated to Moses on Mt. Sinai, the spot famous for being where the Torah was given. The Parsha’s name is “Behar,”… Read More
Friends All Around 2024 Our annual fundraiser gala was a great success! This year’s Friends All Around celebrated 18 years since The Friendship Circle of Pittsburgh was established in 2006. Taking place at The Westin Pittsburgh, we honored our graduating seniors during a VIP reception; heard from parents, members, and executive staff; and watched the Friends All Around video, which… Read More
A WEEKLY TORAH THOUGHT FROM RABBI MORDY The world is an ever more confusing place. It seems that chaos and craziness abound; war, famine and strife are literally everywhere. And yet, we must search for the good. There has to be something out there to zero in on and from which we can take inspiration, right? This week’s Parsha (Emor)… Read More
Unlike a typical weekly roundup, we have decided to bring you some big moments from the programming year in the spirit of Friends All Around on Sunday. The Friendship Circle’s 18th year of inclusive community building was like no other. FC Talks with Pamela Schuller On April 15th, 2024 the FC Alumni Council in collaboration with The Beacon, Repair the… Read More
A WEEKLY TORAH THOUGHT FROM RABBI MORDY This week’s Parsha gives us a host of ethical and practical laws. It tells of laws relating to Shabbat, to acting in fairness in business, to honoring one’s parents, to, famously, the cardinal law to “love one’s fellow as oneself,” which is referred to by our sages as the great principle of the… Read More
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A WEEKLY TORAH THOUGHT BY RABBI MORDY They say seeing is believing. Well, if that’s the case, this Parsha is about belief. The Parsha is called “Re’eh,” which literally means “seeing,” and begins with Moses speaking to the Jewish people about important choices they need to make. His exact words? “See, I place before you today a blessing and a… Read More
August 21, 2025
FOTT Late Night: Bakery Square Movie Night What better way to wrap up the summer than with our final FOTT Late Night: Movie on the Lawn at Bakery Square? 🌙🍿 Members sang along and even jumped up to dance during the outdoor screening of Grease 🎶, filling the night with energy and fun. The Hand Jive Gummies and Rydell Refresher… Read More
August 15, 2025
A WEEKLY TORAH THOUGHT BY RABBI MORDY This week’s Parsha (Eikev) continues Moses’s recapping to the Jewish people. One event mentioned, difficult as it may have been, was the sin of the Golden Calf and how it impacted another event, the Ten Commandments that Moses was carrying down the mountain at the same time. We treat this incident as one… Read More
