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October Newsletter: Commemoration Details and Events

October 7, 2022  ·  

Hello Friend,We stand with our community in love, warmth, and care. We will continue to update you through this newsletter, our website 1027healingpartnership.org, and our social media on all updates surrounding commemorative service and volunteering opportunities, commemorative Torah study, and the commemorative ceremony and gathering on October 27th. Commemorative CeremonyThe commemorative ceremony will take place at 4pm on October 27th at Prospect Drive in Schenley Park. All are welcome and registration to attend the event is not required. We will gather together to honor the 11 taken that day, their families, and the survivors.

Commemorative Volunteering OpportunitiesWe are grateful to Repair the World Pittsburgh, who each year organize the huge variety of commemorative service events that highlight the causes, places, and ideals that mattered to those who were lost on October 27th. These service events help to make our community stronger, more resilient, and more caring every year, and we encourage you to attend one of these opportunities if you are able.Service events led by Repair the World will occur on October 16th, 23rd, and 30th. Opportunities include:

  • Joining the Black Political Empowerment Project of Pittsburgh and the League of Women Voters in a non-partisan voter registration effort in honor of Melvin Wax, z’’l.
  • Joining a cemetery clean-up in memory of Sylvan and Bernice Simon, z’’l, with the Jewish Cemetery and Burial Association (JCBA). This service event is planned in partnership with their son, Marc Simon.
  • Joining the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) to assist in labeling donated books that are distributed to families who come through the children’s rooms at local courts. This project is in memory of Joyce Feinberg, z’’l, who volunteered with NCJW for over 20 years.
  • Joining the Mallinger family and AgeWell at the JCC as we continue our work beautifying the Levinson Patio to welcome the gathering of older adults there. This event is being hosted in memory of Rose Mallinger, z’’l, who was an active participant in AgeWell programs.
  • Joining the Gottfried Family in fostering a culture of inclusivity in the Pitt Athletic Department. This event will be held in memory of Richard Gottfried.
  • Joining the family of Cecil and David Rosenthal in independent acts of service through the Love Like the Boys effort.
  • The JCCs of Greater Pittsburgh and of the South Hills will also be running a blood bank drive on October 30th in memory of Daniel Stein.

Click the link below to learn more about these and many other service opportunities: https://1027healingpartnership.org/service/

Commemorative Torah StudyTorah study will occur both on October 27th and on the yahrzeit on the 18th of Cheshvan (Nov. 12th).  Torah study times, topics, and facilitators have not yet been finalized, but Rabbi Jessy Dressin, Rabbi Joel Goldstein, Rabbi Moshe Rosenberg, and Rabbi Charlie Cytron Walker will be joining us in leading some of these commemorative studies. We will be updating our website as soon as we finalize more details. Torah study will occur exclusively virtually on October 27th, and exclusively in-person on the yahrzeit. Thank you for standing together, as always, as a community of warmth, support, and resiliency. October offers us an opportunity to be fully present in spirit, body, and mind for this process of remembrance.

 
 

Maggie Feinstein Director10.27 Healing Partnership

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