Celebrations

The Jewish Women’s Center of Pittsburgh gathers often to celebrate. Visit our Rosh Hodesh page for information on our monthly gatherings. We also gather to celebrate Tashlich and Sukkot; we gather for occasional women’s retreats/Shabbaton, Tu B'Shevat Seder, women’s Pesach Seder, women’s Shabbat services, and more.

Another way that we gather to honor Jewish women is in celebrating women’s writings in our Book Group. The focus of the Jewish Women’s Center book group is to read works by Jewish/Israeli women and/or with a Jewish/Israeli theme. We meet at members’ homes every four to six weeks on a night that is chosen by the group at each session. Below is a list of some of the titles we have been reading:

• All Other Nights by Dara Horn
• Short Stories Selections by Fannie Hurst
• Drawings in the Dust by Zoe Klein
• The Girl From Foreign by Sadia Shepard
• 36 Arguments for the Existence of God by Rebecca Goldstein
• Deborah, Golda, and Me by Letty Cottin Pogrebin
• If A Tree Falls by Jennifer Rosner
• Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
• The Road to Fez by Ruth Knafo Setton
• Deborah by Esther Singer Kreitman
• If You Awaken Love by Emuna Elon
• The Glass Room by Simon Mawer

LIBRARY

The Jewish Women’s Center maintains a Library on the second floor of the Labor Zionist Center in Squirrel Hill. Books include both fiction and nonfiction, as well as reference and educational materials for holidays, life cycle rituals, Jewish feminism, Jewish study, and archival information about the JWC. For further information on access to the library and/or participation in the book group, please contact us.