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Brotherhood

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Temple, Community, Fellowship

Join Brotherhood

Membership is $36 a year.
Meetings are held at 7:30 p.m. on the second Tuesday of every month on Zoom. Our popular in-person dinner meetings will resume when conditions permit.

Email Brotherhood

Contact Tim Litman at litpak@aol.com

About Brotherhood

Since its founding in 1917 as the Men’s Society of Rodef Shalom, our men’s service organization has supported the Rodef Shalom community. Today, Brotherhood engages men of all ages and backgrounds in meaningful activities supporting our synagogue and our community. We maintain links to Jewish men’s organizations across North America through our ties to the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ). 

Brotherhood members serve as ushers at Shabbat and High Holy Days services. We create programs that allow our congregants to meet, mingle, and learn. Brotherhood members prepare and serve food at the annual Congregational Picnic and the Purim Carnival.

We sponsor the Sunday morning Herzog Breakfast Series featuring a wide array of speakers on contemporary cultural and political topics. Brotherhood maintains a Yahrzeit reminder program for congregation members.

Outside Rodef Shalom, we help provide food and clothing for those in need and offer programs open to the entire community. For many years, Brotherhood volunteers have distributed water to runners at the annual Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure.

Brotherhood sponsors the annual East Winds Symphonic Band “Music With a Mission” concert. This popular and well-attended cabaret-style show supports the Squirrel Hill Community Food Pantry.

Brotherhood fosters fellowship by working on projects we believe in and engaging in meaningful activities. We attend to the life crises of our members, showing sympathy and friendship by extending aid and understanding. We work to spread the warmth we find in Brotherhood throughout our congregation. 

Upcoming Events

  • Multiple Dates
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    May 30, 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM
    Sisterhood Room, 4905 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Come join our lovely, little Canasta Group. Beginners are welcome - we will have lessons. New and experienced are playing and ready for more people to join us!!
  • May 31, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
    Sisterhood Room, 4905 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Everyone is welcome to this informal game of mahj!
  • May 31, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
    Zoom
    Join UpStreet, Rodef Shalom Congregation, and the Blue Dove Foundation for this program is supported in part by a grant from the Alex Seed Mental Health Fund here at Rodef Shalom Congregation.
  • Thu 01 Jun
    Multiple Dates
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    Jun 01, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
    Sisterhood Room, 4905 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Contact Sandie Brand if you have any questions.
  • Jun 01, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
    ALC1 and Online, 4905 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Facilitated by local clergy from Jewish & Christian backgrounds, this monthly discussion explores topics of similarities and differences.
  • Jun 02, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
    Rodef Shalom Congregation & Online, 4905 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Rest and rejoice as we welcome Shabbat with beautiful music and meaningful prayer. We welcome interfaith families, the LGBTQIA+ community, visitors, and all generations… and we’re saving a seat for you too.
  • Multiple Dates
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    Jun 03, 8:45 AM – 9:45 AM
    Lippman Library & Online, 4905 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Enhance your understanding of the Torah in this informal discussion about Jewish tradition's central text.
  • Jun 03, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
    Rodef Shalom Congregation & Online, 4905 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Rest and rejoice as we celebrate Shabbat with beautiful music and meaningful prayer. We welcome interfaith families, the LGBTQIA+ community, visitors, and all generations… and we’re saving a seat for you too.
  • Jun 04, 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
    Rodef Shalom Biblical Botanical Garden, 4905 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Enjoy extended hours on our opening day 10am-7pm! Starting at 5:00 PM, join us as the Garden is transformed by Tikkun Chant Circle through the exploration of sacred Hebrew phrases with simple, repetitive melodies and rhythms. Free Parking · Free Admission · Wheelchair Accessible
  • Mon 05 Jun
    Multiple Dates
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    Jun 05, 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM
    ALC1, 4905 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    A full list of Pittsburgh AA meetings is available at pghaa.org/meetings
  • Jun 07, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
    Rodef Shalom Biblical Botanical Garden, 4905 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Join us for free, docent-led tours of the Biblical Botanical Garden! For groups of 8 or more, please contact biblicalgarden@rodefshalom.org to schedule a tour.
  • Jun 10, 7:00 PM
    Location is TBD
    For 8th-12th graders with special musical guest Dan Nichols! Stay tuned for more information.
  • Jun 11, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
    Rodef Shalom Biblical Botanical Garden, 4905 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Rendezvous in our garden for a FREE live performance with The Boilermaker Jazz Band. Join us for drinks and hors d'ouvres as they bring the swinging sounds of the jazz age back to life. Made possible by the generosity of the Goldstein Entertainment Endowment.
  • Multiple Dates
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    Jun 13, 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM
    Zoom
    All members are welcome to attend!
  • Jun 14, 7:00 PM
    Rodef Shalom Congregation, 4905 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    RSVP for in-person attendance. Must be a member in good standing to attend.
  • Jun 20, 7:00 PM
    Rodef Shalom Congregation, 4905 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Hairdressers, professional mourners, and magical healers find their spotlight as scholar Olivia Devorah Tucker explores how the Talmud - the conversations of the first generations of Rabbis - discusses the lives of women over 1500 years ago.
  • Jun 28, 12:45 PM – 1:45 PM
    Rodef Shalom Biblical Botanical Garden, 4905 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Young children and their grownups are invited to join Librarian Sam Siskind for a story in our garden followed by a crafty activity!
  • Jun 29, 2:00 PM
    Rodef Shalom Biblical Botanical Garden, 4905 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    Ethnobotanist Dr. John Greenberg will present how the study of how people use plants can help us better understand the Torah, from identifying the plants and other natural phenomena mentioned in the Tanach to using information about these plants to shed light on their use in prophetic metaphor.
Brotherhood Events
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