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2019 ANNUAL REPORT Community Gathering, Oct. 28, 2018

Cover photo: A gathering of the Jewish community of Pittsburgh, joined by a spectrum of Greater Pittsburgh communities, to grieve and to show solidarity following the Oct. 27, 2018, murders of 11 Jews in the Squirrel Hill building that houses the Tree of Life * Or L’Simcha, Dor Hadash and New Light congregations. Approximately 2,500 packed Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall while many more stood in the rain outdoors. The Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh organized the gathering. Photo: Joshua Franzos

MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR AND CEO “He who shares in the community’s distress will also share in its consolation.” Talmud, Ta’anit This past year saw many, many positive milestones: our first year of sponsoring two Israeli “shinshinim” (teens on a post–high school year of service) in Pittsburgh; a broadened scope for Partnership2Gether, which now embraces the Jewish community of Warsaw, Poland, along with our Israeli partners in Karmiel-Misgav; the first Pittsburgh cohort of 20 Honeymoon Israel couples sent on a journey to discover their plans for Jewish life together; and even our move to a new building. We are in danger of forgetting all this positive energy as we recall the horrific act of anti-Semitic violence on Oct. 27, 2018. On Oct. 27, shock and sadness quickly gave way to action. The Jewish Federation and local Jewish agencies stepped up to respond to needs, as needs evolved. Together, we grieved. Together, we reached out to the vulnerable. Together, we began healing, heartened by unprecedented expressions of love and support from diverse communities in our region and around the world. The response on Oct. 27 was possible only because of the work we do on an ongoing basis. Our agencies were prepared to meet unimaginable needs because our agencies are strong and directed by dedicated, resourceful lay leaders and professionals. The Federation’s Jewish Community Security initiative mitigated loss of life because of two years of risk assessment and crisis training (activities that are ongoing). The Pittsburgh region stood with us, partly because we devote ourselves to building relationships with interfaith and civic leaders and diverse communities. Support for the vulnerable, community security and collaborations: These remain priorities for the Jewish Federation. But they cannot be the only priorities, if we are to move our community forward. The 2017 Jewish Community Study continues to inform our work, as we plan for the future. We are ever-focused on maximizing the impact of the dollars entrusted to us and on creating collaborations that strengthen our community and serve our constituents efficiently and effectively. This past year the Jewish Federation: • Played a significant role in facilitating the $17 million renovation at Riverview Towers — now called The New Riverview — by helping to secure and guarantee tax credit funding through the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency • Expanded our Shinshinim program, which will now bring four specially trained Israelis to Pittsburgh to immerse us in Israel’s history and culture in creative new ways • Increased our investment in innovative programs and educational opportunities that engage and inspire Jewish young adults — to help ensure a future cadre of dynamic Jewish leaders We focused on securing the funds necessary to provide these programs and other vital services. Our 2019 Community Campaign achieved $13.45 million to support our agencies and essential services and programs. The Jewish Community Foundation exceeded its goals for the Grinspoon LIFE & LEGACYTM program, securing more than 400 planned gifts for 14 participating Jewish agencies. Total Foundation assets under management have grown to more than $260 million. The Jewish Healthcare Foundation i

continued to provide a generous block grant of $900,000 for health and human service needs. And our Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) and Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit (OSTC) programs generated $5.6 million, to facilitate 779 educational scholarships for Jewish day school and preschool students. In all, the Jewish Federation’s total resource development for 2018–19 — the total of cash and planned- giving commitments given to the Federation and the Jewish Community Foundation — was just under $43.0 million. Together, we mourned. Together, we achieved. Stronger Together has been our mantra since the attack. Stronger Together is how we will strengthen our vibrant Jewish Pittsburgh community in the years to come. Meryl K. Ainsman Jeffrey H. Finkelstein Chair of the Board President and CEO ii

EMERGENCY RESPONSE IN A YEAR WITHOUT PRECEDENT As the upcoming “How the Federation Works” section will note, the Jewish Federation offers emergency support to communities in need. In 2018–19, one of those communities was our own, following an attack and 11 murders that leave our community forever transformed. However, during this year without precedent, Pittsburgh was neither the first nor the only community to receive help through the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh. Descriptions of 2018–19 emergency response follow, in the order in which they occurred. HURRICANE FLORENCE RELIEF In 2018, the Federation raised $23,460 for relief efforts necessitated by Hurricane Florence, which struck the Carolinas in September, causing widespread flooding and homelessness. RELIEF FOR VENEZUELA In May 2019, from the Emergency Relief Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation, the Federation sent $15,000 to aid the Jewish community in Venezuela. That community faces rising anti-Semitism and need as the Venezuelan economy collapses. RESPONSE TO THE OCT. 27 ATTACK ON THE TREE OF LIFE * OR L’SIMCHA, DOR HADASH, AND NEW LIGHT CONGREGATIONS When the worst anti-Semitic attack in U.S. history occurred in our own community, within minutes the Federation began working with first responders to help ensure safety at the scene of the attack and elsewhere. The summary of the actions of the Community Security Program, later in this report, will provide the details of those activities. The next priority was to comfort those traumatized by the attack. Federation leaders worked side by side with Jewish, non–Jewish and government organizations and individuals to support victims’ families. The memorial on the sidewalk outside the Tree of Life * Or L’Simcha, Dor Hadash, and New Light congregations. Photo: Joshua Franzos. iii

Together we centralized information about arrangements, helped to ensure the families’ privacy and assisted with scheduling. The Federation’s Jewish Community Foundation provided a $2,000 grant to each of the 11 families, to help with immediate expenses. By Oct. 28, the Jewish Federation had organized a community gathering to show solidarity — a gathering that filled the 2,500-seat Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall to capacity. In addition to helping the Jewish community express its grief and strength, the gathering allowed Greater Pittsburgh to show the Pittsburgh Jewish community its overwhelming support. The Oct. 28 community gathering, at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall, offered Greater Pittsburgh an opportunity to grieve and to express solidarity after the Oct. 27 attack. Photo: Joshua Franzos. Recognizing the Jewish community’s need to address immediate and long-term trauma, the Federation took steps through the Federation’s Jewish Life & Learning Department. That department’s summary, later in this report, details the training and outreach the Federation provided to educators, mental health professionals and others who suddenly faced the overwhelming job of helping an entire community cope and heal. The Federation also cared for its own staff, bringing trauma-informed specialists to the workplace. Every Federation team played a role in emergency response. Responses were as diverse as answering numerous calls for security assistance, finding technical solutions to handle the surge of website traffic, innovating new Donor Center procedures to enter three times the usual number of new addresses, managing and archiving hundreds of expressions of support, deploying volunteers, and meeting the needs of worldwide media. Look for response details later in this report, in the activities summaries of individual departments and programs. As Jewish Pittsburgh’s central fundraising organization, the Jewish Federation created the Fund for the Victims of Terror. From 48 states and at least eight countries, more than 8,500 people, companies and organizations made direct contributions to the fund. By Feb. 22, 2019, the date on which the fund was closed, the total collected was $6,302,803. iv

After Oct. 27, expressions of support for the Jewish community appeared all around Greater Pittsburgh. In keeping with best practices, the Jewish Federation formed an independent committee of civic leaders with relevant expertise, to determine fund distribution. Donor intent was at the forefront of committee members’ considerations. The Independent Committee gathered input from a wide variety of individuals, including representatives of the victims’ families. Representatives of the three congregations most directly affected — Tree of Life * Or L’Simcha, Dor Hadash, and New Light — were invited to attend every committee meeting. The Independent Committee decided to distribute the vast majority of dollars as compassion payments to those whom the Committee determined were most directly affected by the attack. Included in the total of compassion payments was $500,000 for injured police officers. The committee set aside $300,000 to seed a memorialization, commemoration and education effort. The Independent Committee’s full report is available at jewishpgh.org/independent-committee-report/ Money collected for the Fund for the Victims of Terror but not delivered to the Federation until after the fund closed will still help the community recover. This money will be directed to meeting community security and mental health needs and to memorialization and education — goals consistent with Fund for the Victims of Terror parameters. SUPPORT FOR THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY OF CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND v

Following the March 15 attacks on two mosques in the Muslim community in Christchurch, and in acknowledgment of Muslim-community support following the Oct. 27 attack in Pittsburgh, the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh opened The New Zealand Islamophobic Attack Fund. The fund collected a total of $666,430.55, including more than $60,000 given by Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life * Or L’Simcha Congregation. The congregation had opened a fund to benefit the Muslim community in Christchurch and eventually decided to consolidate fund contents with the contents of The New Zealand Islamophobic Attack Fund. The total will be directed to the welfare of the victims in Christchurch and their immediate families. This total includes funding for counseling and other support services in New Zealand as well as education and vocational training, medical treatment, and financial planning and related services in New Zealand and Australia. Funding will also support Muslim and Jewish programming and other connections between the Muslim and Jewish communities that help to promote healing. In addition to collecting donations to The New Zealand Islamophobic Attack Fund, the Jewish Federation played a key role in identifying credible overseas partners; establishing an equitable distribution process that included input from the affected community and appropriate oversight; and navigating the complex process of international funds transfer. Working with the New Zealand Jewish Council, Inc., the Federation set up a fund at the Christchurch Foundation. The Christchurch Foundation will manage the fund, which contains the money raised by both the Jewish Federation and Con* Or L’Simcha. All fund distributions will be authorized by the Muslim Advisory Panel, with the approval of both the president of the Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand or someone they nominate and by the president of the New Zealand Jewish Council Inc. or its nominee. SUPPORT FOR THE JEWISH COMMUNITY OF POWAY, CALIFORNIA April 27, 2019 — six months after the attack in Pittsburgh — a gunman murdered one woman and injured three other people at the synagogue of Chabad of Poway. Through the Jewish Federation, donors raised more than $1,000 in support of the Poway Jewish community. “We are guided by the teachings of Torah, including tikkun olam (repairing the world), tzedakah (justice), chesed (kindness), and k’lal Yisrael (peoplehood).” — From the vision statement of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh TABLE OF CONTENTS How the Federation Works: Financial Resource Development 1 vi

How the Federation Works: Fund Distribution & Planning 2 How the Federation Works: Community Building Through Partnerships & Programs 3 The Community We Serve 5 The Community Campaign 7 Total Campaign Allocations & Distributions From Total Financial Resource Development 7 Campaign-Related Programming 7 2018–19 Corporate Sponsors & Donors 10 Highlights of Programs & Initiatives 12 The Jewish Community Security Program 12 The Community Relations Council 14 Women’s Philanthropy 17 Men’s Philanthropy 19 Young Adult Division 20 Israel & Overseas Department 23 Early Childhood Education 31 Jewish Life & Learning 33 Jewish Federation Volunteer Center 36 The Pittsburgh Jewish Community Scorecard 38 Western Pennsylvania Cemeteries Initiative 39 Renovation of The New Riverview 40 The Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh 41 Classrooms Without Borders 44 Jewish Community Foundation 47 Awards 49 2018–19 Jewish Federation Board of Directors 50 Jewish Federation Staff 51 vii

HOW THE FEDERATION WORKS: FINANCIAL RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT The Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh is the heart of Jewish Pittsburgh — the central fundraising, planning and community-building organization of the Jewish community. By bringing people together, the Jewish Federation maximizes financial impact and can leverage the expertise of professional and volunteer leaders. The Federation engages in a wide range of financial resource development efforts to help ensure a stream of funding to help keep the community strong and vibrant. THE COMMUNITY CAMPAIGN Commitments to the Jewish Federation’s Community Campaign support many local Jewish organizations. Collectively, these organizations exist to serve every community member through every life stage and through life’s challenges. The Community Campaign also strengthens Jewish community in Pittsburgh, in Israel and around the world. To engage donors with the Community Campaign, the Federation presents programs for young adults and major donors, as well as through Women’s Philanthropy and Men’s Philanthropy. The Federation also presents programs for specialized groups, such as doctors and lawyers. These programs offer meaningful learning, leadership development and volunteer activities and give community members a chance to celebrate and to commemorate together. THE JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION The Jewish Community Foundation enables donors to fulfill their philanthropic dreams and leave a legacy that will impact our community in the decades to come. Resources made possible by endowments, trusts, bequests and philanthropic funds help address pressing needs, enrich our culture and strengthen our community now and into the future. Donors to the Jewish Community Foundation work with Foundation professionals to choose a vehicle suited to donors’ circumstances. Such a vehicle could be an annuity that provides payments during the donor’s lifetime; a life insurance policy; a permanent endowment; or a donor-advised fund, which serves as a low-cost philanthropic fund with tax advantages. The Foundation’s Centennial Fund for a Jewish Future (CFJF) provides immediate and ongoing financial resources for Jewish learning and engagement. CFJF funds formal and informal education, Israel travel for youth, Jewish summer camp, and other activities that connect youth to our rich heritage. By removing cost barriers to high-quality programming, CFJF makes Jewish experiences widely accessible. A Legacy Fund, created during a donor’s lifetime or through a will or trust, provides income in perpetuity to the Community Campaign. Because the gift is made in the donor’s name, a Legacy Fund helps ensure that the donor’s philanthropic tradition will continue. CORPORATE GIVING Many corporations and businesses provide essential event sponsorships that defray the costs of Jewish Federation events, enabling the Federation to use more donor dollars to address community needs. 1

In addition, the Federation raises funds through the Pennsylvania Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) program and the Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit (OSTC) program. Participation in these programs results in need-based scholarships that allow children to attend Jewish day schools and pre- kindergarten programs in Pittsburgh and elsewhere in Pennsylvania. Furthermore, an individual donor may be eligible to participate in the EITC program by creating a Special Purpose Entity (SPE). The Federation can supply details. SUPPLEMENTAL GIVING Jewish Federation professionals work closely with donors giving over $10,000 to the Community Campaign who wish to give above and beyond their Campaign commitments to make an impact in areas they feel especially passionate about. EMERGENCY CAMPAIGNS The Jewish Federation periodically provides opportunities to support others financially during emergencies such as natural disasters and terrorist attacks. In 2018, the Federation raised $23,460 for relief efforts necessitated by Hurricane Florence. In May 2019, the Federation sent $15,000 from the Emergency Relief Fund to aid the community in Venezuela. Following the worst anti-Semitic terrorist attack in U.S. history — the Oct. 27, 2018, attack in Pittsburgh — the Federation helped victims by collecting money from around the world for the Fund for the Victims of Terror. The total donated to the fund was $6.3 million, an amount that was distributed according to instructions from an independent committee of community leaders. After the attack, the Federation served as the central community response team, providing leadership locally and worldwide. In response to the shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, many people around the world wanted to make financial contributions to support the victims. The Federation provided the capabilities needed to collect a total of approximately $600,000 and used its expertise to help ensure a smooth, equitable allocation process that reflected the desires of the affected community. The Federation also raised emergency funds to support the community in Poway, Calif., following the anti-Semitic attack there. The Federation stands ready to lead emergency response in future crises. HOW THE FEDERATION WORKS: FUND DISTRIBUTION & PLANNING The Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh, the largest Jewish grantmaking organization in Pittsburgh, helps people in Western Pennsylvania, in Israel and around the world. The Federation works with direct- service agencies to address current Jewish needs and to plan for the future. The Federation engages a broad cross-section of community members in the funding process, bringing a wealth of viewpoints and expertise to ensure that the programs and institutions that enrich Jewish community remain strong and vibrant, and to envision new ways to impact our community. Funding and planning efforts focus on three areas of need: 2

• Aging and human needs. Federation efforts help the Federation’s partners provide services to seniors, individuals with disabilities, families in crisis and others who are vulnerable. • Jewish learning and community life. Federation planning and funding result in a range of programming. Examples include supporting the community's three Jewish day schools, experiential learning for teens, and immersive experiences at overnight Jewish camps. • Israel and world Jewry. Federation’s contacts provide quick emergency response — from food and health care to Jews in Europe, to evacuation and resettlement services for Jewish in Ukraine — and long-term Jewish-identity initiatives, such as educational trips for youth and cultural exchanges with Israel. HOW THE FEDERATION WORKS: COMMUNITY BUILDING THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS & PROGRAMS As a convener of Jewish agencies and other organizations that share in mission, the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh forms synergistic partnerships to address communal needs. To some of these partnerships the Jewish Federation provides coordination. To others, the Federation provides professional expertise. AgeWell Pittsburgh, an example of the Jewish Federation’s coordination efforts, enables coordination of care for seniors. Each of three beneficiary agencies of the Federation — Jewish Association on Aging, Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh (JCC), and Jewish Family and Community Services — offers distinct services to Pittsburgh’s aging individuals and their families. Working together through AgeWell Pittsburgh, the three agencies ensure that many elderly people remain safe and healthy in their own homes. The Jewish Federation provides professional expertise through efforts such as the Jewish Community Security initiative. The director of the initiative consults with over 60 organizations to harden building security, to train staff and community members how to respond in security emergencies, and to share threat information among institutions and with first responders. Working together and with the expertise of Jewish Community Security, all Jewish institutions can coordinate efforts to keep their community members safe. Among the tools that Pittsburgh’s Jewish organizations use in planning are two Jewish Federation– funded studies: • The Pittsburgh Jewish Community Scorecard, a metrics-driven initiative, collects data and facilitates review of community performance. The Scorecard helps Jewish Pittsburgh use resources efficiently and identify actions that will help Jewish Pittsburgh grow. • The 2017 Greater Pittsburgh Jewish Community Study, funded by the Federation’s Jewish Community Foundation and conducted by The Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies at Brandeis University, is a report based on more than 2,100 interviews involving Jewish residents of the Pittsburgh area. The study, the first since 2002, charted the current size and characteristics of the Jewish community, reporting on demographics, geographic distribution, institutional participation, and need. More than 40 Jewish organizations have used the study to keep Jewish Pittsburgh’s programs on the path to relevance and responsiveness. Three follow- up studies are in the planning stages. In addition, Federation programs and initiatives and agencies, working under the Jewish Federation umbrella, offer community-building programs and services. Examples are: 3

• Classrooms Without Borders (CWB) offers Jewish learning through travel and special events. CWB focuses on “educating the educators” about Israel, the Holocaust and Jewish history. CWB also sponsors speakers and cultural events for the community and the public. • The Community Relations Council (CRC) educates and advocates for change locally, nationally and internationally. Programs have included missions to Washington, D.C.; Israel advocacy training; diversity education; an economic summit of Israeli and Pittsburgh political and business leaders; and interfaith dialogues. CRC’s Greater Pittsburgh Jewish Council convenes representatives from local Jewish organizations to examine issues significant to the Jewish community and Greater Pittsburgh. CRC’s Urban Affairs Foundation supports initiatives that strengthen the community and region. The relationships that the CRC built with other faith leaders prior to the Oct. 27, 2018, anti-Semitic attack enabled the Jewish Federation to bring these organizations together quickly to support Jewish Pittsburgh. CRC’s relationships with elected officials also helped to accelerate government support for people traumatized by the attack. • The Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh provides programs to commemorate and memorialize the Holocaust and its victims and to bring Holocaust education to new audiences. The staff of the Holocaust Center works with educators to create age-appropriate curricula and innovative ways of teaching tolerance. After the Oct. 27, the Holocaust Center worked to help Holocaust survivors and others who had been traumatized by the attack. • The Jewish Federation Volunteer Center matches volunteers with community agencies and the organizations that need them. On Mitzvah Day 2018, an annual event that the Volunteer Center plans, 900 volunteers served at more than 80 sites in the Pittsburgh region. Ongoing Volunteer Center options include VOOM! (Volunteer Opportunity of the Month), which enables volunteers to try a volunteer task without making a long-term commitment; volunteer missions to Israel; and projects designed for small groups. • Partnership2Gether strengthens the Pittsburgh Jewish community’s sister-city relationships with Karmiel and the Misgav region of Israel and with Warsaw, Poland. Partnership2Gether engages youth by bringing Israeli teens to Pittsburgh and sending counselors in training, from the JCC’s Emma Kaufmann Camp, to Israel. Partnership2Gether supports regional development that helps build and strengthen Karmiel and Misgav. The partnership between Pittsburgh and Warsaw, officially established in December 2018, will allow members of the Pittsburgh community to participate as Jews in Warsaw rediscover their Jewish faith and revive their culture. In all Partnership2Together activities, the emphasis is on building personal connections. • The Jewish Community Security Program — through communications, awareness, training, partnerships and exercises — has helped create a culture of security within Jewish Pittsburgh and Greater Pittsburgh. 4

THE COMMUNITY WE SERVE The Federation engages a broad cross-section of community members in the funding process, bringing a wealth of viewpoints and expertise to ensure that Jewish programs and institutions remain vibrant. SOME AGENCIES & PROGRAMS FUNDED THROUGH THE COMMUNITY CAMPAIGN • AgeWell Pittsburgh‡ • The Aleph Institute • The Friendship Circle • Jewish Assistance Fund • Jewish Association on Aging* o Anathan Club o Home Health Services & Outpatient Rehabilitation o Mollie’s Meals (kosher meals on wheels) o Charles Morris Nursing & Rehabilitation Center o Sivitz Jewish Hospice & Palliative Care o Weinberg Terrace o Weinberg Village o The New Riverview (formerly Riverview Towers, a standalone beneficiary agency of the Federation, merged into the JAA as of spring 2019) • Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh* • Jewish Family and Community Services (JFCS)* o Career Development Center of JFCS o Jewish Scholarship Service, a program of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh (formerly Central Scholarship & Loan Referral Service) o SOS Pittsburgh o Squirrel Hill Community Food Pantry • Jewish Residential Services* o Howard Levin Clubhouse • Squirrel Hill Health Center *Beneficiary agency of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh ‡AgeWell Pittsburgh is a joint program of three Federation beneficiary agencies: Jewish Association on Aging, the Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh and Jewish Family and Community Services. Programs at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh, a beneficiary agency of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh, serve 32,000 adults and children annually. 5

ORGANIZATIONS & PROGRAMS THAT STRENGTHEN JEWISH COMMUNITY • The Edward & Rose Berman Hillel Jewish University Center of Pittsburgh* • Community Relations Council of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh** • The Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh** • Jewish Cemetery and Burial Association of Greater Pittsburgh • Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh* o Diller Teen Fellows o HaZamir Choir o J-Serve o Emma Kaufmann Camp o James & Rachel Levinson Day Camp o Teen Engagement Initiative o Teen Philanthropy Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh o Youth Group Program Grants • Jewish Federation Volunteer Center** • ReelAbilities Film Festival, presented in Pittsburgh by Film Pittsburgh • PJ Library ORGANIZATIONS & PROGRAMS RELATING TO ISRAEL & OVERSEAS • American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee • Birthright Israel • Jewish Agency for Israel • Jewish Federation Israel Scholarship Program • Onward Israel • Partnership2Gether in Pittsburgh** ORGANIZATIONS & PROGRAMS PROMOTING JEWISH LIFE & EDUCATION • Jewish Federation Department of Jewish Life & Learning** • Federation Educational Enrichment Fund (supporting 12 congregational schools) • Community Day School* • Hillel Academy of Pittsburgh* • Yeshiva Schools* • The Edward and Rose Berman Hillel Jewish University Center of Pittsburgh* • Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh* Department of Teen Learning and Engagement • Kollel Jewish Learning Center • The Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh** • The Friendship Circle • PJ Library • JECEI Early Childhood Initiative • Israel Education • Classrooms Without Borders** *Beneficiary agency of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh **Supported agency within the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh 6

THE COMMUNITY CAMPAIGN The 2018–19 Community Campaign raised $13.45 million. TOTAL CAMPAIGN ALLOCATIONS & DISTRIBUTIONS FROM TOTAL FINANCIAL RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT The $13.45 million that the Community Campaign received from individual donors enables the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh to raise additional resources through corporations, foundations and government. Foundation support includes a generous $900,000 grant from the Jewish Healthcare Foundation. The Federation allocates this grant funding to Jewish health care and human services agencies. The charts that follow show how the Federation distributed funds from total financial resource development ($42,975,629) and how the Federation allocated Community Campaign funds ($13.45 million). 7

CAMPAIGN-RELATED PROGRAMMING Of the many programs and events that the Community Campaign supported in 2018–19, several stand out: • This Is Us, the Campaign-kickoff event. This year the Federation combined two individual events — the Women’s Philanthropy Sprint Event and Men’s Night Out — into one big Campaign-kickoff event. Originally scheduled for Oct. 29, following the Oct. 27 attack on the community, the Federation postponed and revamped This Is Us to focus on the community response to the shootings. In addition to launching the Campaign, This Is Us provided an opportunity for the community to come together to heal and celebrate its strength. This Is Us — the kickoff of the Federation’s 2019 Community Campaign, rescheduled as the result of the Oct. 27 attack — reflected the Stronger Together theme. (Left to right) Jewish Federation Security Director Brad Orsini; Lead Counselor, Yad b’Yad (Pittsburgh Jewish day schools partnership for school-based psychological services) April Artz; Jewish Family and Community Services President and CEO Jordan Golin; and Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh President and CEO Brian Schreiber shared experiences of the days following the attack. Photo: David Bachman. • Fundraiser briefing in light of the Oct. 27 attack. Faced with a fundraising environment completely transformed by the shootings, the Federation provided the fundraising team with a briefing to help team members navigate the new environment. The team heard from a panel of experts and discussed how to address donor questions and concerns in the wake of the tragedy. 8

• Women’s Philanthropy and young adult missions. In the summer 2019, the Federation led two Campaign-focused missions: Women’s Philanthropy traveled with 20 women to Riga and St. Petersburg, and the Young Adult Division took a group of 18 young adults on the Israel Next mission. Both missions were unique opportunities to learn about Campaign-funded projects around the world. To Russia With Love — a Jewish Federation Women’s Philanthropy Mission, June 2019 — took travelers to Red Square, Moscow, as well as to St. Petersburg and Riga. Pictured in front of St. Basil’s Cathedral are (left to right) Jane Rollman, Myrna Pollock, Bobbi Kann, Rachel Gleitman, Gabrielle Dinkin, Ellen Teri Kaplan Goldstein, Gail Childs, Laura Dinkin and Judy Tobe. THE DONOR CENTER The Donor Center is an internal initiative to help ensure that every interaction a donor has with the Federation creates positive feelings about giving. This effort starts with fine-tuning internal processes and ensuring that our staff team is working in the most efficient ways possible. The Donor Center works closely with Development, Finance, Marketing, and Information Technology to help the Jewish Federation provide a top-notch donor experience. Over the past year, because of the establishment of the Fund for the Victims of Terror and the New Zealand Relief Fund, the Donor Center doubled the number of accounts added and tripled the number of donations processed. In addition, the Donor Center’s team of three implemented several new processes that help keep donor information current and accurate. 9

2018–19 CORPORATE SPONSORS & DONORS CORPORATE SPONSORS In support of the Jewish Federation’s mission, in 2018–19 corporations and businesses generously gave $31,000 to support Federation events and programming. Corporate giving helps the Federation sustain high program quality. In addition, every corporate dollar saves a Community Campaign dollar, which the Federation can use to meet community needs instead of to support event programming. The Federation is proud to recognize and thank the following corporate sponsors and supporters. Each contributed $1,000 or more and have permitted use of their names. Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC The Charles M. Morris Trust Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania –Distribution Committee Comcast–Keystone Region Charles S. Perlow Esq., William C. Rudolph, Daniels & Miller, Inc. PNC Bank NA Ditto Document Solutions Duane Morris LLP Murray Avenue Kosher Fort Pitt Capital Group Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. Foster Charitable Trust Oxford Development Company General Wire Spring Co. Pittsburgh Marriott City Center Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Louis Plung & Company, LLP Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Joshowitz Family Schneider Downs & Co., Inc. Louis F. Leeper Company TWIN Capital Management, Inc. McKnight Realty Partners Unum UPMC Health Plan Wagner Agency Inc. EITC & OSTC DONORS The following corporate donors have generously contributed more than $5.6 million through the Pennsylvania Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) and Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit (OSTC) programs. This year, through these initiatives, donors provided 779 scholarships for children to attend Jewish day schools and pre-kindergarten programs. Advanced Computer & Network Corporation Concast Metal Products Company Apter Industries, Inc. (A Cubed Corporation) A.R. Building Company Artay Inc. Ditto, Ken & Steve Shriber Atlas Materials Recycling Corporation Dollar Bank Bob and Micki Bell at Great Clips Eisner Law, P.C. Broudy Printing Inc. FCC Asset Management, Inc. The Buncher Company First Capital Corporation CleanCare Freid-El Corp., Pfeffer Family Comcast List continues 10

Glimcher Group Incorporated Northwest Bank Home Instead Senior Care, Inc. NTA Enterprise, Inc. Huntington Bank PA Partners for Education, LLC Impel Strategies, LLC Pittsburgh Jewish Scholarships Littles of Pittsburgh PNC Bank N.A. M&D Properties, Inc. Charles Porter and Hilary Tyson Marvista Real Estate Holdings LLC Karen & Tony Ross McKnight Development Corporation S&T Bank McKnight Realty Partners Signature Financial Planning Midnight Blue Technology Services, LLC Trumbull Corporation Ed & Janie Moravitz UHS of Pennsylvania, Inc. MSA – The Safety Company UPMC Health Plan 11

HIGHLIGHTS OF PROGRAMS & INITIATIVES THE JEWISH COMMUNITY SECURITY PROGRAM The goals of the Community Security Program are to address threats, continually assess the security of community facilities, provide training for organizations and community members, and facilitate law- enforcement activities. One element of the memorial that appeared outside the Tree of Life synagogue building after Oct. 27. Oct. 27 Response This report defines the period of active Oct. 27 response as Oct. 27–Nov. 12. The Jewish Federation’s Jewish Community Security Program provided $140,000, in Oct. 27–related security funding or services, to more than 20 community organizations. The Community Security Program: • Notified synagogues and organizations in the vicinity of the Tree of Life building of the need for lockdown • Collaborated with, among others, Pittsburgh police, including SWAT Teams; FBI; Allegheny County Emergency Response Team; Secure Community Network; private security providers; American Red Cross; funeral directors; and congregational representatives • Established a command post at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh, Squirrel Hill • Planned and coordinated security for the Oct. 28 community vigil at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall • Provided ongoing threat assessment and response to Oct. 27–related incidents and threats • Coordinated with a private firm to provide supplemental security coverage for community schools, synagogues, agencies, and events (including the Nov. 4 Pittsburgh Rally for Peace) • Provided briefings and assessments at more than 26 community organizations, visiting many organizations multiple times • Provided interviews to media, including Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, KDKA, NPR, and PBS 12

• Provided security at all funerals and helped to ensure the privacy of victims’ families in their homes • Coordinated the release of the crime scene from the FBI to the chevra kaddisha, the team of volunteers who handled the deceased in accordance with Jewish ritual practice • Created an ongoing security plan for congregations in the Tree of Life building • Thanked first responders and their families for their dedication by presenting Thank You to First Responders, an event that featured music, food and other entertainment In February 2019, at Thank You to First Responders, An evening of food and entertainment — Scott Blasey of Jim Krenn, emcee of the evening, greeted the Clarks and Joe Grushecky and the Houserockers — Andrea Wedner, daughter of Rose Mallinger, one of the helped first responders and their families feel the 11 victims killed during the Oct. 27 attack. appreciation of Pittsburgh’s Jewish community. Photo: David Bachman. Photo: David Bachman. Ongoing Security Activities In 2018–19 — under the direction of Brad Orsini, director of community security — the Jewish Federation: • Trained more than 6,100 Jewish communal professionals and members of Jewish organizations who attended 95 security training sessions from July 2018–June 2019 • Investigated more than 100 incidents since July 2018 as a result of the Community Security Program’s See Something, Say Something initiative; investigations involved the Jewish Federation security director and law enforcement • Conducted security-related site visits at more than 45 locations • Added 10 members to the Communal Security Group, which receives security-related emails and procedures updates (The group now includes more than 150 members.) • Conducted training programs, for Jewish Federation staff and community, on the topics of situational awareness, active-shooter training, ALICE(Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter and Evacuate), hate-crime indicators, specialized training for teachers, bomb-threat management, civil rights, and first aid 13

THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL The Community Relations Council (CRC) promotes harmonious relations and mutual understanding within and beyond the Jewish community and supports the State of Israel. In addition to working with government relations, the CRC is the Pittsburgh Jewish community’s liaison to all other communities in Pittsburgh, with a particular focus on faith and minority communities. In 2018–19, the Oct. 27 murders called for extraordinary CRC outreach. The CRC: • Connected with more than 30 legislators, at the federal, state and local levels, to discuss security funding, hate-crimes legislation and gun violence prevention • Convened more than 100 interfaith clergy as attendees at the Oct. 28 community memorial • Lobbied in Harrisburg for state funding to help secure Pittsburgh’s Jewish institutions • Organized a day trip to Harrisburg, in partnership with Reps. Dan Frankel and Mike Turzai, that allowed members of victims’ families to meet the governor and attorney general and to hear a resolution read in a joint session on the House floor to honor the 11 victims Thirty-five members of the Pittsburgh Jewish community, including approximately two dozen family members of victims, went to Harrisburg on a CRC-organized trip to witness the Pennsylvania legislature honoring the memories of the 11 victims. • Participated in a press conference, held by the African American community, to show African American solidarity with the Jewish community • Participated in a vigil organized by the Bhutanese immigrant community • Helped organize an interfaith program with the Hindu community • Participated in a Sikh-Jewish interfaith solidarity program 14

Members of the Sikh and Jewish communities participated in an interfaith event to stand in solidary after the Oct. 27 shootings. In 2012 an extremist gunman attacked a Sikh gurdwara in Oak Creek, Wisc., murdering six people. The CRC also: • Organized a community gathering in Pittsburgh in response to the shooting at Chabad of Poway • Traveled to San Diego to support the Jewish community after the shooting at Chabad of Poway and to speak on an interfaith panel about combating hate • Initiated fundraising in response to the shooting at the mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand • Served on the interfaith leadership team that arranged a vigil after the Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka • Partnered with The Edward and Rose Berman Hillel Jewish University Center to continue Israel Campus Ambassadors, a program that develops student leaders who will support a pro-Israel climate on Pittsburgh college campuses • Launched the Greater Pittsburgh Jewish Council, local professionals and laypeople from Jewish organizations who discuss issues of importance to the community (The council played a role in communication about security issues in the wake of the Oct. 27 shootings.) • Continued the partnership with Vibrant Pittsburgh, distributing $50,000 to diverse grassroots organizations that strengthen the region • Continued, in partnership with the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh, implementation of C-JEEP, the Catholic-Jewish Education Enrichment Program (C-JEEP) in Catholic high schools • Launched the Young Leaders Community Relations Council, which engages Jewish young adults in CRC-related work • Conducted the second iteration of #BeOurVotePgh, a civic engagement initiative, for public high school students, about the 2018 election, • Responded to a dozen anti-Semitic incidents in Greater Pittsburgh by completing behind-the- scenes work and supporting the targets of the incidents • Lobbied more than a dozen elected officials regarding health care, Israel and anti-Semitism • Engaged more than 200 community members with “Coffee & Conversation” programming involving Reps. Conor Lamb, Mike Doyle and Keith Rothfus • Organized a mission to Israel for Pennsylvania legislators, in partnership with the Pennsylvania Jewish Coalition and Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia (The mission allowed seven high- ranking elected officials to spend a week in Israel, completing a focused agenda.) 15

• Brought diplomats from the Israeli Consulate in New York to Pittsburgh on five occasions to discuss issues such as anti-Semitism, pluralism and a nuclear Iran • Helped Pittsburgh’s Jewish community stand in solidarity with the Legacy International Worship Center, following a foiled bomb plot at that congregation’s North Side location Following the April 27 attack on the Chabad of Poway, Calif., the CRC organized a gathering in Pittsburgh, to show solidarity with the Poway community. Meryl Ainsman — Chair of the Board, Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh — presented opening remarks. The gathering was April 29, at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh, Squirrel Hill. Photo: Joshua Franzos. 16

WOMEN’S PHILANTHROPY The Jewish Federation’s Women’s Philanthropy Division helps women to strengthen the community, to demonstrate the importance of tzedakah (charity) to women and to show the extent of women’s knowledge of philanthropy. Philanthropic work is done in the context of learning, networking and socializing. The Lion of Judah fundraising program is a keystone of Women’s Philanthropy. Women’s Philanthropy is proud to announce, in 2018–19: • 17 new Lions of Judah (women making a commitment of $5,000 or more in their own names) • 4 new Ruby Lions of Judah (each a woman making a commitment of $10,000 or more in her own name) • 1 new Sapphire Lion of Judah (a woman making a commitment of $18,000 or more in her own name) • 1 new Double Chai Lion of Judah (a woman making a commitment of $36,000 or more in her own name) In addition, 25 women became new participants in the Lion of Judah Endowment program, creating permanent endowment funds that will continue supporting their Lion of Judah–level gifts in perpetuity. These endowments will support the Jewish Community Foundation’s Legacy Fund campaign to encourage all donors to endow their gifts. In support of the Women’s Philanthropy mission in 2018–19, the division presented: • 2019 Hannah Kamin Annual Lion of Judah Event. In the spring, 90 women attended the 2019 Hannah Kamin Annual Lion of Judah Event, which featured Michelle Hirsch, business professional and co-chair of The Jewish Federations of North America’s National Young Leadership Cabinet. Attendees were women who had made a minimum commitment of $5,000 to the Jewish Federation’s Community Campaign or created a permanent endowment to ensure an annual commitment of at least $5,000. (Left) Chair of Jewish Federation’s Women’s Philanthropy Susan Berman Kress and (right) Women’s Philanthropy Co-Chair Jane Rollman with guest speaker Michelle Hirsch at the Jewish Federation’s 2019 Hannah Kamin Annual Lion of Judah Event. Photo: David Bachman. 17

• The Lion of Judah Lunch & Learn Series. This year, Women’s Philanthropy featured three Lunch & Learn events. The series theme — Won’t You Be My Neighbor? — helped the Lions explore what being a good neighbor means, in Pittsburgh and around the world. • Knowledge & Nosh: Women’s Lunch Break to Educate. In its third year, Women’s Philanthropy presents Knowledge & Nosh in partnership with the National Council of Jewish Women and the Jewish Women’s Foundation. Topics of the seven sessions ranged from Holocaust history to current-day public journalism in Israel. • E3: Empowered, Educated, Engaged Jewish Women. The four activities-themed programs this year attracted 10–20 new women per event. Activities included tie-dyeing and cocktail making. Attendees at an E3 program helped to prepare birthday bags to be distributed to children in need through a Pittsburgh nonprofit organization. 18

MEN’S PHILANTHROPY Men’s Philanthropy programs allow men to: • Socialize, network, and consider important world issues • Take pride in the Jewish past, present and future • Engage philanthropically at any life stage • Plan for their families and those yet to come In 2018–19, 21 men joined the Shofar Society, a recognition society for men contributing at least $5,000 to the Jewish Federation’s Community Campaign. More than 50 men contributed at least $1,000 to the Community Campaign, making commitments at the Men’s Philanthropy giving level. Two Men’s Philanthropy gatherings demonstrate diverse programming: • The Business of Brewing brewery tour and networking event. Chaired by Scott Kallick, the event drew more than 50 attendees to Hitchhiker Brewery. In addition to networking and sampling brews, attendees learned about Jewish Residential Services, one of the many agencies that receives an annual allocation from the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh. • The Conversations That Count: Community Leadership in Difficult Times. Moderated by Jewish Community Foundation Scholar Rabbi Danny Schiff, the event featured a conversation between Federation President & CEO Jeff Finkelstein and Director of Jewish Community Security Brad Orsini. The conversation gave attendees a chance to come together after the tragic violence of Oct. 27 and discover ways that the community collaborated to move forward. In 2018–19, Men’s Philanthropy chairs were Todd Rosenfeld and Randal Whitlatch. At the Men’s Philanthropy Business of Brewing brewery tour, attendees sampled craft brews and learned about the work of Jewish Residential Services. 19

YOUNG ADULT DIVISION The Young Adult Division (YAD) offers opportunities for young adults ages 22–45 to engage with Jewish Pittsburgh: events, family-friendly activities, and volunteer and leadership opportunities. In January 2018, YAD absorbed J’Burgh programs from The Edward and Rose Berman Hillel Jewish University Center. To help administer these programs, in 2018–19, YAD added a new staff member: the young adult engagement associate. Events In 2018–19, YAD hosted 30 successful events attended by a total of 678 unique individuals. The duplicated attendance count, at all events, was 3,153. Following the Oct. 27 attack, Hollywood actor Mayim Bialik volunteered to speak to young adults about the importance of the Jewish community, Jewish identity and the philanthropic work of the Jewish Federation. The result was An Evening With Mayim Bialik, where young adults mingled and could have an in-depth discussion with Bialik. Rabbi Danny Schiff facilitated the discussion. YAD leadership with guest speaker Mayim Bialik at An Evening With Mayim Bialik: (Left to right) David Knoll, Marcie Solomon, Mayim Bialik, Maxwell Cahn, Elizabeth Collura and Sam Kline. Photo: Joshua Franzos. 20

In addition to Shabbat dinners and Wine and Wisdom in the Sukkah, YAD presented: • The 8th Annual Apples & Honey Fall Festival, which drew nearly 1,500 participants to Rosh Hashanah–themed family activities • The 13th Annual Vodka Latke Party With a Purpose, which drew 220 young adults. The annual bash, hosted by the Young Adult Outreach and Engagement Committee, included a giant ice menorah. Proceeds from a silent auction benefited the Victims of Terror Fund. The “Stronger Together” theme was evident at the 13th Annual Vodka Latke Party With a Purpose — a YAD event held in December 2018 at The Flashlight Factory, North Side. Photo: Joshua Franzos. Activities Among the informal YAD activities of 2018–19 were: • The Young Adult Bowling League at Arsenal Lanes in Lawrenceville. The YAD league was part of the Pittsburgh Sports League. Two of the eight YAD teams made it to the championship! • Passport to Purim, an internationally themed Purim party. YAD’s Young Adult Family Committee hosted many activities for parents or kids, including Mom’s Night Out; Ladies Night Out; and Shavuot Holiday Family Camp, in collaboration with PJ Library and Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh camps. To encourage young adult learning, YAD hosted an extended Young Adult Tikkun Leil Shavuot from 1–5 a.m., after the community learning sessions. In addition, YAD hosted discussions with Rabbi Danny Schiff and visiting speakers from The Jewish Agency for Israel and the American Joint Distribution Committee. 21

Leadership & Philanthropy The Federation’s Young Adult Division continued to develop young leaders through programs focused on leadership and philanthropy: • The Wechsler Leadership Fellowship. This year, 26 young adults embarked on an 18-month Wechsler journey to explore the Jewish community through a Federation lens. The 26 fellows were chosen after an extensive application and interview process. • The SteelTree Fund. SteelTree Fund board members make: o A $500 commitment or a $500 commitment increase to the Federation’s Community Campaign o A collective impact on Pittsburgh’s Jewish community by allocating grant funding for proposal-based projects In 2018–19, SteelTree: o Gained five new board members, for a total of 20 o Distributed $40,000 to support innovative projects focused on Jewish continuity in Pittsburgh • The Ben-Gurion Society. A giving society for young adults who make a commitment of at least $1,000 to the Community Campaign, in 2018–19 the Ben-Gurion Society hosted five programs for members. 22

ISRAEL & OVERSEAS DEPARTMENT By granting Israel scholarships and offering Israel programming, the Jewish Federation seeks to build strong, vibrant and connected Jewish communities with Israel at the heart and to increase support for and a sense of connection to Israel. Israel Scholarships In 2018–19, the Jewish Federation allocated Israel scholarships to 114 teens, a 25% increase over last year. The teens participated in 30 different programs, ranging from summer youth-movement trips to gap-year programs. This year, the Federation raised the per-person amount of each non-need–based scholarship, for a program of three weeks or longer, to $2,200. Of the 114 teens, 21 received need- based scholarships through The Stanley and Flo Mae Moravitz Israel Scholarship Endowment Fund of the Jewish Federation’s Jewish Community Foundation. Israel Programs & Activities Shinshinim Program. New to Pittsburgh in 2018–19, the Shinshinim Program brought two 18-year-old Israeli emissaries, Raz Levin and Hadar Maravent, to Pittsburgh’s Jewish community for their post–high school year of service (in Hebrew, shnat sherut — referred to as shin shin). These emissaries, or shinshinim, engaged and educated youth about Israel by volunteering at local Jewish institutions, including Community Day School, J-JEP and the JCC’s Second Floor. Raz and Hadar worked with more than 900 individuals. In 2019–20, Pittsburgh will welcome four shinshinim, all from Pittsburgh’s Partnership2Gether region of Karmiel/Misgav. Teaching by shinshinim Raz Levin and Hadar Maravent, at Beth El Congregation of the South Hills, helped students kick off the celebration of Israel’s Independence Day. 23

Partnership2Gether. The mission of the Partnership2Gether program is to broaden Jewish identity through kesher (people-to-people relationships). The Partnership2Gether program in Pittsburgh does this by maintaining sister-city relationships: Pittsburgh–Karmiel/Misgav (Israel) and Pittsburgh–Warsaw (Poland). Partnership2Gether, which is funded by the Federation’s Community Campaign, played a role in many of the Israel-focused activities mentioned in this report. Program highlights include: • More than 200 visits to Karmiel/Misgav. Through Partnership2Gether, more than 200 people visited Karmiel/Misgav on missions, teen trips, or donor visits. Below, this report provides the details of some of these interactions. The Karmiel municipality, in collaboration with the Federation’s Partnership2Gether program, unveiled a site memorializing the 11 victims of the attack on Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha, Dor Chadash and New Light congregations. The mayor of Karmiel and the parents and sisters of victims David and Cecil Rosenthal were present at the ceremony. 24

• The new Warsaw Partnership. In December 2018, the Partnership2Gether Steering Committee voted to extend a Partnership relationship to the Jewish community of Warsaw. The extension will provide Jewish Pittsburgh with a connection to the emerging Jewish community in Warsaw and strengthen both communities’ ties with Israel, through the existing relationship between Pittsburgh and Karmiel/Misgav. A new vision, mission and goals will reflect and guide the program expansion, keeping Israel at the heart of Pittsburgh’s Partnership2Gether programming. Celebrating the new Partnership2Gether relationship with Warsaw were (left to right) chairs of the Israeli Steering Committee, Nir Baram and Yuval Kissus; representatives from Warsaw, Martyna Majewska and Magda Jonas; Pittsburgh Steering Committee chairs Debbie and Josh Resnick; and Warsaw representative Agata Rakowieka. Diller Teen Fellows alumni celebration. This year Partnership2Gether celebrated the 10-year anniversary of the Diller Teen Fellows program in Pittsburgh and Karmiel/Misgav with a Diller alumni reunion. In December 2018, with funding from Federation, more than 50 Pittsburgh Diller alumni, representing more than 10 Diller cohorts, gathered at PNC Park for an evening of reflection and celebration. Attendees included parents of Diller teens, the Diller Advisory Committee and Partnership2Gether lay leaders. Diller Teen Fellows leadership development. In collaboration with the Helen Diller Family Foundation, the Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh, and Partnership2Gether, the Jewish Federation supported 40 Diller Teen Fellows. These students participated in a 12-month leadership development and Jewish experience program in Pittsburgh, Karmiel, and Misgav. Israeli Diller teens visited Pittsburgh, and Pittsburgh Diller teens visited Israel. October 2018 memorial in Karmiel. Partnership2Gether Israeli leadership organized a gathering to memorialize the victims of Pittsburgh’s Oct. 27 attack. The gathering, in Karmiel, was held during the Jewish Federation’s JWRP/Momentum women’s mission in October 2018. 25

In Karmiel, following the Oct. 27 attack, Partnership2Gether leadership organized a gathering to show solidarity with Pittsburgh’s Jewish community. Photo: Alex Huber. School visits by Waldman winners. With support from Partnership2Gether, Israeli winners of The Waldman International Holocaust Arts and Writing Competition visited public schools throughout the Greater Pittsburgh region, sharing their winning work and important lessons of the Holocaust from an Israeli perspective. Birthright Israel. In winter 2018 and summer 2019, local university students traveled in Israel for 10 days on an educational “heritage” trip. The Jewish Federation’s Community Campaign supports half the cost. Onward Israel. The Jewish Federation’s Campaign allocation to Onward Israel helped to fund Israeli internships for 48 university students — a record number. While interning at Israeli businesses in the Tel Aviv area, the students will learn about Israel through periodic educational trips and programs with fellow interns. The Emma Kaufmann Camp’s Staff in Training program. A program of the Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh, the Staff in Training program offers life-skills experience and staff training, including a three-week trip to Israel. In summer 2019, support from the Jewish Federation and Partnership2Gether allowed 30 Pittsburgh teens to participate in the SIT program. They spent one week in Karmiel/Misgav, Pittsburgh’s Partnership2Gether region. 26

In summer 2019, support from Partnership2Gether allowed 30 Pittsburgh teens to participate in the SIT program at Emma Kaufmann Camp. Part of the training included one week in Karmiel/Misgav. Eighth-grade trip to Karmiel/Misgav. The Jewish Federation’s Israel Scholarship program and Partnership2Gether provided funding for 20 eighth-graders from Community Day School to travel to Israel. The students spent one day with peers in Karmiel/Misgav. Passport to Israel. The Passport to Israel program facilitates Israel experiences for youth by enabling families to plan and to save for Israel travel — and to have the Jewish Community Foundation match their savings. This year 16 families opened new accounts. The Jewish Community Foundation disbursed $16,700 from the Sholom Comay Fund to support 22 students on peer-group Israel programs. Yom HaZikaron observance. More than 400 people attended the annual Yom HaZikaron ceremony to remember Israel’s fallen soldiers and victims of terror. The ceremony featured a powerful performance by students from the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama. Yom Ha’atzmaut celebration. In Pittsburgh, more than 600 people attended Israel’s 71st Independence Day celebration. The outdoor celebration featured a live performance by David Broza, a world-famous Israeli musician; delicious Israeli food; Israeli dancing; and children’s activities. 27

May 23, 2019, a crowd of more than 600 gathered on Schenley Plaza, in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, to celebrate Israel’s 71st independence day — Yom Ha’atzmaut — at a concert by Israeli rock star David Broza. The Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh sponsored and organized the free event. Photo: David Bachman. Speakers from Israel. Throughout the year, the Israel & Overseas Division brought speakers from Israel to Pittsburgh. • Tony Raichler, from the Jewish Agency for Israel, spoke to a group of young adults about his experience as a lone soldier in the Israel Defense Forces and about the Jewish community in Venezuela, his home country. • Professor Meir Elran spoke to a diverse audience about the Israeli elections in April. • Three Israeli women, with support from the Raya Fund, spoke to large audiences about social- change efforts in Israel, including Nivcharot, to achieve equal representation for Haredi (ultra- Orthodox) women in Israel’s political system; Fidel, to advance the integration of the Ethiopian- Israeli community; and Unistream, to help at-risk youth living in the periphery of Israel achieve dreams through entrepreneurship. Israel & Overseas Projects A Community Campaign allocation provides funds that are directed to Israel and overseas organizations. In 2018–19, the Jewish Federation helped fund these efforts, among others, in Israel: • Economic Empowerment for Women, a business incubator for Israeli Jewish and Israeli Arab businesswomen in the Galilee. • ELI (Israel Association for Child Protection), an organization dedicated to decreasing the abuse of special needs children and to treating the emotional consequences of abuse. • Ethiopian National Project, an organization providing Ethiopian Israeli students in grades 7–12 with scholastic assistance and emotional, social and nutritional support. 28

In June 2019 in Israel, 600 Ethiopian Israeli teenagers gathered at a national summit, the culmination of a three-year initiative to help Ethiopian Israelis integrate into Israeli society by providing academic support and leadership training. A private Pittsburgh donor— working with the Ethiopian National Project, a Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh partner — generously funded the initiative. (Second from left) Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh’s Brian Eglash, senior vice president and chief development officer, and (second from right) Kim Salzman — director, Israel & Overseas operations — met with Ethiopian Israeli students who have received scholarships to medical and dental schools. • Kibbutz Eshbal, an educational kibbutz that offers a mechina, an army preparatory program, for at-risk youth. Most of the participants are Ethiopian Israelis. Throughout the year they learn leadership skills that improve their prospects for meaningful service in the Israel Defense Forces. • Hand in Hand Galilee Bilingual School, a multicultural school where Jewish and Arab Israelis interact daily, on the basis of mutual respect, learning to appreciate each other’s culture, religion and history. • Krembo Wings, the only inclusive youth movement in Israel for children and youth with and without disabilities. Krembo Wings provides weekly activities for young people, increasing the self-confidence of the disabled children and fostering a sense of belonging for all the participants. • Leket Israel, Israel’s largest food bank. Leket is a leader and expert in food rescue throughout Israel. The organization sources, collects and redistributes quality fresh food from farms, hotels, military bases and catering halls. Without Leket, this food would go to landfills. • Israel Elwyn, an early-intervention program to enable children to use the innovative Wizzybug powered wheelchair. • Kishorit, a home for life for adults with disabilities in the Western Galilee. The Jewish Federation funded an organic garden, allowing residents to develop employment skills and join the Work on Organic Farming initiative. • Orr Shalom, which provides emergency fostering for children under age 5 who have been removed from their homes as a result of neglect or abuse. • Yad Sarah, an organization that loans medical and rehabilitative equipment at no cost. Funding from the Jewish Federation helped establish Yad Sarah in the Karmiel area. • Yemin Orde, a youth village and boarding school that, by deepening connections to Judaism and Israel, helps immigrant and at-risk youth define their identities and integrate into Israeli society. 29

• ERAN, which trains volunteers to provide telephone and online crisis services in Karmiel. The training enables the volunteers to provide mental health support to all ages and to IDF soldiers, Holocaust survivors, and new immigrants. • Ayalim, which helps to bring promising young Israelis to live in the Negev and the Galilee. The program promotes social development and helps to develop areas in Israel’s periphery. Karmiel’s Ayalim Student Village houses 28 students who volunteer in several educational programs in elementary and high schools. • Jordan River Village, which enables Karmiel/Misgav students with disabilities to enjoy life- changing experiences at the Jordan River Village camp. • HaShomer HaChadash, a program that brings 10,000 volunteers to the Karmiel/Misgav area to work the land together. Volunteers cultivate Jewish identity and values while ensuring the sustainability of farms that suffer from agricultural terror and theft. • Tsofen High Technology Centers, which help to overcome economic and societal barriers by integrating Israeli Arab citizens into high-tech jobs. • Achotenu, a program that helps Ethiopian Israeli students to overcome barriers to admission to nursing school at Hebrew University. • Beit Issie Shapiro, which helps women with complex learning disabilities to achieve financial literacy and independence. In 2018–19, the Jewish Federation also helped to fund these overseas efforts outside Israel: • American Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), providing elderly Jews in need in Moldova with hunger relief, medical care and winter relief. • Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI), revitalizing Jewish life in Moldova by helping Jewish youth develop leadership skills and a sense of Jewish peoplehood. Programs include JAFI’s Jewish summer camp and an informal after-school program. • World ORT, developing and sustaining Jewish life in Moldova by investment in teachers and students at the ORT Herzl Technology Lyceum school, in Kishinev. 30

EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION The goal of the Jewish Federation’s Early Childhood Education (ECE) Department is to broaden the scope of excellence in Jewish early childhood education in Greater Pittsburgh. In 2018–19, the department pursued the goal by working in partnership with the nine Jewish Early Education Initiative (JECEI)/Bonim Beyachad centers.* The ECE Department: • Coordinated the work of the nine centers as they created an activities booth. The booth offered a variety of children’s activities at the Jewish Federation’s annual Apples & Honey Fall Festival. The Federation’s Studio Educator Cohort provided thoughtful recommendations about activities, and members of the cohort and early childhood professionals from all nine schools facilitated the activities at the festival. At the Apples & Honey booth designed and Early childhood educators provided a quiet staffed by the nine JECEI/Bonim Beyachad reading area for children at the Apples & centers, children worked collaboratively to Honey Festival. Educators encouraged visitors create mosaics by using loose parts in a specific to select a free Jewish-themed children’s book. color range. The Federation’s Studio Educator Photo: Joshua Franzos Cohort provided thoughtful recommendations about booth activities. Photo: Joshua Franzos. • Helped the centers implement a sustainable self-assessment model. All nine Pittsburgh JECEI/Bonim Beyachad ECE centers have created Self-Assessment Teams. Team members have participated in training webinars and received newly created Federation-copyrighted resources, including a self-assessment workbook and a 100-page self-assessment training manual. • Coordinated professional development. With the support of the Federation’s ECE director, educators from each of the four Pittsburgh JECEI/Bonim Beyachad pilot centers offered professional development sessions and site visits to the community’s Jewish early childhood educators. The theme of the sessions was The Reggio Emilia Approach Through a Jewish Lens. A total of 213 Jewish early childhood educators, representing all nine Pittsburgh JECEI/Bonim Beyachad ECE centers, attended these four sessions. 31

Gina Crough, current assistant director of the Early At a professional development session and site visit Childhood Development Center at the Jewish at Temple Emanuel Early Childhood Development Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh, Squirrel Center, educators from other centers had the Hill, welcomed educators to a professional opportunity to see how educators had applied the development session and site visit in February. The Reggio Emilia approach. session was one of four in 2018–19. Others were at Temple Emanuel, Temple Ohav Shalom and Community Day School. • Documented the history of Pittsburgh JECEI/Bonim Beyachad initiatives. Representatives of the nine centers worked with the Federation’s ECE director to create two panels that chronicle the timeline of the Pittsburgh JECEI/Bonim Beyachad initiatives. The panels are on display at the centers. *Beth Shalom Early Learning Center, Community Day School Early Childhood Education Program, The Early Learning Center at Yeshiva, The Isadore Joshowitz Early Childhood Center at Hillel Academy of Pittsburgh, Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh Early Childhood Development Centers (Squirrel Hill and South Hills locations), Rodef Shalom Family Center Preschool, Temple Emanuel Early Childhood Development Center, Temple Ohav Shalom Center for Early Learning. 32

JEWISH LIFE & LEARNING Through the Jewish Life & Learning (JL&L) Department, the Jewish Federation creates and enhances Jewish learning and experiences across the spectrum of the community. This means: • Ensuring abundant, diverse and high-quality Jewish learning opportunities for all ages • Supporting the professional development of Jewish educators • Engaging minimally connected Jews in their 20s and 30s Post–Oct. 27 Response The Oct. 27 attack resulted in urgent community needs for spiritual care and trauma-related training. For the first eight weeks following the shootings, the Jewish Federation’s JL&L Department: • Organized and deployed certified Jewish chaplains to provide spiritual care to individuals throughout the community • Arranged for Christian chaplains to provide spiritual care for Christian teachers at Jewish day schools and early childhood centers • Supported the New Light Congregation by arranging visits from Conservative rabbis • Ensured that a trauma-informed therapist or chaplain visited every part-time religious school that requested one To offer continuing trauma support and to prepare the community to provide trauma response in the future, the Jewish Federation’s JL&L Department: • Offered, in collaboration with JPRO, a workshop about trauma response. • Organized sessions, facilitated by visiting Jewish chaplains, to teach educators and agency and synagogue professionals about trauma response. • Collaborated in April, with Jewish Family and Community Services, to design a week-long series of trainings by the Israel Trauma Coalition. The collaboration resulted in: o Full-day trainings for clergy, first responders and Jewish educators and communal professionals o A two-day training for mental health clinicians New Initiative: Measurement of Teen Learning and Engagement In 2018–19, Jewish Federation’s JL&L and the Jewish Teen Education & Engagement Funder Collaborative embarked on a project to measure the impact of the programs offered by the Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh (JCC) in Squirrel Hill through The Second Floor. Working with Rosov Consulting, JL&L customized a survey for teens and administered it in spring 2019. Survey results will help determine how well the JCC’s programs for Jewish teens are achieving defined outcomes and guide future program design and innovation. 2018–19 Program Highlights • Training With M2: The Institute for Experiential Jewish Education. In the fall, Jewish Federation’s JL&L convened a cohort of 18 education directors and youth professionals for an intensive, four-day professional development institute about experiential approaches to Jewish learning and engagement. • One Happy Camper. Through JL&L, the Jewish Federation awarded $84,000 in grants to 93 children in Greater Pittsburgh who will attend their first year of Jewish overnight camp. 33

One Happy Camper grants, administered by the JL&L Department, are supported by The Papernick Family Foundation in partnership with the Jewish Federation’s Centennial Fund for a Jewish Future and the Foundation for Jewish Camp. • The Grinspoon Award Celebration. In June, JL&L hosted an event to celebrate Jewish educators and present Pittsburgh’s Harold Grinspoon Award for Excellence in Jewish Education to Sara London, a language arts teacher at Hillel Academy. Barbara and Lester Parker presented Pittsburgh’s 2019 Harold Grinspoon Award for Excellence in Jewish Education to Sara London. • Teen Tikkun Leil Shavuot. More than 75 teens attended the third annual Teen Tikkun Leil Shavuot, a late-night study session for grades 6–12. Jewish Federation partnered with the JCC and youth leaders from the community to bring together educators and students from a variety of Jewish denominations for serious Jewish learning. • OneTable Pittsburgh. With support from the Jewish Community Foundation and the Community Campaign, OneTable Pittsburgh completed its second year of empowering young adults to create an enduring, in-home Shabbat dinner practice that participants find personally authentic. Since July 2017, OneTable Pittsburgh has held 178 Shabbat dinners, offering a total of 3,118 seats at the table and serving 1,740 unique individuals. • Honeymoon Israel Pittsburgh. In November, Honeymoon Israel’s inaugural trip to Israel included 20 local committed couples with at least one Jewish partner. On the journey the couples engaged in open-ended inquiry about how they connect to the Jewish people and how they will incorporate Jewish values and traditions into their families. Since returning from Israel, through their own Shabbat dinners and holiday programs, the group has stayed connected to each other socially and has explored Jewish life together. 34

The Honeymoon Israel Pittsburgh cohort at the Western Wall, December 2018. 35

THE JEWISH FEDERATION VOLUNTEER CENTER The Jewish Federation Volunteer Center’s mission is to cultivate an engaged and inclusive Jewish community through volunteerism. The center matches individuals and groups with organizations in Greater Pittsburgh that need volunteers. Auberle, a family-oriented organization, presented the 2019 Community Partner Award to the Jewish Federation Volunteer Center. The award recognizes the Volunteer Center’s commitment to volunteerism. Following the shootings of Oct. 27, 2018, the Volunteer Center: • Worked with Jewish Family and Community Services to train and deploy a team of volunteers to help those closest to the attack. These volunteers have, among other activities, shoveled driveways, provided rides, and written thank-you notes for the families of the victims. • Managed a Shabbat dinner for more than 400 community members. Originally planned as an event relating to the center’s I-Volunteer program, on the Friday night following Oct. 27, the dinner transformed into a significant solidarity and healing experience. The Volunteer Center manages multisite volunteer experiences in conjunction with international days of volunteering: Good Deeds Day and Mitzvah Day. In 2018–19: • Mitzvah Day volunteers performed over 1,500 hours of service, which included the participation of all 300 students at Hillel Academy. In response to the Oct. 27 shootings, students at Hillel Academy spent Mitzvah Day creating a mural to hang on the construction fence outside the Tree of Life Synagogue. Photo: Joshua Franzos. 36

• On Good Deeds Day, more than 600 volunteers helped neighbors, improved neighborhoods, and did valuable work in partnership with area nonprofits. For the first time, J-Serve teens participated on the same day as other Good Deeds Day volunteers. Making school lunches for students in need was just one of 52 activities available to Good Deeds Day volunteers at many sites throughout Greater Pittsburgh. Photo: Elan Mizrahi 37

THE PITTSBURGH JEWISH COMMUNITY SCORECARD The Pittsburgh Jewish Community Scorecard is a data-collection and evaluation initiative to help direct- service providers understand community needs and trends and to inform planning. In 2018–19, the scorecard initiative: • Launched The 2018 Pittsburgh Jewish Study on Interfaith Families. The 2017 Pittsburgh Jewish Community Study revealed that, relative to other communities, a low percentage of interfaith families in Pittsburgh are raising their children as exclusively Jewish. To understand how interfaith parents make decisions regarding religion and to equip the community’s service providers with additional qualitative data, the Community Scorecard commissioned The 2018 Pittsburgh Jewish Study on Interfaith Families. The Jewish Federation plans to publish findings in September 2019. • Continued to collect data from local Jewish communal institutions. Data collected from educational institutions and social services will expose areas of need and guide strategic planning. • Assisted in the evaluation of Jewish Federation programs. Data collection regarding Partnership2Gether, the Jewish Federation Volunteer Center, the Shinshinim Program and Wechsler Leadership Program will enable impact measurement. Impact measures will help optimize programming and marketing decisions. At a session with Diller Teen Fellows, the Pittsburgh shinshinim — (left) Raz Levin, in a white shirt, and (far right) Hadar Maravent — led the fellows in a discussion of current events in Israel. The Pittsburgh Jewish Community Scorecard initiative collected data on the Shinshinim Program and other programs, to help increase their impact and reach in the future. 38

WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA JEWISH CEMETERIES INITIATIVE Since 2015 the Jewish Federation has worked actively to assure the future of the more than 80 Jewish cemeteries in Western Pennsylvania. The cemeteries — established more than a century ago, mostly in small mill towns — were in a critical state, with few Jews nearby to oversee cemetery upkeep. In 2015, the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh convened the Cemeteries Task Force to survey the cemeteries and their financial health and to help the existing community cemetery organization, the Jewish Cemetery and Burial Association of Greater Pittsburgh (JCBA), meet growing cemetery needs. The task force produced a business plan for a restructured cemetery-management organization. The JCBA ratified the plan, and the task force disbanded in 2017. In 2019, the Jewish Federation’s Jewish Community Foundation provided the JCBA with a grant of $150,000 per year for three years. The grant will help fund the first stage of business plan implementation. During the first stage of the business plan: • The Jewish Federation will form a committee, to include some members of the Cemeteries Task Force and some new voices, to help implement the legal, financial and governance changes that will allow the JCBA’s transformation. • A subcommittee will conduct a search for the JCBA’s new full-time executive director. After the JCBA’s transformation is under way, the Jewish Federation will be involved in fundraising for the $5–7 million endowment that the task force cited as necessary to care for cemeteries that do not have adequate resources. In its work on the cemeteries initiative, the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh has worked to uphold Jewish law regarding the dignity of the dead and to honor the role that the deceased played in the community. 39

RENOVATION OF THE NEW RIVERVIEW Now a part of the Jewish Association on Aging, Riverview Towers — now called The New Riverview — is undergoing a $17 million renovation. The Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh played a significant role in facilitating the renovation by helping to secure tax credit funding through the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency. Riverview updates will include the conversion of several efficiency apartments into one- and two- bedroom units. A total of 191 significantly updated units will be available following the completion of the renovation. Riverview Towers has offered housing for senior citizens since 1965. Also available in the two high-rise buildings on Garetta Street are services that range from meal support to nursing. In 2017, the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh helped what is now The New Riverview secure a grant that enabled the expansion of the parking area, to yield the paved and fenced area shown in this photo. Following completion of Federation-facilitated renovations currently under way, the interior of The New Riverview will comprise 191 updated units. 40

THE HOLOCAUST CENTER OF PITTSBURGH The Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh inspires engagement with Holocaust history while working to end the injustices of today. Holocaust Center educators work throughout Western Pennsylvania and in parts of West Virginia and Ohio, either through county intermediate units or directly with administrators, teachers and students. In addition, the center offers programs and exhibits to the public. Holocaust Center events are often sold out or standing-room only. In response to the need for programming in response to the Oct. 27 attack on Pittsburgh’s Jewish community, the Holocaust Center increased the number of programs and exhibits offered 2018–19. The center’s public and educational programming pushed beyond Allegheny County and into Fayette, Westmoreland, and Lawrence counties in Pennsylvania and into Youngstown, Ohio, and Parkland, Florida. Programs in 2018–19 reached more than 10,000 individuals, including students, teachers, librarians, police officers and members of the public. The Holocaust Center has started strategic planning to help the center meet a future that includes an increasing threat of anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial — a future that must be met without Holocaust survivors to lead the countercharge. 2018–19 Holocaust Center Highlights • Teacher training and curriculum development. o The Holocaust Center debuted a new teacher-training module called Teaching the Holocaust Through Theater. The training was developed in partnership with professional actors and the head of Prime Stage Theater, Dr. Wayne Brinda — a trained Holocaust educator. o The Holocaust Center conducted its annual Summer Teacher’s Institute, which offers middle school and high school educators Act 48 continuing education credits. o In July 2018, 20 teachers participated in a five-day, advanced workshop. o The Holocaust Center presented sessions for teachers at Intermediate Units around Western Pennsylvania. • School field trips. Students from 20 schools participated in a Holocaust Center field trip, which involves a visit to Holocaust Center, in the Greenfield neighborhood of Pittsburgh; a talk from a Holocaust survivor or a presenter from the center’s Generations Speakers Bureau; and a visit to the Keeping Tabs memorial at Community Day School. • Exhibitions. The Holocaust Center pursued this year’s theme, Women and the Holocaust, through many of its exhibitions, which included: o “Stitching History From the Holocaust,” on loan from the Jewish Museum of Milwaukee o “Spots of Light,” from Yad Vashem, a broad overview of women’s experiences in the Holocaust o “The Numbers Keep Changing,” which presents poems and paintings by Pittsburgher Judith R. Robinson o “Rediscovering the Jews of Amiens, France,” which presents the research of South Hills resident David Rosenberg • The annual Kristallnacht Program. The Holocaust Center partnered with Classrooms Without Borders to present a performance of The Children of Willesden Lane. The presentation tells the story of a pianist who fled wartime Vienna on the Kindertransport. The story is presented by author-musician Mona Golabek, the daughter of the protagonist. 41