Hill Synagogue

• E Hill Synagogue v. Englewood, (3rd Cir. 2007)

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• Federal Circuits

• Homewood Church and Squirrel Hill Synagogue Join Together for a Passover Seder

To: STATE EDITORS Contact: Rabbi Stephen Listfield of the Tree of Life Congregation, +1-412-521-6788; or Rev. Eugene Blackwell of Bethesda Presbyterian Church, +1-412-731-2294; or Jeffrey Cohan, Director of Community and Public Affairs, United Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh, +1-412-992-5234

• U.S. Newswire
• April 11, 2008

• Sea Pays $5.5 Million for Synagogue's Hill Property

The only synagogue serving Downtown will move for the second time in 50 years, to accommodate a new hockey arena in Pittsburgh. The city-county Sports & Exhibition Authority voted Thursday to pay $5.5 million to buy and relocate the Beth Hamedrash Hagodol- Beth Jacob Synagogue, the last of 13 buildings the authority needed to acquire before building a $290 million arena to be used by the Pittsburgh Penguins.

• Tribune - Review / Pittsburgh Tribune - Review
• March 21, 2008

• Temple, Neighbors Clash Anew ; Expansion Plan Strains Rocky Relationship

ENGLEWOOD - The East Hill Synagogue wants to build an addition that would expand its worship space by 102 seats. The Planning Board will begin hearings on March 8. But the expansion plan has already revived controversy about the modern Orthodox congregation, which has doubled its membership since opening in a Victorian house at 255 Walnut St. in 2000.

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• February 02, 2007

• New Arena Could Displace Synagogue in Hill District

The only synagogue that serves Downtown could be moving again to make way for a new arena, an official said Thursday. The arena could be built around Beth Hamedrash Hagodol-Beth Jacob, but the city-county Sports & Exhibition Authority would prefer to relocate the synagogue to make more space, said Executive Director Mary Conturo.

• Tribune - Review / Pittsburgh Tribune - Review
• April 20, 2007

• Annual Interfaith Holocaust Program Will Feature Renowned Survivors

PETERSBURG -- A Tri-Cities Interfaith Holocaust Remembrance Service will take place at 7 p.m. Monday, April 12, at Congregation Brith Achim, 314 South Boulevard. The service is open to the public and everyone is encouraged to attend. This annual event is sponsored by the Walnut Hill Area Churches and Synagogue Organization (WHACSO) in conjunction with the U.S. Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust and the Virginia Holocaust Museum. We join people of all faiths to take a stand against hate, bigotry, and apathy, by participating in this special event. Apathy, too, is a major evil in our society. As living witnesses begin to fade, all people should take advantage of this opportunity.

• Progress - Index, The; Petersburg, Va.
• April 02, 2010

• Neighbors Charge Conflict of Interest in Synagogue Ruling

A longstanding battle between an Englewood synagogue and its neighbors continued in state court Thursday as an attorney asked a judge to set aside a Planning Board decision allowing the facility to add seating without extra parking. The Planning Board's 2007 ruling allowing East Hill Synagogue to expand from 123 seats to a maximum of 225 without commensurate parking expansion is arbitrary and capricious, according to members of 138 Brayton St., a group of synagogue neighbors.

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• November 15, 2008

• Tribute to Etta Cox

If you answered Etta Cox you would be right on. On Aug. 24 at the Rodef Shalom Synagogue auditorium, The Covenant Church on the Hill (67 Southern Ave., Mt. Washington) held a ". Cox has appeared in five movies and her Broadway credits include the "1940's Radio Hour" with Dee Dee Bridgewater, "I Love My Wife" and "The Me Nobody Knows." Cox has recorded two CDs: "Sunday Jam" and "My Foolish Heart."

• New Pittsburgh Courier; City Edition
• August 28, 2009

• Planners Upheld On Synagogue ; No Conflict of Interest On Expansion

A state judge ruled Friday that the Englewood Planning Board properly allowed a local synagogue to expand seating without adding parking, dismissing a neighborhood group's claim that the board acted capriciously and unethically. The decision marks the latest round in what has been years of legal battles between 138 Brayton St., the neighborhood group, and East Hill Synagogue at 225 Walnut St.

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• December 23, 2008

• Synagogue Adopts Fiscal Safeguards

Following allegations of mishandled funds by the former executive director earlier this year, officials at a local synagogue have announced new safeguards to prevent further problems. Dr. Gary Pearl, the newly elected board of directors president for Congregation Or Shalom, issued a written statement outlining the Old Grassy Hill Road synagogue's plans to "achieve financial stability and accountability" in the wake of an accumulated debt of about $175,000.

• New Haven Register
• March 25, 2009