Rabbi Ron Symons

Rabbi Ron Symons is the founding director of the Center for Loving Kindness of the JCC of Greater Pittsburgh.

Woman wearing a face mask and holding a mail in ballot while standing next to a USPS mailbox

Civic Engagement

A Year Like No Other: Voting in Pennsylvania and Beyond

Josh Sayles

Rabbi Ron Symons

Susan Friedberg Kalson

October 15, 2020

Typically, Jews have an extraordinarily high voter turnout, said to be the highest of any ethnic group, in a nation in which only an estimated 1 in 2 eligible voters actually vote. But this is a year like no other.

Chol HaMo-eid Pesach

A New Look at the Seder

D'Var Torah By: Robert Tornberg

March 26, 2014

As someone who has spent over forty years as a Jewish educator, I have always been fascinated by the Pesach seder. In fact, I have often said that it is the most perfect "lesson plan" ever created. The seder, when planned and done well, is truly "experiential education" at its

A Very Productive Day on Capitol Hill

Rabbi Ron Symons

December 6, 2012

I am attending the Gamaiel Foundation‘s International Leadership Assembly in Washington DC. We are 100 leaders from across 17 states in our network in relationship with 1,000,000 members of our congregations. Our delegation from Pittsbrgh includes 3 clergy, 1