Rabbi Ron Symons

Headshot of Rabbi Ron Symons gazing off camera and wearing a kippah

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

A Year Like No Other: Voting in Pennsylvania and Beyond

Josh Sayles
Rabbi Ron Symons
Susan Friedberg Kalson
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.

A New Look at the Seder

D'Var Torah By: Robert Tornberg

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

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