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August 30, 5786 (2026)
A day for zines, midrash, and radical bubbelehs 💅

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Thank you so much to everyone who came out to the third annual Pittsburgh Jewish Zine Festival at @mr_roboto_project! We saw our biggest turnout yet and had an absolute blast sharing pickles, art, learning, & DJ Meddyglyn’s ambiance with yinz.

This year, we raised $917 at our merch table to donate to @gazasoupkitchen, over TRIPLE last year’s total. We are so incredibly proud of our steadily growing community and the impact we can make together.

Watch this space; copies of our collaborative zine Atzmeinu (Our Bones) will be going up for online sale very soon.

#pittsburgh #pittsburghevents #zinefair #zinefest #freepalesti̇ne taken in The Mr. Roboto Project by @pgh_jzf

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Online sales of Atzmeinu (Our Bones) have raised $459 and counting for Gaza Soup Kitchen @gazasoupkitchen! If you purchased a copy, seriously, thank you. If you haven’t bought a copy yet and you want one, they’re still available at the link in our bio. by @pgh_jzf

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Atzmeinu (Our Bones), a collaborative zine featuring poetry, prose, liturgy, art, challah, sculpture, amulets, & beyond from TWENTY-NINE trans & non-binary Jewish creatives, is available for online purchase RIGHT NOW!

This is a physical, full-color zine. You’re not going to want to miss it. Link our bio.

All profits from the sale of Atzmeinu go to Gaza Soup Kitchen. by @pgh_jzf

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Pittsburgh Jewish Zine fest TOMORROW!!! 1PM-5PM at Mr Roboto in Garfield, come pull up for zines, harm reduction supplies and pickles!

#pittsburghevents #pittsburgh #zinefest #zine taken in The Mr. Roboto Project by @pgh_jzf

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This years' shirts are HOT! Check out the hand lettered English, Yiddish and Ladino design courtesy of @beislakish and @elijahjbay. We have a variety of sizes and colors, screen printed and heat set by yours truly! Come get them at our official merch table and help us raise money for mutual aid in Palestine! We've made less than last year, so be sure and visit while the zines are hot and the pickles are still cold...

The Pittsburgh Zine Fest is Sunday, August 30th, from 1pm-5pm at The Mr Roboto Project.

A huge thanks to Dade Lemanski and @gdframbuaz for their Yiddish and Ladino skills, respectively. Getting to display Jewish Zine Fest in two different Jewish diasporic languages is really meaningful to us!!! And thanks to @that.maddie for teaching us screenprinting and troubleshooting so many transparencies!!!

#pittsburghevents #zinefair #zinefest #zinefestmerch taken in The Mr. Roboto Project by @pgh_jzf

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Good shabbos / Shabbat Shalom! The 3rd ever Pittsburgh Jewish Zine fest is happening THIS SUNDAY, August 30th, the day after tomorrow! Come join us from 1-5pm for a wonderful day of zines, harm reduction and fun surprises. All the profits from our official merch table are going to support @gazasoupkitchen , so come get some cool merch and support mutual aid in Palestine!

#pittsburghevents #pittsburgh #zine #zinefair by @pgh_jzf

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We’re excited to share who’s vending with us next week at The Pittsburgh Jewish Zine Fest
5786! This year’s fest has friendly faces, new and old…

Mask Up Pittsburgh is a disabled-led mask distribution and COVID-19 info project in Pittsburgh. We explore the ways that disability and illness intersect with other aspects of life from daily
activities to community organizing.

Plum Aravot (she/her) lives between the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers. Her work has
appeared in Firemaker/Troublestarter, the Femme Dyke Zine, and Call Me [Brackets], among
others. She has work forthcoming in Circle Aleph. When not writing, or frequently while writing,
Plum spends her time split between trying to stop moving and being called yet again to the road.
She goes to the water when she needs to pray.

Danya Kogan (she/her) is a lesbian Yiddishist and multi-instrumentalist residing in so-called
Pittsburgh, PA. Her work focuses on combining the musical traditions of Yiddishkayt and
Appalachia. She is currently in her Senior year at Carnegie Mellon University studying
mechanical Engineering and Anthropology!

Come by the Mr. Roboto Project on Sunday, August 30th from 1pm-5pm to check out their
tables for zines, art, mutual aid & harm redux supplies, and more! All funds from our official
merch table go to mutual aid in Palestine @gazasoupkitchen taken in The Mr. Roboto Project by @pgh_jzf

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We’re excited to share who’s vending with us next week at The Pittsburgh Jewish Zine Fest
5786! This year’s fest has friendly faces, new and old…

Olivia Devrorah Tucker (they/them) is an aspiring Jewish Demonologist, Talmud educator,
theatre collaborator and challah sculptor. Olivia serves as Alumni Engagement and Community
Partnerships Associate for SVARA: A Traditionally Radical Yeshiva, writes show notes for
Judaism Unbound’s The Oral Talmud podcast, and co-ops as a member of The Glitterbox
Theater in their home of Pittsburgh, PA (Shawnee & Haudenosaunee land). Olivia puts the
femme in ephemera & the trans in translation!

Tzvi Finkel (they/them) is a multimedia artist, community organizer, and rabbinical school
dropout in so-called Pittsburgh, PA. They are the founder and Rosh Yeshiva of Beis Lakish.
Healing work and restorative justice is the foundation of their political, spiritual and artistic
practices. You can find them on the bus or admiring moss on the stone floor.

Circle Aleph is a collectively-run seasonal publication focused on rekindling the Jewish anarchist
literary traditions.

Come by the Mr. Roboto Project on Sunday, August 30th from 1pm-5pm to check out their
tables for zines, art, mutual aid & harm redux supplies, and more! All funds from our official
merch table go to mutual aid in Palestine @gazasoupkitchen taken in The Mr. Roboto Project by @pgh_jzf

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We’re excited to share who’s vending with us next week at The Pittsburgh Jewish Zine Fest
5786! This year’s fest has friendly faces, new and old…

Natalie D.C. (she/her) an artist and writer based in Pittsburgh. My work grapples with my mental
health, queer Moroccan Jewish identity, and leftist, anti-fascist politics.

Maddie (they/them) represents Our Streets Collective; they’re your leftist neighbors and
friends, and mutual aid enthusiasts. Individually, we are outreach and social justice
leaders working to create solidarity among the poor and unhoused in order to liberate us
all from the exploitation of capitalism through collective class consciousness. Together,
we’re your network of resource and community connections for surviving the brutality of
homelessness and poverty in Pittsburgh.

Mendel Ida (they/them) is a Diasporist, anti-zionist & anti-fascist Jew & rabbinical student. I
make zines like "Diasporist Judaism looks like" (comparing to Jewish zionism) & ways to
connect to the amidah, making jewish holidays accessible

Come by the Mr. Roboto Project on Sunday, August 30th from 1pm-5pm to check out their
tables for zines, art, mutual aid & harm redux supplies, and more! All funds from our official
merch table go to mutual aid in Palestine @gazasoupkitchen taken in The Mr. Roboto Project by @pgh_jzf

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We’re excited to share who’s vending with us next week at The Pittsburgh Jewish Zine Fest
5786! This year’s fest has friendly faces, new and old…

HJ Taylor (they/them) is an indie comic, illustrator and fan of the esoteric. The themes of their
work include counterculture and ancient history!

The Big Idea is an anarchist collective and bookstore, we have tons of zines about Judaism,
being Jewish, anti-Zionism, etc. We've hosted the PGH Jewish Zine Fair before, and are really
excited to table again this year!

Tyell (they/she) represents The Auto(nomous) Body Shop; a Pittsburgh based mobile mutual aid
resource supporting bodily autonomy & community care. We provide free info + supplies +
propaganda to support & empower folks to be the go to friend for reproductive health, abortion
care, & harm reduction in their community.

Come by the Mr. Roboto Project on Sunday, August 30th from 1pm-5pm to check out their
tables for zines, art, mutual aid & harm redux supplies, and more! All funds from our official
merch table go to mutual aid in Palestine @gazasoupkitchen taken in The Mr. Roboto Project by @pgh_jzf

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"Gemara Ghosts: A Halloween Talmud Study” on silver cardstock at the Pittsburgh Jewish Zine Fair @pgh_jzf on Aug 30 at Roboto 1-5pm #ghosts #zines 👻👻👻 by @pgh_jzf

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