Pittsburg

Pittsburg or Pitsburg may refer to:

In the United States

Pittsburg (eBART station)

Pittsburg eBART station, also referred to as Railroad Avenue, is a future Bay Area Rapid Transit station to be located at Highway 4 and Railroad Avenue in Pittsburg, California. It is planned to be constructed as an infill station between Pittsburg/Bay Point and the initial eBART terminus at Antioch. The station will serve the downtown area of Pittsburg in addition to this bedroom community's residents commuting to job centers in San Francisco and other areas. Funding for the station was secured in early 2015.

Bus service will be provided by Tri-Delta Transit.

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Pittsburg (Hasidic dynasty)

Pittsburg is a Hasidic dynasty founded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1924 by Rabbi Yosef Leifer, a Hungarian rabbi and descendant of Rabbi Mordechai of Nadvorna. This is one of the few Hasidic dynasties named after an American city (others are Boston, Cleveland, Milwaukee and Philadelphia).

After flourishing in America for 46 years, the Hasidut was relocated to the Israeli coastal city of Ashdod under the leadership of Rabbi Yosef Leifer's son and successor, Rabbi Avraham Abba Leifer. Today the Hasidut is led by Rabbi Avraham Abba's son, Rabbi Mordechai Yissachar Ber Leifer, who presides over a nucleus of about 100 Pittsburger families in Ashdod as well as families in Jerusalem, Bnei Brak, Beit Hilkia, New York and California. Owing to the small size of the Hasidut, each member has a personal relationship with the Rebbe and Rebbetzin, who speak English, Hebrew and Yiddish.

Torah institutions

When Rabbi Avraham Abba Leifer moved the Hasidut to the Israeli city of Ashdod in 1970, the city had hardly any religious residents and no Torah schools, aside from the Grodno Yeshiva for high-school-age boys. Thanks to the decades-long efforts of Rabbi Avraham Abba and his son and successor, Rabbi Mordechai Yissachar Ber, Pittsburg now operates a cheder with over 300 students, two yeshivas with 90 students, and several kollels for married men. The Hasidut has also attracted formerly non-observant Jews through the Rebbe's shiurim (classes), tishen and personal interaction. Pittsburger families are concentrated in Rova Gimmel (the third quarter) of Ashdod.