The community is invited to attend Lost Worlds Found with University of Pittsburgh at 10:30 a.m. at the Senator John Heinz History Center. Pittsburgh-based photographer David Aschkenas will tell stories behind a selection of his work focusing on photographs of the grand synagogues and Jewish cemeteries of Europe and his ongoing documentation of Pittsburgh. Aschkenas' […]
Books in the Burgh: "A Man Comes from Someplace," by Judith Summerfield Join the Rauh Jewish History Program & Archives at the Heinz History Center for a reading, discussion and book signing with Judith Summerfield, author of “A Man Comes from Someplace: Stories, History, Memory from a Lost Time.” The book is a cultural study […]
"Bagels Over Berlin" Rodef Shalom Sisterhood Movie Night description: “Bagels Over Berlin” is a recently produced film directed by film maker Alan Feinberg. Mr. Feinberg will also attend and introduce the film. “Bagels Over Berlin” is a documentary that tells the story of the Jewish young men who joined the U.S. Army Air Corp just […]
title: "Was Alexander Hamilton Jewish?" description: Thousands of miles from the Old World, on a sun-kissed island in the West Indies, a young boy named Alexander Hamilton began a most unlikely journey in the 1750s. His meteoric rise from Caribbean obscurity to American founder has long captivated historians and, more recently, theater audiences. Yet one […]
title: DNA Successes in (and Despite) Endogamy with Lara Diamond description: The Jewish Genealogy Society of Pittsburgh and the Rauh Jewish History Program & Archives welcome noted genealogist Lara Diamond, who will discuss the complications of genetic genealogy within endogamous populations. Diamond is president of the Jewish Genealogy Society of Maryland, leads JewishGen's Subcarpathian SIG […]
Event: Salute To Our Veterans Date: Wednesday, May 16 at 3pm Location: Adath Jeshurun Cemetery 4779 Roland Road, Allison Park, PA 15101 (North Hills – > see above website for directions) Adath Jeshurun Synagogue was founded in 1916 in the East End of Pittsburgh primarily immigrants from Eastern Europe whose families fled the Pogroms. It […]
title: The Hill District: A Bus and Walking Tour description: New Light Men's Club and Rodman Street Missionary Baptist Church present a bus and walking tour of Pittsburgh's Hill District, where African American and Immigrant Jews were once neighbors in this culturally diverse renaissance neighborhood. Tour guides from the Hill House and the History Center […]
title: Through The Place description: A Film on the History of Pittsburgh History and Landmarks (PHLF) with remarks from Karamagi Rujumba, Director of Public Communications and Advocacy, PHLF start-date: 2018-06-12 start time: 7:30 PM end date: 2018-06-12 end time: 9:00 PM all-day event: recurring event: No event address: Church of the Redeemer 5700 Forbes Avenue […]
Curtain Call! The Jewish Stars of the Pittsburgh Playhouse Description: Before the Pittsburgh Playhouse officially “turns off the lights” at its Oakland campus and prepares to open its new theater complex downtown, join the Rauh Jewish History Program & Archives in a celebration of the many Jewish actors, writers, directors, stagehands, patrons and critics who […]
Squirrel Hill Historical Society event website: http://squirrelhillhistory.org event cost: Free Tuesday, July 10, 2018 7:30 pm Church of the Redeemer 5700 Forbes Avenue Admission Free "A History of Freemasonry" Speaker: Austin Shifrin, Member of the Freemasons
title: Americans and the Holocaust description: The Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh, in partnership with the Heinz History Center, is proud to host historian Rebecca Erbelding. Dr. Erbelding is an expert on American responses to the Holocaust and the War Refugee Board. She has worked at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum as an archivist, curator, […]
On Thursday (not Tuesday) August 16 the Squirrel Hill Historical Society will celebrate the 45th anniversary of the Squirrel Hill Urban Coalition (SHUC), the neighborhood's community planning organization, with multiple speakers. Refreshments will be served and a panel of SHUC members will talk about the past, present and future of the organization. Church of the […]
Sally Kalson: The Early Years description: Before she became a beloved columnist for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Sally Kalson was a young reporter with deep roots, a strong will, a clear voice and a desire to lead a meaningful life. Come see how she did it. start-date: 2018-09-05 start time: 6 p.m. end date: 2018-09-05 end […]
title: Squirrel Hill Historical Society September Program description: "How Geology Influenced the Landscape Programs of Pittsburgh Artist John Kane" Speaker: Albert Kollar, Geologist, Carnegie Museum of Natural History start-date: 2018-09-11 start time: 7:30 PM end date: 2018-09-11 end time: 9:00 PM all-day event: recurring event: No event address: Church of the Redeemer 5700 Forbes Avenue […]
Ervin Staub (Photo courtesy of Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh) title: When the Smoke Clears: Reconciliation in the Aftermath of Violence, a talk with Ervin Staub description: In this talk, Dr. Staub will discuss the role of passive bystanders in the evolution of violence and the power of active bystanders; describe his work in Rwanda to […]