Holocaust education
Educator Daniel Singleton speaks to group of students at the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh's permanent exhibit. (Photo courtesy of Daniel Singleton)
July 2, 2026, 11:20 am
Local Holocaust educator ‘builds connections’ at JFR Summer Institute
The five-day program traces the history of antisemitism, encouraging educators to exchange resources on the subject.
By Octavia Liku
New Hampshire GOP state Rep. Matt Sabourin dit Choinière (center) testifies before a state committee on his proposed amendment to add a Holocaust denier to the state's Holocaust education commission, Jan. 14, 2026. He is flanked by a stack of Holocaust-denial books. (Screenshot)
May 1, 2026, 3:00 pm
GOP lawmaker tried to put a Holocaust denier on New Hampshire’s Holocaust education board
Matt Sabourin dit Choinière brought a notorious German Holocaust denier and his books to a state hearing.
By Andrew Lapin
Bethel Park High School teacher Leigh Ann Totty and Jewish Foundation for the Righteous Executive Vice President Stanlee Stahl at this year’s advanced seminar. (Photo provided by Steinreich Communications Group)
January 27, 2026, 9:45 am
Bethel Park teacher deepens Holocaust education through advanced seminar
“I value my connection to the JFR," she said.
By David Rullo
Heather Robinson addresses attendees inside the Carnegie Museum of Art Theater on May 27. (Photo by Adam Reinherz)
May 30, 2025, 3:32 pm
Robinson Short Film Competition honors Jewish heritage, resistance and humanity
'If you can get to them with stories like this — of good versus evil, someone doing the right thing, what do you choose when you don't have a choice — I think you can change kids' perspectives'
By Adam Reinherz
Community Day School. (Photo courtesy of Community Day School)
April 17, 2025, 9:10 am
If we want Jewish life to survive, we must invest in the living
Jewish continuity has never come from educating others about our suffering. It always comes from educating our children about their story, faith and future.
By Mendy Cohen
A railcar that transported prisoners to the Nazi concentration and extermination camp rests in Auschwitz-Birkenau. (Photo by Adam Reinherz)
October 14, 2024, 6:09 pm
Reporter’s Notebook: History, memory and responsibility lead to life in Auschwitz
Eighty years after German Nazi concentration and extermination camp liberated, seminar brings journalists to Poland to promote 'remembrance' and ask what's next
By Adam Reinherz
Outside the Kraków JCC, participants read names of individuals killed on Oct. 7, 2023, and of Israeli soldiers who’ve subsequently fallen in battle. (Photo by Adam Reinherz)
October 14, 2024, 4:48 pm
On Oct. 7, a remembrance in Kraków
'By virtue of having gone through what we've gone through, we have something to teach, and we are examples of Jewish resilience'
By Adam Reinherz
Pittsburgh synagogue shooting survivor Dan Leger addresses Mt. Lebanon eighth-grader Eden Cheng at a community event on May 21 at Mt. Lebanon High School. Andrea Wedner, a survivor of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, is on his right. (Photo by Toby Tabachnick)
May 28, 2024, 4:38 pm
Mt. Lebanon students bring ‘LIGHT’ — and hope — to community
"We find hope in the students. That's where the hope lies.” — Nick Haberman
By Toby Tabachnick
Lily Sassani (Photo courtesy of Lily Sassani)
January 26, 2024, 1:23 pm
Local Girl Scout creating Holocaust education patch
The Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh is helping chart the way; the Jewish Women's Foundation is funding the project
By Abigail Hakas
Part of “The Righteous Among the Nations” exhibit in the Susan Bergman Gurrentz ’56 Art Gallery (Photo by Abigail Hakas)
November 11, 2023, 7:37 pm
‘We are all Jews here’: Chatham exhibit highlights rescuers in the Holocaust
"Righteous Among the Nations"
By Abigail Hakas
Amnon Weinstein, founder of Violins of Hope, in his studio (Photo © Daniel Levin 2021)
August 28, 2023, 3:27 pm
Violins of Hope brings 7 weeks of exhibits, lectures and concerts to Pittsburgh
The exhibit will coincide with the fifth commemoration of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting.
By Toby Tabachnick
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at a Jerusalem Post conference at the Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem on April 27, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 12, 2023, 3:00 pm
Florida rejects Holocaust education textbooks in clampdown on ‘woke’ instruction
One of the rejected Holocaust textbooks was “Modern Genocides.” The other was an online learning course, “History of the Holocaust.” Both were intended for high school students.
By Andrew Lapin
Students participate in a Holocaust educational activity. Photo courtesy of William Paull
December 4, 2022, 9:03 am
Local educator uses classroom to combat antisemitism
William Paull's classroom is making a difference for 260 students but more work is needed, the teacher said
By Adam Reinherz
Duquesne University student Lucas Braga speaks after performing Robert Dauber's “Serenade for Violin and Piano.” The piece was written while the 23-year-old composer was a prisoner in the Terezin ghetto. Photo by Adam Reinherz
October 21, 2022, 11:05 am
‘Violins of Hope’ raise Holocaust awareness at Duquesne University
Members of Duquesne University's Mary Pappert School of Music explore stringed instruments used by Jewish musicians in the ghettos and concentration camps
By Adam Reinherz
Holocaust survivor Frank Grunwald addresses Canon-McMillan High School students on Jan. 13. Screenshot by Adam Reinherz
January 15, 2021, 3:30 pm
‘More than a history lesson’
Holocaust survivor Frank Grunwald makes big impact at Canon-McMillan High School
By Adam Reinherz
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