Rauh Jewish History Program and Archives
JGS President Steve Jaron introduces a program discussing the legacy of the Kaufmanns. The program was a collaboration between JGS and the Rauh Jewish Archives. Photo provided by the Jewish Genealogy Society.
March 27, 2023, 1:17 pm
Rauh Jewish Archives, Jewish Genealogy Society partner to help grow community roots
An average of 80 people have attended each event, and participants have tuned in from as far away as California.
By David Rullo
Meyer Fogel received a form reply from Rev. Charles E. Coughlin in 1940, about four years after criticizing the priest in a letter to the Pittsburgh Press. (Image provided by Rauh Jewish Archives)
February 17, 2021, 12:04 pm
Shouts and voices
A Jewish student criticized Coughlin in a letter to the Pittsburgh Press in 1940. He received a response from Coughlin which is now housed in the Rauh Jewish Archives.
By Eric Lidji
The Duodecim Club at the William Penn Hotel in 1916. Photo provided by the Rauh Jewish History Program & Archives.
January 7, 2021, 3:31 pm
Rauh Jewish Archives tells the curious story of Pittsburgh’s Jewish clubs
“Jewish Pittsburgh has always been club crazy"
By David Rullo
Chester Aaron’s first novel, “About Us,” from 1967, documented the declining faith and fortunes of the Kahn family of fictional Sundown, Pennsylvania, in the 1930s. (Image courtesy Rauh Jewish Archives at the Heinz History Center)
December 16, 2020, 2:35 pm
Searching for facts and truth in historic fiction
Novels explore Jewish life in small-town Pennsylvania
By Eric Lidji
Heinz History Center Acquisitions Archivist Carly Lough and Rauh Jewish Archives Director Eric Lidji review recent "web crawls" of online materials documenting the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on people and organizations in Western Pennsylvania. (Photo by Claire Moclock)
October 13, 2020, 7:55 am
Archiving a pandemic: Preserving evidence of how Jewish Pittsburgh is coping
The Rauh Jewish Archives has amassed thousands of emails from congregations — everything from details about wearing face masks during brit milah to how to access services via Zoom.
By Justin Vellucci
'Why Is This Cookbook Different?’ was published by the Yael Chapter of Hadassah in October 1985 .Photos provided by the Rauh Jewish History Program and Archives at Heinz History Center
January 23, 2020, 9:14 am
Rauh to preserve Jewish history through cookbooks
Recipe collections tell more than simply how to cook brisket & matzo ball soup
By David Rullo
October 23, 2019, 3:38 pm
Why we save things after a tragedy
Congregations targeted in Oct. 27 massacre are represented in Rauh Jewish History Program and Archives
By Eric Lidji
July 2, 2019, 10:54 am
By the sweat of your brow…
Torah mantle memorializes Joseph H. Breman
By Eric Lidji
A portion of the cornerstone of the former Labor Lyceum on Miller Street. (Photo courtesy of Rauh Jewish History Program & Archives at the Heinz History Center)
April 19, 2019, 11:16 am
The optimistic afterlife of the old Labor Lyceum
The Labor Lyceum opened in February 1917 and became a meeting place for at least 15 Jewish labor, fraternal, political, cultural and philanthropic organizations.
By Eric Lidji
The actors from the Pittsburgh Public Theater read excerpts from “Indecent.” (Photo by Toby Tabachnick)
February 15, 2019, 10:00 am
One hundred years later, Yiddish play still relevant to Jewish Pittsburgh
'Indecent' is the story of the life of the Jewish playwright and the actors who dared to break with the artistic mores of the American stage of the 1920s.
By Toby Tabachnick
Louis Brandeis had to be nudged to answer the Pittsburgh Conference of Jewish Women’s Organizations’ questionnaire. (Image courtesy Rauh Jewish History Program & Archives)
February 8, 2019, 3:53 pm
Pittsburgh to world: Does pluralism matter?
The original plan for the Nationality Rooms snubbed the Jews.
By Eric Lidji
One of the only surviving documents from The Pittsburgh School for Reform Judaism is this program from the 1958 confirmation service. Image courtesy Rauh Jewish History Program & Archives
January 10, 2019, 9:51 am
The story of the Pittsburgh School for Reform Judaism
Trip to the County Building provides education
By Eric Lidji
Since the Oct. 27 attack, a steady stream of flowers, cards, stones and signs have accumulated outside of the Tree of Life building. Photo by Adam Reinherz
November 30, 2018, 12:48 pm
Makeshift memorials taken indoors
Volunteers and experts partner to preserve items brought to the Tree of Life building.
By Adam Reinherz
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