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The Last Letters
The following post is adapted from a talk given by Rauh Jewish History Program & Archives Director Eric Lidji on May 27, 2018 at the Homewood Cemetery as part…
A Remnant from the Final Days of Yiddish Theater in Pittsburgh
Yiddish theater had a peripatetic existence in Pittsburgh before the opening of Lando’s Theatre in October 1928. Visiting companies put on shows wherever they could find space to rent,…
The Mystery of the McKeesport Menorah
A seven-branched electric menorah donated by the Iszauk family of White Oak, Pa. Rauh Jewish History Program & Archives at the Heinz History Center. The Rauh Jewish History Program…
Local Families, Global Mysteries: Offering Hope and Haven to German Jews
The Eric Moses papers, while not quite as enigmatic as the Marcia Robbins papers (read part one), also speak to the difficulty in arranging Jewish emigration from Germany and…
Local Families, Global Mysteries: Tangled Family Ties, Linking Pittsburgh & Manchuria
Since September 2016, I have been working as the Pitt Partner intern in the Rauh Jewish History Program & Archives at the Detre Library & Archives. As an intern,…
The Heinz Passover Ad Campain’t
Every spring, readers paging through the mid-century Pittsburgh Jewish press could expect to see an advertisement different from all other advertisements: The Jewish Criterion, April 16, 1954, p. 18. Pittsburgh…
Eight Days of Hanukkah
The Jewish holiday of Hanukkah is here, and the Rauh Jewish History Program & Archives of the Heinz History Center has prepared eight days of treats from the archives. Day…