Rauh Jewish Archives at the Heinz History Center
“Four Chaplains” is a mural at the Squirrel Hill campus of the Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh. It depicts the incident of a four clergy of different religions who died assisting soldiers during the sinking of the USAT Dorchester on Feb. 3, 1943.
The Young Men’s & Women’s Hebrew Association in Oakland commissioned the mural from artist William Dean Faucett around 1956. After the closing of the Oakland campus and the expansion of the Squirrel Hill campus in the late 1980s, the mural was relocated to Squirrel Hill and restored around 1986 under the direction of Ken Rudoy.
Bibliography
- Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh Photographs [MSP 389] (catalog record).
Exhibit history
- Author: Eric Lidji
- Original: September 30, 2025
- Current: March 2, 2026