Rauh Jewish Archives at the Heinz History Center
The New Americans Resettlement Committee coordinated volunteer efforts to support the hundreds of Jewish immigrants from the Soviet Union who resettled in the Pittsburgh area in the late 1970s and 1980s. The United Jewish Federation created the committee in 1979. Dean Hirschfield served as its first chair, followed by Louise Silk. The New Americans Resettlement Committee matched volunteers with specific needs at various resettlement agencies throughout the community, especially the Jewish Community Center and Jewish Family and Childrens Service. The committee also oversaw the publication of a special section of the Jewish Chronicle, written by and for Soviet Jews.
Bibliography
Rauh Jewish Archives
- Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh Records [MSS 287] (catalog record).
- Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh Photographs [MSP 287] (catalog record).
- New Americans materials, from Jewish Community Center (JCC) of Greater Pittsburgh Photographs [MSP 389] (catalog record).
- New Americans materials, from Corinne Azen Krause Photographs [MSP 113] (catalog record).
- UJF Volunteer Recognition Celebration on Behalf of New Americans records [manuscript] 1991 [MFF 0293] (catalog record) (online).
- Forum: Jewish new American newsletter/ Jewish Community Center of Pittsburgh (catalog record).
University of Pittsburgh Archives & Special Collections
- New Americans materials, from NCJW-Pittsburgh Records [AIS.1964.40] (catalog record).
Exhibit History
- Author: Eric Lidji
- Created: May 11, 2023
- Current: May 11, 2023