Newsletter

2023

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 4, No. 16 [April 16, 2023] (online).

  • Restaurants: 1600 Centre Ave.
  • The Jewish Encyclopedia: Anathan House
  • Article: “Fellow-Feeling Personalities” (online-Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle)
  • Calendar
    • [May 21, 2023]: W. Todd Knowles
    • [June 11, 2023]: Alex Calzereth
  • Community:
    • “Perseverance”
    • Under the Dome of Rodef Shalom
    • JCBA “”Road-Trip””
    • Shantytown
    • Jewish Daily Forward exhibit
    • Mystery portraits
  • Research Tools:
    • Newspapers, Cemeteries, Memorial Plaques, Books, Newsletters”

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 4, No. 15 [April 9, 2023] (online).

  • Restaurants: The Delis and Passover (Part 2)
  • The Jewish Encyclopedia: American Friends of Israel War Disabled
  • Yarhzeit Plaques project: Tree of Life Congregation (Pittsburgh)
  • Calendar
    • [April 5-13, 2023]:Passover
    • [April 16, 2023]: Tammy Hepps
    • [May 21, 2023]: W. Todd Knowles
  • Community:
    • “Perseverance”
    • Under the Dome of Rodef Shalom
    • JCBA “Road-Trip”
    • Shantytown
    • Jewish Daily Forward exhibit
    • Mystery portraits
  • Research Tools:
    • Newspapers, Cemeteries, Memorial Plaques, Books, Newsletters”

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 4, No. 14 [April 2, 2023] (online).

  • Restaurants: The Delis and Passover (Part 1)
  • The Jewish Encyclopedia: Kosher Meals on Wheels
  • Neighborhoods: Woods Run
  • Calendar
    • [April 5-13, 2023]: Passover
    • [April 16, 2023]: Tammy Hepps
    • [May 21, 2023]: W. Todd Knowles
  • Community:
    • “Perseverance”
    • Under the Dome of Rodef Shalom
    • JCBA “Road-Trip”
    • Shantytown
    • Jewish Daily Forward exhibit
    • Mystery portraits
  • Research Tools:
    • Newspapers, Cemeteries, Memorial Plaques, Books, Newsletters

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 4, No. 13 [March 26, 2023] (online).

  • On Display: Yiddish Newspapers in Pittsburgh
  • Restaurants: 2203 Murray Ave. (Part 2)
  • The Jewish Encyclopedia: Self-Study on Jewish Education
  • Family Clubs: Rebecca Bernstein Cousins Club
  • Calendar
    • [April 16, 2023]: Tammy Hepps
    • [May 21, 2023]: W. Todd Knowles
  • Community:
    • Under the Dome of Rodef Shalom
    • JCBA “Road-Trip”
    • Shantytown
    • Jewish Daily Forward exhibit
    • Mystery portraits
  • Research Tools:
    • Newspapers, Cemeteries, Memorial Plaques, Books, Newsletters”

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 4, No. 12 [March 19, 2023] (online).

  • Restaurants: 2203 Murray Ave. (Part 1)
  • The Jewish Encyclopedia: Young Peoples Synagogue
  • Article: Bertha Rauh and Bishop Henry Potter (online—Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle)
  • Calendar:
    • [March 26, 2023] JGS-Pittsburgh Presents: Remembering Kaufmann’s
    • [April 16, 2023]: Tammy Hepps
  • Community:
    • Under the Dome of Rodef ShalomJ
    • CBA “Road-Trip”
    • Shantytown
    • Jewish Daily Forward exhibit
    • Mystery portraits
  • Research Tools:
    • Newspapers, Cemeteries, Memorial Plaques, Books, Newsletters

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 4, No. 11 [March 12, 2023] (online).

  • Announcement: RJA and JGS renew partnership
  • Restaurants: Abe Brody
  • The Jewish Encyclopedia: Bickur Cholim Society
  • Yahrzeit Plaques Project update: Adath Israel Congregation, Lubavitch Center
  • Calendar:
    • [March 26, 2023] JGS-Pittsburgh Presents: Remembering Kaufmann’s
    • [April 16, 2023]: Tammy Hepps
  • Community:
    • JCBA “Road-Trip”
    • Shantytown
    • Jewish Daily Forward exhibit
    • Mystery portraits
  • Research Tools

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 4, No. 10 [March 5, 2023] (online).

  • Restaurants: Abrams & Friedman
  • Jewish Encyclopedia: Caravan of Hope
  • Neighborhoods: Manchester
  • Calendar
    • [March 6-7] Purim (Jewish Indicator article, 1927)
    • [March 26, 2023] JGS-Pittsburgh Presents: Remembering Kaufmann’s
  • Community
    • Shantytown
    • Jewish Daily Forward exhibit
    • Mystery portraits
  • Research Tools

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 4, No. 9 [February 26, 2023] (online).

  • Restaurants: Isadore Lampel
  • Jewish Encyclopedia: Pittsburgh Area Jewish Committee
  • Family Clubs: Schlanger Cousins Club
  • Calendar
    • [March 26, 2023] JGS-Pittsburgh Presents: Remembering Kaufmann’s
  • Community
    • Shantytown
    • Jewish Daily Forward exhibit
    • Mystery portraits
  • Research Tools

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 4, No. 8 [February 19, 2023] (online).

  • Restaurants: Bubbles & Sherman
  • Jewish Encyclopedia: The Y Canteen
  • Article: “A Bit More About the Jewish Encyclopedia” (online—Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle)
  • Calendar
    • [March 26, 2023] JGS-Pittsburgh Presents: Remembering Kaufmann’s
  • Community
    • Data, Democracy and the Census
    • Jewish Daily Forward exhibit
    • Mystery portraits
  • Research Tools

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 4, No. 7 [February 12, 2023] (online).

  • Restaurants: Richest’s Restaurant
  • Jewish Encyclopedia: The Maimonides Institute
  • Yahrzeit Plaques Project: Congregation B’nai Abraham (Butler)
  • Calendar
    • [Feb. 12, 2023] JGS-Pittsburgh Presents: Judy Baston on LitvakSIG 
  • Community
    • Jewish Daily Forward exhibit
    • Mystery portraits
  • Research Tools

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 4, No. 6 [February 5, 2023] (online).

  • Restaurants: The Kosher Restaurant
  • Jewish Encyclopedia: Congregation Kahal Chassidim
  • Neighborhoods: Deutschtown
  • Calendar
  • [Feb. 6, 2023] Tu B’shvat (“Ilan Ilan,” by the Pittsburgher Rebbe)
  • [Feb. 12, 2023] JGS-Pittsburgh Presents: Judy Baston on LitvakSIG 
  • Research Tools

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 4, No. 5 [January 29, 2023] (online).

  • Announcing: The Newsletter Archive
  • Restaurants: Sammy’s Steak House
  • Jewish Encyclopedia: The Jewish Social Service Bureau
  • Calendar
    • [Jan. 29, 2023] JGS-Pittsburgh Presents: Judy G. Russell on genealogical ethics 
    • [Feb. 12, 2023] JGS-Pittsburgh Presents: Judy Baston on LitvakSIG 
  • Research Tools

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 4, No. 4 [January 22, 2023] (online).

  • Restaurants: Caplan’s Restaurant
  • Jewish Encyclopedia: The Friendship Club
  • The Kleban-Caplan Cousins Club
  • Calendar
    • [Jan. 29, 2023] JGS-Pittsburgh Presents: Judy G. Russell on genealogical ethics
    • [Feb. 12, 2023] JGS-Pittsburgh Presents: Carol Hoffman on LitvakSIG
  • Research Tools

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 4, No. 3 [January 15, 2023] (online).

  • The October 27 Archive
  • Restaurants: Canter’s Restaurant
  • Jewish Encyclopedia: Agudus Achim Congregation at Western State Penitentiary
  • “An early history of Jewish Pittsburgh, and a hidden one” (online—Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle)
  • Calendar
    • [Jan. 29, 2023] JGS-Pittsburgh Presents: Judy G. Russell
  • Research Tools

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 4, No. 2 [January 8, 2023] (online).

  • Restaurants: The Little Hungarian Restaurant
  • Jewish Encyclopedia: The Agudath Kehillath
  • Announcing the Yahrzeit Plaques Project
  • Calendar: JGS-Pittsburgh Presents: Judy G. Russell [Jan. 29, 2023]
  • Research Tools

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 4, No. 1 [January 1, 2023] (online).

  • Restaurants: Klein’s Restaurant
  • Jewish Encyclopedia: Anshe Lubovitz Congregation
  • Neighborhoods
  • Calendar: JGS-Pittsburgh Presents: Judy G. Russell [Jan. 29, 2023]
  • In the News:
    • “Why was the Chronicle created?” (online—Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle)
    • “Reopening Fern Hollow Bridge reconnects vital link for Pittsburgh Jewish community” (online—NEXTPittsburgh)
    • “Tammy Hepps came to Pittsburgh to research the Jews of Homestead and found Jeff Goldblum” (online–NEXTPittsburgh)
    • “Keeping Kosher, Becoming American” (online—Jewish Action)
  • Research Tools

2022

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 3, No. 1 [January 2, 2022] (online).

  • Memoirs: Introduction
  • New Collection: H. Miller & Sons Photographs
  • Jewish Encyclopedia: The Bes Almon Society
  • C-Z Folks Cousins Club
  • Name These Faces: Ladies Hospital Aid Society photograph
  • Calendar: Black and Jewish Histories of the Hill District [Jan. 13, 2022], JGS-Pittsburgh Presents: Dick Goldman [Jan. 19, 2022]

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 3, No. 2 [January 9, 2022] (online).

  • Memoir: “The Autobiography of William Frank, 1819-1891″
  • New Collection: J. B. Bernstein Papers & Photographs
  • Jewish Encyclopedia: Hebrew Burial Association
  • Cookbook: “Precious Jewish Cooking”
  • Calendar: Black and Jewish Histories of the Hill District (Jan. 13, 2022), JGS Presents: Dick Goldman (Jan. 19, 2022), Treasures in the Archives (Jan. 20, 2022).

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 3, No. 3 [January 16, 2022] (online).

  • Memoir: Sandy Baskind‘s “Reminiscences”
  • New Collection: Herman Obernauer Papers
  • Jewish Encyclopedia: Rodef Shalom Congregation
  • Rauh Jewish Archives bibliography (online)
  • Name These Faces: Young Men’s & Women’s Hebrew Association fencing photograph
  • Calendar: Tu B’Shvat (Jan. 17, 2022), JGS Presents: Dick Goldman (Jan. 19, 2022), Treasures in the Archives (Jan. 20, 2022).

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 3, No. 4 [January 23, 2022] (online)

  • Memoirs: Annie Jacobs Davis
  • New Collection: Spear & Company catalog
  • Jewish Encyclopedia: Jericho Lodge No. 44
  • Clubs: The A. P. Moore Club
  • Call for volunteers
  • Community news.

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 3, No. 5 [January 30, 2022] (online).

  • Memoirs: Louis Green (online)
  • New Collection: Patricia K. and Ralph L. DeRoy Papers
  • Jewish Encyclopedia: Hebrew Benevolent Society
  • Article: “A history of the region, told through B’nai B’rith”
  • Name These Faces: B’nai Israel Choir photograph
  • Call for volunteers
  • Calendar: Black and Jewish Histories of the Hill District (Feb. 15, 2022)
  • Community news

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 3, No. 6 [February 6, 2022] (online).

  • Memoirs: William Stark “Share My Dreams” (online)
  • New Collection: Aaronel deRoy Gruber Papers [MSS 335]
  • Jewish Encyclopedia: Tree of Life Congregation (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • Clubs: Sivitz Family Cousins Club
  • Call for Volunteers
  • Calendar: Black and Jewish Histories of the Hill District (Feb. 15, 2022)
  • Community News

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 3, No. 7 [February 13, 2022] (online).

  • Memoirs: Freda La Victoire
  • New Collection: The Lando Theater
  • Research Tool: Lando Theater Performances (online)
  • Jewish Encyclopedia: Hebrew Ladies Aid Society
  • The Pittsburgh Eruv
  • Call for Volunteers
  • Calendar: Black and Jewish Histories of the Hill District (Feb. 15, 2022); JGS Pittsburgh Presents: Laura Leibman (Feb. 27, 2022)
  • Community News

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 3, No. 8 [February 20, 2022] (online).

  • Memoirs: Henry J. Mankin: “Memoirs of Crombie Street” (online)
  • New Collection: Albert Hartstein birth certificate [2018.0231]
  • Jewish Encyclopedia: Beth Hamedrash Hagodol Congregation
  • Cookbook: “Cooking With Marla”
  • Calendar: JGS Pittsburgh Presents: Laura Leibman (Feb. 27, 2022)
  • Community News

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 3, No. 9 [February 27, 2022] (online).

  • Memoirs: Melvin Pollock: “Could You Believe” (online)
  • New Collection: Tri-State Appeal program (1957) [2020.0108]
  • Jewish Encyclopedia: United Hebrew Relief Association
  • “Who Was Emanuel Spector?” (online—Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle)
  • Tool: Emanuel Spector Memorial Award winners (online)
  • Name These Faces: United Jewish Federation children,
  • Calendar: Rodef Shalom Congregation Presents: Jewish Exodus From the Hill (Marc. 15, 2022) (online—YouTube).
  • Community News

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 3, No. 10 [March 6, 2022] (online).

  • Memoirs: Libby Adelson memoirs (online)
  • New Collection: Isadore Catz Bar Mitzvah Portrait [2021.0055]
  • Jewish Encyclopedia: Congregation Poale Zedeck
  • Calendar: Rodef Shalom Congregation Presents: Jewish Exodus From the Hill (March 15, 2022) (online—YouTube); Bat Mitzvah Centennial Celebration (March 19-20, 2022)
  • Community News

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 3, No. 11 [March 13, 2022] (online).

  • Memoirs: Israel Oseroff “I Was There” (online)
  • New Collection: Beth Shalom confirmation class photograph [2021.0065]
  • Jewish Encyclopedia: The Cremieux Society
  • Calendar: Purim (March 16-17, 2022); Bat Mitzvah Centennial Celebration (March 19-20, 2022); JGS Pittsburgh Presents: Mona Freedman Morris (March 27, 2022); Rodef Shalom Congregation Presents: Jewish Exodus From the Hill (March 29, 2022) (online—YouTube)
  • Community News

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 3, No. 12 [March 20, 2022] (online).

  • Memoirs: Your Story
  • New Collection: 1936 Flood letter [2017.0242]
  • Jewish Encyclopedia: The Russian School
  • Clubs: The Pav-Life Family Club
  • Calendar: Bat Mitzvah Centennial Celebration (March 20, 2022); JGS Pittsburgh Presents: Mona Freedman Morris (March 27, 2022); Rodef Shalom Congregation Presents: Jewish Exodus From the Hill (March 29, 2022) (online—YouTube)
  • Community News

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 3, No. 13 [March 27, 2022] (online).

  • Memoirs: Jacob deS Freund “My Life History” (online)
  • New Collection: Anshe Lubovitz Cemetery Association Records [MSS 1226]
  • Jewish Encyclopedia: The House of Shelter
  • Women’s History Month Display
  • Calendar: Rodef Shalom Congregation Presents: Jewish Exodus From the Hill (March 29, 2022) (online—YouTube)
  • Community News

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 3, No. 14 [April 3, 2022] (online).

  • Memoirs: Florence Berman Karp “Roses in December” (online)
  • New Collection: Saul Kurtz Papers and Photographs [MSS 1195]
  • Jewish Encyclopedia: Beth Jacob Congregation (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • “Before Fern Hollow, there was Jones Hollow” (online—Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle)
  • Women’s History Month display
  • Community News

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 3, No. 15 [April 10, 2022] (online).

  • Memoirs: Joseph Hurwitz “The Autobiography of a Jewish Immigrant” (online)
  • New Collection: Abraham A. Goldstein Haggadah [MFF 4993]
  • Jewish Encyclopedia: Pittsburgh Platform
  • The Bat Mitzvah Centennial (online)
  • Estelle Harris (1928-2022)
  • Women’s History Month display
  • Calendar: Passover [April 15-23, 2022]
  • Community News

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 3, No. 16 [April 17, 2022] (online).

  • Memoirs: Jack Belkin “One Man’s Family: A View From the Bottom” (online)
  • New Collection: Rubinstein’s and Richard’s Shoes Records [MSS 1193]
  • Jewish Encyclopedia: Pittsburgh Hebrew School
  • Samuel Rosenberg’s “Perpetual Light #1”
  • Calendar: “Passovers Past” [April 19, 2022] (online—YouTube), JGS Pittsburgh Presents: Kirsten Fermaglich [April 24, 2022]
  • Community News

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 3, No. 17 [April 24, 2022] (online).

  • Memoirs: Sophie Sparks Haas “The Sparks and Haas Families: A Memoir” (online)
  • New Collection: Jake Eisenfeld Papers and Photographs [MSS 1199]
  • Jewish Encyclopedia: Hebrew Free Loan Association
  • Cookbook: Beginnings
  • Community News

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 3, No. 18 [May 1, 2022] (online).

  • Memoirs: Norbert Weikers “History of the Weikers Family: Facts, Reminiscences and Ramblings” (online)
  • New Collection: Seiner Family Papers [MSS 1211]
  • Jewish Encyclopedia: Beth Abraham Cemetery Association
  • “Philanthropy on a paying basis” (online—Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle)
  • Community News

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 3, No. 19 [May 8, 2022] (online).

  • Memoirs: Aaron Olum “Autobiography of Aaron Olbum” (online)
  • New Collection: Kiski Valley Religious School Papers [2019.0120]
  • Jewish Encyclopedia: Tiphereth Israel Congregation
  • Calendar: JGS-Pittsburgh Presents Warren Blatt [May 22, 2022]
  • Community News

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 3, No. 20 [May 15, 2022] (online).

  • Memoirs: Mollie Brunwasser’s “Memoires of Yesteryears” (online)
  • New Collection: Anne Unger Greenberg Papers on Gene Kelly [MSS 1174]
  • Jewish Encyclopedia: J. M. Gusky Hebrew Orphanage
  • Calendar: Lag B’omer [May 19, 2022], Pittsburgh’s John Kane: The Life & Art of an American Workman” [May 21, 2022], JGS-Pittsburgh Presents Warren Blatt [May 22, 2022]
  • Community News

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 3, No. 21 [May 22, 2022] (online).

  • Memoirs: Louis Michael “I Remember When” (online)
  • New Collection: Coffey Club Group Portrait [2021.0073]
  • Jewish Encyclopedia: Shaare Zedeck Congregation
  • “Do you remember Robert’s Restaurant?” (online—Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle).
  • Calendar: “Pittsburgh’s John Kane: The Life & Art of an American Workman,” JGS-Pittsburgh Presents: “How to Use the Pittsburgh Jewish Newspaper Project” [June 26, 2022] (online—YouTube)
  • Community News

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 3, No. 22 [May 29, 2022] (online).

  • Memoirs: Jim Haber “Background Music” (online)
  • New Collection: Celia Schuster Rofey Papers and Photographs [MSS 1215]
  • Jewish Encyclopedia: National Council of Jewish Women-Pittsburgh Section
  • Calendar: Brownsville Jewish Community Reunion [June 19, 2022], Rabbi and Rebbetzin Wasserman Celebration [June 23, 2022], JGS-Pittsburgh Presents: “How to Use the Pittsburgh Jewish Newspaper Project” [June 26, 2022] (online—YouTube)
  • Community News

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 3, No. 23 [June 5, 2022] (online).

  • Memoirs: Your Story
  • New Collection: Beth Israel Center Records [MSS 1084]
  • Jewish Encyclopedia: Emma Kaufmann Clinic
  • Calendar: Shavuot [June 5-6, 2022]; Brownsville Jewish Community Reunion [June 19, 2022], Rabbi and Rebbetzin Wasserman Celebration [June 23, 2022], JGS-Pittsburgh Presents: “How to Use the Pittsburgh Jewish Newspaper Project” [June 26, 2022] (online—YouTube)
  • Community News: August Wilson’s Doc Goldblum

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 3, No. 24 [June 12, 2022] (online).

  • Memoirs: Kitty Ruttenberg “Kitty: An Uncommon Memoir of a Non-Celebrity”
  • New Collection: Edgar Bayers Papers [MSS 1231]
  • Jewish Encyclopedia: Shaare Torah Congregation
  • Calendar: Brownsville Jewish Community Reunion [June 19, 2022], Rabbi and Rebbetzin Wasserman Celebration [June 23, 2022], JGS-Pittsburgh Presents: “How to Use the Pittsburgh Jewish Newspaper Project” [June 26, 2022] (online—YouTube)
  • Community News

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 3, No. 25 [June 19, 2022] (online).

  • Memoirs: Alexander Berkman “Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist”
  • New Collection: David Berman Collection on Northcentral Pennsylvania Jewish Communities [2018.0070]
  • Jewish Encyclopedia: Machsikei Hadas Congregation
  • Jewish Encyclopedia: Brownsville
  • Calendar: Rabbi and Rebbetzin Wasserman Celebration [June 23, 2022], JGS-Pittsburgh Presents: “How to Use the Pittsburgh Jewish Newspaper Project” [June 26, 2022] (online—YouTube)
  • Community News

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 3, No. 26 [June 26, 2022] (online).

  • Calendar: Ethnic-Jewish Organizations of the Hill District [July 5, 2022]; The Downtown Shul: A Hidden Gem [July 10, 2022]; The Family Clubs of Squirrel Hill [July 12, 2022]; The Story of Our Lives: Why Tell Family Stories [July 20, 2022] (online—YouTube); JGS Pittsburgh Presents: Adam Brown [July 31, 2022]
  • Community News

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 3, No. 27 [July 3, 2022] (online).

  • Memoirs: Joseph Bennett “The Life of an Immigrant” (online—Historic Pittsburgh).
  • New Collection: Foster and Mars Family Papers and Photographs [MSS 1210]
  • Jewish Encyclopedia: New Light Congregation
    Calendar: Shir Hadash: Renewal and Transition at Shaare Torah [July 3, 2022]; Ethnic-Jewish Organizations of the Hill District [July 5, 2022]; A Hidden Gem [July 10, 2022]; The Family Clubs of Squirrel Hill [July 12, 2022]; The Story of Our Lives: Why Tell Family Stories [July 20, 2022] (online—YouTube); JGS Pittsburgh Presents: Adam Brown [July 31, 2022]
  • Community News

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 3, No. 28 [July 10, 2022] (online).

  • Memoirs: Annette B. Dunlap “The Gambler’s Daughter”
  • New Collection: Albert M. Hanauer Letters [2019.0110]
  • Jewish Encyclopedia: Shaaray Tefilah Congregation
  • Calendar: A Hidden Gem [July 10, 2022]; The Family Clubs of Squirrel Hill [July 12, 2022]; The Story of Our Lives: Why Tell Family Stories [July 20, 2022] (online—YouTube); JGS Pittsburgh Presents: Adam Brown [July 31, 2022]
  • Community News

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 3, No. 29 [July 17, 2022] (online).

  • Memoirs: Rabbi Moshe Shimon Sivitz
  • New Collection: Marilyn and Bernard Caplan Papers and Photographs [MSS 1227]
  • Jewish Encyclopedia: Workmen’s Circle
  • Calendar: The Story of Our Lives: Why Tell Family Stories [July 20, 2022] (online—YouTube; JGS Pittsburgh Presents: Adam Brown [July 31, 2022]
  • Community News

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 3, No. 30 [July 24, 2022] (online).

  • Memoirs: Dora Cohen Davis (online)
  • New Collection: Dr. Jerome Apt Papers and Photographs [MSS 1213]
  • Jewish Encyclopedia: American Federation of Zionists Convention (1903)
  • Calendar: JGS Pittsburgh Presents: Adam Brown [July 31, 2022]
  • Community News

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 3, No. 31 [July 31, 2022] (online).

  • Memoirs: Harry Gordon “The Memorie of My Life: What I Was Told and Herd” (online)
  • New Collection: Beth Abraham Cemetery Association Records [MSS 333]
  • Jewish Encyclopedia: Cneseth Israel Congregation
  • Calendar: JGS Pittsburgh Presents: Adam Brown [July 31, 2022]
  • Community News

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 3, No. 32 [August 7, 2022] (online).

  • Memoirs: Eva Wasbutsky “Remembrances of East Liverpool’s Early Jewish Community” (online)
  • New Collection: Maurice Nernberg Papers and Photographs [MSS 1191]
  • Jewish Encyclopedia: Erste Warshaver Unterstitzungs Verein
  • Calendar: Tisha B’av [Aug. 7, 2022]; Our Deuteronomies [Aug. 28, 2022]
  • Community News

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 3, No. 33 [August 14, 2022] (online).

  • Memoirs: Howard Victor Epstein “Jews in Small Towns: Legends and Legacies”
  • New Collection: “The Jewish Home for the Aged at Pittsburgh: An Exposition and Evaluation” [2021.0070] (online)
  • Jewish Encyclopedia: Jewish Home for the Aged
  • “Muscling Into History” (online—Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle)
  • Calendar: Our Deuteronomies [Aug. 28, 2022]; JGS-Pittsburgh Presents: Caitlin Hollander
  • Community News

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 3, No. 34 [August 21, 2022] (online).

  • Memoirs: Leon Arkus “An Accidental Life”
  • New Collection: Louis Little Papers [2019.0115]
  • Jewish Encyclopedia: Congregation Kether Torah
  • “Reaching Through Closed Gates” (online—Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle)
  • Calendar: Our Deuteronomies [Aug. 28, 2022]; JGS-Pittsburgh Presents: Caitlin Hollander
  • Community News

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 3, No. 35 [August 28, 2022] (online).

  • Memoirs: Marga Silbermann Randall “How Beautiful We Once Were”
  • New Collection: Allan Pinsker Papers [MSS 1079]
  • Jewish Encyclopedia: Emma Farm Association
  • “The glow of the past, the light of life” (online—Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle)
  • “Sleeping Beauty or A Beauty Sleep, Which?” (online)
  • Calendar: JGS-Pittsburgh Presents: Caitlin Hollander
  • Community News

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 3, No. 36 [September 4, 2022] (online).

  • Memoirs: S. Leo Ruslander “The Life and Times of S. Leo Ruslander: A Quasi-autobiography”
  • New Collection: Pliskover Free Loan Association 50th Anniversary Program [2019.0169] (online)
  • Jewish Encyclopedia: Pliskover Free Loan Association
  • Calendar: “The Letters: A Plea For Help” [Sept. 12, 2022] (online—WQED.org)
  • Community News

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 3, No. 37 [September 11, 2022] (online).

  • Memoirs: Appeal
  • New Collection: Bet Tikvah Congregation Records [MSS 1155]
  • Jewish Encyclopedia: Montefiore Hospital
  • Calendar: “The Letters: A Plea For Help” [Sept. 12, 2022]
  • (online—WQED.org)
  • Community News

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 3, No. 38 [September 18, 2022] (online).

  • Memoirs: Aaron P. Levinson “If Only Right Now Could Be Forever”
  • New Collection: Greenfield Family Papers and Photographs [MSS 1255]
  • Jewish Encyclopedia: Irene Kaufmann Settlement House
    Calendar: JGS-Pittsburgh Presents: Libby Copeland [Oct. 6, 2022]
  • Community News

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 3, No. 39 [September 25, 2022] (online).

  • Memoirs: Irma Freeman “89 Years—Looking Back and Remembering” (online)
  • New Collection: Dr. Aharon Kessler Papers and Photographs [MSS 1261]
  • Jewish Encyclopedia: B’nai Israel Congregation
  • Calendar: Rosh Hashana [Sept.26-27, 2022]; JGS-Pittsburgh Presents: Libby Copeland [Oct. 6, 2022]
  • Community News

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 3, No. 40 [October 2, 2022] (online).

  • Memoirs: Charles Salkin “Poor Mrs. Engelsky: Of Memory and Tragedy” (online)
  • New Collection: Baldoc Hills Country Club Photographs [2022.0003]
  • Jewish Encyclopedia: Young People’s Zionist League
    Calendar: Yom Kippur [Oct. 5, 2022]; JGS-Pittsburgh Presents: Libby Copeland [Oct. 6, 2022]
  • Community News

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 3, No. 41 [October 9, 2022] (online).

  • Memoirs: Isadore Weiss “Looking Back: the Russian Revolution Through the Eyes of a Jewish Child” (online)
  • New Collection: Dora Stiglitz Wechsler Photograph [2022.0008]
  • Jewish Encyclopedia: Children’s Aid Society of Jewish Women
  • Calendar: Sukkot [Oct. 10-18, 2022]; JGS-Pittsburgh Presents: Emily Garber [Nov. 13, 2022]
  • Community News

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 3, No. 42 [October 16, 2022] (online).

  • Memoirs: David Glick “He Confronted Himmler…” (online)
  • New Collection: Beaver Valley Hebrew Religious School Photographs [2021.0173]
  • Jewish Encyclopedia: Labor Lyceum
  • “The Man of a Thousand Sales” (online—Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle)
  • Calendar: Shmini Atzeret and Simchat Torah [Oct. 17-18, 2022]; JGS-Pittsburgh Presents: Emily Garber [Nov. 13, 2022]
  • Community News

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 3, No. 43 [October 23, 2022] (online).

  • Remembering October 27
  • New Collection: Samuel and Sarah Gruber Family Papers [2021.0100]
  • Jewish Encyclopedia: Lechem Aniyum Society
  • Calendar: Rodef Shalom Congregation Presents: Samuel Rosenberg, Painter: A Vision of the Hill 1930 [Nov. 9, 2022] (online—YouTube); JGS-Pittsburgh Presents: Emily Garber [Nov. 13, 2022]
  • Community News

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 3, No. 44 [October 30, 2022] (online).

  • Memoir: Louis I. Aaron “Autobiography” (online)
  • New Collection: Isadore Krouse Papers [2021.0181]
  • Jewish Encyclopedia: The Enoch Rauh Club
  • Calendar: Rauh Jewish Archive’s 34th Anniversary [Nov. 1, 2022]; Rodef Shalom Congregation Presents: Samuel Rosenberg, Painter: A Vision of the Hill 1930 [Nov. 9, 2022] (online—YouTube); JGS-Pittsburgh Presents: Emily Garber [Nov. 13, 2022]
  • Community News

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 3, No. 45 [November 6, 2022] (online).

  • Memoir: “The Jewish Community Center Then & Now”
  • New Collection: Abraham Friedberg Papers [2021.0087]
  • Jewish Encyclopedia: Malbish Arumim Society
  • “The cost of a synagogue; the man behind a nameplate” (online—Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle)
  • Calendar: Rodef Shalom Congregation Presents: Samuel Rosenberg, Painter: A Vision of the Hill 1930 [Nov. 9, 2022] (online—YouTube); 18 Cheshvan Study [Nov. 12, 2022]; JGS-Pittsburgh Presents: Emily Garber [Nov. 13, 2022]
  • Community News

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 3, No. 46 [November 13, 2022] (online).

  • Memoir: Alice Steiner Moss “Family” (online)
  • New Collection: Lynne and Blair Jacobson Family Papers and Photographs [MSS 1221]
  • Jewish Encyclopedia: Southwestern District of Pennsylvania Jewish Religious Schools Program
  • Calendar: JGS-Pittsburgh Presents: Vivian Kahn [Dec. 11, 2022]
  • Community News

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 3, No. 47 [November 20, 2022] (online).

  • Memoir: Sidney Mishkin “Memories of Donora”
  • New Collection: Mirow Family Papers and Photographs [MSS 1240]
  • Jewish Encyclopedia: Jewish National Fund-Pittsburgh Council
  • Calendar: JGS-Pittsburgh Presents: Vivian Kahn [Dec. 11, 2022]
  • Community News

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 3, No. 48 [November 27, 2022] (online).

  • Memoir: Anna B. Heldman “The Neighbors’ Tales” (online)
  • New Collection: Sidlow and Hoffman Family Papers and Photographs [MSS 1247]
  • Jewish Encyclopedia: Yehoash Folk Schule
  • Calendar: JGS-Pittsburgh Presents: Vivian Kahn [Dec. 11, 2022]
  • Community News

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 3, No. 49 [December 4, 2022] (online).

  • Memoir: Harry Jackson “Disappointed Expectations: An Immigrant Arrives in Western Pennsylvania” (online)
  • New Collection: Goldman Family Papers and Photographs [MSS 1269]
  • Jewish Encyclopedia: Chofetz Chaim Congregation
  • Calendar: JGS-Pittsburgh Presents: Vivian Kahn [Dec. 11, 2022]
  • Community News

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 3, No. 50 [December 11, 2022] (online).

  • Memoir: Howie Gordon “Return to Squirrel Hill”
  • New Collection: Sylvia and Donald Robinson Family Papers and Photographs [MSS 1035]
  • Jewish Encyclopedia: Torath Chaim Congregation
  • Calendar: JGS-Pittsburgh Presents: Vivian Kahn [Dec. 11, 2022]
  • Community News

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 3, No. 51 [December 18, 2022] (online).

  • Memoir: Joe Jacobs
  • New Collection: Ress Cousins Club Scrapbook [2022.0019]
  • Jewish Encyclopedia: Congregation Agudath Achim
  • Calendar: JGS-Pittsburgh Presents: Judy G. Russell {Jan. 29, 2023]
  • Community News

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 3, No. 52 [December 25, 2022] (online).

  • Memoir: Reflections
  • New Collection: Mildred Arons Friedman Papers [2022.0020]
  • Jewish Encyclopedia: Jewish War Veterans of America
  • Calendar: JGS-Pittsburgh Presents: Judy G. Russell {Jan. 29, 2023]
  • Community News

2021

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 2, No. 1 [January 3, 2021] (online).

  • Clubs: The Charles I. Aaron Club
  • PHMC approves Pauline Hanauer Rosenberg Monument

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 2, No. 2 [January 10, 2021] (online).

  • Clubs: The Enoch Rauh Club
  • “The facts and the truth of historical fiction” (online—Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle)

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 2, No. 3 [January 17, 2021] (online).

  • Clubs: The Young Maccabees
  • Calendar: JGS-Pittsburgh Presents: Robin Meltzer [Jan. 27, 2021]

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 2, No. 4 [January 24, 2021] (online).

  • Clubs: The Congress of Clubs
  • “Moishe Oysher: A Legend Comes to Pittsburgh” (online)
  • Calendar: JGS-Pittsburgh Presents: Robin Meltzer [Jan. 27, 2021]

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 2, No. 5 [January 31, 2021] (online).

  • Clubs: The Club Federation
  • “What Happened to the Webster Hall Coffee Cake?” (online—Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle)

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 2, No. 6 [February 7, 2021] (online).

  • Clubs: The Victory Club/E. J. Meyer Club
  • Calendar: JGS-Pittsburgh Presents: Roger Lustig [Feb. 21, 2021]
  • “A Path to Postmodern: The Abrams House” (online—Documomo)

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 2, No. 7 [February 14, 2021] (online).

  • Clubs: The Pollyanna Club
  • Rabbi Dr. Abraham J. Twerski, obm (1930-2021)
  • Calendar: Rodef Shalom Presents: “Samuel Goldenson, Labor Activist” [Feb. 16, 2021]; JGS-Pittsburgh Presents: Roger Lustig [Feb. 21, 2021]
  • “Groundhog Day: Meet the Jews of Punxsutawney, Pa.”

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 2, No. 8 [February 21, 2021] (online).

  • Clubs: The Redael Club
  • Calendar: DoorsOpen: “The Hidden Jewish Neighborhoods of Pittsburgh” [Feb. 22, 2021]; Purim [Feb. 25, 2021]; Third Annual Derekh Speaker Series: Ariel Sabar [March 3, 2021]

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 2, No. 9 [February 28, 2021] (online).

  • Clubs: The Ovarb Club
    Calendar: Third Annual Derekh Speaker Series: Ariel Sabar [March 3, 2021]; Researching the History of Institutionalized People [Apr. 15, 2021]
  • “The Student and the Demagogue” (online—Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle)

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 2, No. 10 [March 7, 2021] (online).

  • Clubs: The Argonne Club
  • Calendar: Rodef Shalom Presents: The early Jewish social justice movement in Pittsburgh [March 16, 2021]; “Who’s Cooking, What’s Cooking” [March 21, 2021]
  • Hillel Academy commercial, c. 1995

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 2, No. 11 [March 14, 2021] (online).

  • Clubs: The J. N. Chester Club
  • Calendar: Rodef Shalom Presents: The early Jewish social justice movement in Pittsburgh [March 16, 2021]; “Who’s Cooking, What’s Cooking” [March 21, 2021]; JGS Pittsburgh Presents: Crista Cowan [March 24, 2021]

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 2, No. 12 [March 21, 2021] (online).

  • Clubs: The Coffey Club
  • “A House for the Whole Community” (online—Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle).
  • Calendar: JGS Pittsburgh Presents: Crista Cowan [March 24, 2021]; Passover (1930 and 2021) [March 27, 2021]

• “Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 2, No. 13 [March 28, 2021] (online).

  • Happy Passover

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 2, No. 14 [April 4, 2021] (online).

  • Calendar: JGS Pittsburgh Presents: Minna Rozen [April 18, 2021]

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 2, No. 15 [April 11, 2021] (online).

  • Cookbook: Na’Amat USA Pittsburgh Council
  • Calendar: Researching the History of Institutionalized People [Apr. 15, 2021]; JGS Pittsburgh Presents: Minna Rozen [April 18, 2021]

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 2, No. 15 [April 18, 2021] (online).

  • Clubs: The Aaronians
  • “Yom Ha’atzmaut in Etna” (online—Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle).
  • Calendar: Rodef Shalom Presents: Behind the Scenes at the Rodef Shalom synagogue [Apr. 20, 2021] (online).

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 2, No. 16 [April 25, 2021] (online).

  • Clubs: The Sumer Somerman Club

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 2, No. 17 [May 9, 2021] (online).

  • Clubs: The Clubs of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s
  • Calendar: Foundations of Eastern European Genealogy [May 23, 2021]

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 2, No. 18 [May 16, 2021] (online).

  • Clubs: Spring Sing
  • Calendar: Shavuot [May 17-18, 2021]; Rodef Shalom Presents: Behind the Scenes at the Rodef Shalom synagogue [Apr. 20, 2021] (online); JGS Pittsburgh Presents: Jarrett Ross [May 30, 2021]; A Special Gift: The Act of Valor Award [May 30, 2021] (online).

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 2, No. 19 [May 23, 2021] (online).

  • Clubs: Teen Talk
  • Calendar: JGS Pittsburgh Presents: Jarrett Ross [May 30, 2021]; A Special Gift: The Act of Valor Award [May 30, 2021] (online).

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 2, No. 20 [May 30, 2021] (online).

  • Clubs: Club Charity
  • Calendar: A Special Gift: The Act of Valor Award [May 30, 2021] (online).

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 2, No. 21 [June 6, 2021] (online).

  • Celebrating B’nai Mitzvot During the Pandemic
  • Clubs: Trophies!

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 2, No. 22 [June 13, 2021] (online).

  • Clubs: The end of the club era
  • Calendar: JGS Pittsburgh Presents: Randy Schoenberg [June 27, 2021]
  • “On the other side of English” (online—Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle).

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 2, No. 23 [June 20, 2021] (online).

  • Clubs: Don’t forget BBG and AZA!
  • Calendar: JGS Pittsburgh Presents: Randy Schoenberg [June 27, 2021]

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 2, No. 24 [June 27, 2021] (online).

  • Clubs: BBYO: The Earl Yaillen Era
  • “The Founding of the Enoch Rauh Club (in four takes)” (online—Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle)
  • ICYMI: “After the Tree of Life shooting, they found fortitude and friendship”

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 2, No. 25 [July 4, 2021] (online).

  • Happy Independence Day!
  • Clubs: Jewish Scouts

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 2, No. 26 [July 11, 2021] (online).

  • Clubs: B’nai Israel Girl Scout Troop 117
  • Calendar: JGS Pittsburgh Presents: Mark Halpern [July 21, 2021]; Beth Israel Center: Before Charter [July 25, 2021]

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 2, No. 27 [July 18, 2021] (online).

  • Clubs: B’nai Israel Boy Scout Troop 3
  • Calendar: JGS Pittsburgh Presents: Mark Halpern [July 21, 2021]; Beth Israel Center: Before Charter [July 25, 2021]; Rosh Chodesh Elul [Aug. 8, 2021]

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 2, No. 28 [July 25, 2021] (online).

  • Clubs: Adults
  • Calendar: Rosh Chodesh Elul [Aug. 8, 2021]
  • “What’s Behind a Name?” (online—Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle)

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 2, No. 29 [August 1, 2021] (online).

  • Clubs: Concordia Club
  • Group A: Legacy (1944-1969)
  • Calendar: Rosh Chodesh Elul [Aug. 8, 2021]
  • Jackie Mason in Latrobe

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 2, No. 30 [August 8, 2021] (online).

  • Clubs: Westmoreland Country Club
  • Z’chor
  • Calendar: Rosh Chodesh Elul [Aug. 8, 2021]

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 2, No. 31 [August 15, 2021] (online).

  • Clubs: Green Oaks Country Club
  • The Harding-Joseph Letter
  • Calendar: JGS Pittsburgh Presents: Michael Waas [Aug. 29, 2021]
  • Under repair

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 2, No. 32 [August 22, 2021] (online).

  • Clubs: Thornburg Country Club
  • “Brownsville to Brownsville” (online—Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle)
  • Calendar: JGS Pittsburgh Presents: Michael Waas [Aug. 29, 2021]
  • Under repair

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 2, No. 33 [August 29, 2021] (online).

  • Clubs: The Mercantile Club
  • Under repair

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 2, No. 34 [September 5, 2021] (online).

  • Clubs: Gardens Limited
  • Calendar: Rosh Hashana [Sept. 7-8, 2021]; JGS Pittsburgh Presents: Adina Newman [Sept. 19, 2021]
  • Back Online

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 2, No. 35 [September 12, 2021] (online).

  • Clubs: The Hilltop Garden Club
  • “Into the Depths of the Hill District” (online—Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle)
  • Calendar: Yom Kippur [Sept. 16, 2021]; JGS Pittsburgh Presents: Adina Newman [Sept. 19, 2021]
  • Back Online

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 2, No. 36 [September 19, 2021] (online).

  • Clubs: The Greenbriar Garden Club
  • Calendar: Sukkot [Sept. 21-29, 2021]; JGS Pittsburgh Presents: Adina Newman [Sept. 19, 2021]
  • Back Online

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 2, No. 37 [September 26, 2021] (online).

  • Clubs: The Monte Flora Garden Club
  • Calendar: Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah [Sept. 28-29, 2021]

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 2, No. 38 [October 3, 2021] (online).

  • Clubs: The Allegheny County Political Club

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 2, No. 39 [October 10, 2021] (online).

  • Clubs: The United Political Clubs of Allegheny County
  • “Pittsburgh Proud and Powerful” (online—Google Arts & Culture)
  • Calendar: JGS Pittsburgh Presents: Ask the Experts! [Oct. 31, 2021]

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 2, No. 40 [October 17, 2021] (online).

  • Clubs: The Montefiore Civic League
  • Calendar: JGS Pittsburgh Presents: Ask the Experts! [Oct. 31, 2021]

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 2, No. 41 [October 24, 2021] (online).

  • October 27 Reflections
  • A local Nobel laureate: Stan Angrist
  • “Who Was David A. Mendoza?” (online—Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle)
  • Calendar: JGS Pittsburgh Presents: Ask the Experts! [Oct. 31, 2021]

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 2, No. 42 [October 31, 2021] (online).

  • Rauh Jewish Archives 33rd Anniversary
  • Clubs: The 14th Ward Independent Democratic Club
  • Calendar: JGS Pittsburgh Presents: Jess Weible [Nov. 14, 2021]

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 2, No. 43 [November 7, 2021] (online).

  • Clubs: Family Clubs
  • Calendar: JGS Pittsburgh Presents: Jess Weible [Nov. 14, 2021]

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 2, No. 44 [November 14, 2021] (online).

  • Clubs: Gruber Family Club
  • “Blue Sundays in the Hill” (online—Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle)

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 2, No. 45 [November 21, 2021] (online).

  • Clubs: The Z.L. and Dora Weiss Family Club

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 2, No. 46 [November 28, 2021] (online).

  • Clubs: Esther Goldstein Family and Cousins Club
  • Calendar: Chanukah [Nov. 28, 2021]; JGS Presents: Dr. Janette Silverman [Dec. 12, 2021]

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 2, No. 47 [December 5, 2021] (online).

  • Clubs: KA-EL Family Society
  • Help the Pittsburgh Jewish Newspaper Project
  • Calendar: JGS Presents: Dr. Janette Silverman [Dec. 12, 2021]; Doors Open: Jewish Squirrel Hill: 1907-1957 [Dec. 13, 2021]

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 2, No. 48 [December 12, 2021] (online).

  • Clubs: Pretter Cousins Club
  • Help the Pittsburgh Jewish Newspaper Project
  • Calendar: Doors Open: Jewish Squirrel Hill: 1907-1957 [Dec. 13, 2021]

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 2, No. 49 [December 19, 2021] (online).

  • Announcing: the Jewish Encyclopedia of Western Pennsylvania
  • Clubs: Spiegel Cousins Club
  • Help the Pittsburgh Jewish Newspaper Project

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 2, No. 50 [December 26, 2021] (online).

  • Clubs: Why Clubs Matter
  • “The oldest Jewish building in Pittsburgh” (online—Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle)
  • Help the Pittsburgh Jewish Newspaper Project

2020

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 1, No. 1 [January 12, 2020] (online).

  • “Three Congregations” Exhibit Closes
    Cookbook: Why Is This Cookbook Different?
  • Calendar: “The Nooks and Crannies of Local Jewish Genealogical Research” [01/20/2020]

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 1, No. 2 [January 26, 2020] (online).

  • 127 “Missing McKeesport” Oral Histories Now Online
  • “For You Were Strangers” Exhibit Opens Feb. 9
  • Cookbook: The Happy Cooker

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 1, No. 3 [February 9, 2020] (online).

  • WESA Hosting “Good Question! Live”
  • Congregation Beth Shalom Presents: Julie Orringer
  • Feb. 10 is Tu B’Shvat
  • Cookbook: TBI Sisterhood Cook Book

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 1, No. 4 [February 16, 2020] (online).

  • Sophie!

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 1, No. 5 [February 23, 2020] (online).

  • Mayor Bill Peduto Joins Our Celebration of Sophie Masloff
  • “B’nai Israel: Past, Present, and Future”
  • Tree of Life Collecting Stories of Memorial Objects
  • Cookbook: “Food Fare”

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 1, No. 6 [March 8, 2020] (online).

  • “B’nai Israel: Past, Present, and Future”
  • Purim!
  • Cookbook: “Kosher Kalories”

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 1, No. 7 [March 22, 2020] (online).

  • COVID-19 Update
  • Tell Us Your Story
  • Our New Podcast – The Cornerstone – is Now Online
  • PHMC Approves Pauline Hanauer Rosenberg Marker
  • Featured Cookbook: “The SpORT of Cooking”

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 1, No. 8 [March 29, 2020] (online).

  • Rauh Jewish Archives Launches Online “Sitting” Tours
  • The Cornerstone Ep. 2: Merchant’s Savings & Trust
  • Help, Heartbreak, and Hope from a Century Ago (online—Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle)

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 1, No. 9 [April 5, 2020] (online).

  • Our “Sitting” Tours Continue
  • The Cornerstone Ep. 3: The Hebrew Institute
  • Passover Begins the Evening of April 8

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 1, No. 10 [April 26, 2020] (online).

  • Tell Us About Your Passover
  • Annie Jacobs Davis: The Mother of Montefiore (online)

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 1, No. 11 [May 3, 2020] (online).

  • May 12: Lag B’omer
  • May 13: Guyasuta Gangsters
  • May 17: Hebrew Institute Reunion

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 1, No. 12 [May 10, 2020] (online).

  • The Cornerstone Ep. 4: Kether Torah
  • May 13: Guyasuta Gangsters
  • May 17: Hebrew Institute Reunion

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 1, No. 13 [May 17, 2020] (online).

  • May 27: Tikkun Leil Online
  • Cookbook: “Kugels & Kisses Strikes Again!!!”

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 1, No. 14 [May 24, 2020] (online).

  • Rauh Jewish Archives Awarded Major Grant
  • May 27: The History of Sefer Torah Celebrations
  • Cookbook: “From Soup to Nosh”

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 1, No. 15 [May 31, 2020] (online).

  • Call for volunteers
  • June 12: Two Cities, One Story
  • Cookbook: “FSM Family Fare”

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 1, No. 16 [June 7, 2020] (online).

  • June 12: Two Cities, One Story
  • The Cornerstone Ep. 5: YMHA

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 1, No. 17 [June 14, 2020] (online) (correction)

  • June 24: Temple Sinai and the History of Sefer Torahs
  • “The Nine Jobs of Barney May” (online)

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 1, No. 18 [June 21, 2020] (online)

  • June 24: Temple Sinai and the History of Sefer Torahs
  • Cookbook: Incredible Edibles

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 1, No. 19 [June 28, 2020] (online)

  • “Seeing Beyond the Surface” (online—Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle)
  • Cookbook: The Best of Beth Shalom

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 1, No. 20 [July 5, 2020] (online)

  • July 16: Two Cities, One Story: Rooms and Gardens
  • The History of “Jew Hill” (online)
  • July 9: The Fast of Tammuz

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 1, No. 21 [July 12, 2020] (online)

  • July 16: Two Cities, One Story: Rooms and Gardens
  • Jewish Genealogy Society Relaunches “Z’Chor”
  • Cookbook: A Table Before Me

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 1, No. 22 [July 19, 2020] (online)

  • Cookbook: The ORT of Cooking

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 1, No. 23 [July 26, 2020] (online)

  • July 30: Tisha B’Av

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 1, No. 24 [August 2, 2020] (online)

  • “The Marvelous Myselses” (online—Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle)
  • Cookbook: Eater’s Digest

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 1, No. 25 [August 9, 2020] (online)

  • The Merchant’s Savings and Trust Co. Map (online)
  • Cookbook: Just a Pinch

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 1, No. 26 [August 16, 2020] (online)

  • JGS-Pittsburgh Workshop: Using the PJNP
  • Cookbook: The Ta’am of Your Life

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 1, No. 27 [August 23, 2020] (online)

  • “Who was Pearl Ashinsky?” (online—Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle)
  • Cookbook: From Our Kitchen to Yours

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 1, No. 28 [August 30, 2020] (online)

  • A Round Up of Recent Projects: “Jews of the Somme”; “Harbor from the Holocaust, the story of the Jewish community of Shanghai

• “Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 1, No. 29 [September 13, 2020] (online)

  • Rosh Hashana (Rabbi Goodman A. Rose)

• “Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 1, No. 30 [September 20, 2020] (online)

  • Sept. 28: Yom Kippur (Hebrew Institute census)
  • Oct. 3-11: Sukkot

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 1, No. 31 [October 11, 2020] (online)

  • Oct. 21: JGS-Pittsburgh Presents: Jennifer Mendelsohn
  • Nov. 11: Treasures in the Archives
  • “Gertrude Kingsbacher Sunstein: Strong woman” (online—Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle)

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 1, No. 32 [October 18, 2020] (online)

  • Oct. 21: JGS-Pittsburgh Presents: Jennifer Mendelsohn
  • Nov. 11: Treasures in the Archives

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 1, No. 33 [October 25, 2020] (online)

  • October 27 Reflection (online)

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 1, No. 34 [October 29, 2020] (online)

  • Nov. 1: A Special Gift: The Act of Valor Award (online)

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 1, No. 35 [November 8, 2020] (online)

  • Nov. 11: Treasures in the Archives
  • Nov. 18: JGS-Pittsburgh Presents: Avraham Groll
  • Jewish Pittsburgh History Sessions from Rodef Shalom

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 1, No. 36 [November 15, 2020] (online)

  • Nov. 18: JGS-Pittsburgh Presents: Avraham Groll
  • Jewish Pittsburgh History Sessions from Rodef Shalom

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 1, No. 37 [November 22, 2020] (online)

  • Nov. 18: JGS-Pittsburgh Presents: Avraham Groll
  • Rodef Shalom Presents: “The Jewish Exodus from the Hill District”

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 1, No. 38 [December 6, 2020] (online)

  • Dec. 10-18: Chanukah
  • A Special Gift: The Act of Valor Award (online)
  • Dec. 16: The JGS of Pittsburgh Presents: Steve Morse

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 1, No. 39 [December 13, 2020] (online)

  • “Help Light the Flame”
  • Dec. 16: The JGS of Pittsburgh Presents: Steve Morse
  • Rodef Shalom Presents: “Pittsburgh’s Early Jewish Neighborhoods”

• Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 1, No. 40 [December 20, 2020] (online)

  • Cookbooks: A Reflection
  • “A Project 50 Years Ahead of Its Time” (online—Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle)
  • The Story of a Box of Candles (online)

• “Rauh Jewish Archives weekly newsletter: Vol. 1, No. 41 [December 27, 2020] (online)

  • Announcing: Clubs
  • PHMC approves Pauline Hanauer Rosenberg monument

2019

• Rauh Jewish Archives newsletter [April 23, 2019] (online)

  • Yiddish Theater in Pittsburgh—”Indecent” at Pittsburgh Public Theater

• Rauh Jewish Archives newsletter [June 7, 2019] (online)

  • June 30, 2019: German Genealogy Workshop

• “Rauh Jewish Archives newsletter [June 20, 2019] (online)

  • June 30, 2019: German Genealogy Workshop

• Rauh Jewish Archives newsletter [August 5, 2019] (online)

  • Aug. 22, 2019: JGS Pittsburgh Presents: Israel Pickholtz “Why Did My Grandfather Know That His Grandfather Had an Uncle Selig?”

• Rauh Jewish Archives newsletter [August 12, 2019] (online)

  • Sept. 8, 2019: “Jewish Women’s Center: Retrospective 1992-2019”

• Rauh Jewish Archives newsletter [August 19, 2019] (online)

  • Aug. 22, 2019: JGS Pittsburgh Presents: Israel Pickholtz “Why Did My Grandfather Know That His Grandfather Had an Uncle Selig?”

• Rauh Jewish Archives newsletter [August 26, 2019] (online)

  • Sept. 8, 2019: “Jewish Women’s Center: Retrospective 1992-2019”

• Rauh Jewish Archives newsletter [September 11, 2019] (online)

  • Sept. 16, 2019: “Urban Art: A Discussion with Architect Kent Bloomer”

• Rauh Jewish Archives newsletter [September 16, 2019] (online)

  • Sept. 16, 2019: “Urban Art: A Discussion with Architect Kent Bloomer”

• Rauh Jewish Archives newsletter [October 28 2019] (online)

  • Three Congregations” exhibit opens

• Rauh Jewish Archives newsletter [December 29, 2019] (online)

  • Three Congregations” exhibit

2018

• Rauh Jewish Archives newsletter [January 12, 2018] (online)

  • Temple David Celebrates 60 Years
  • “Historical Insights” column in the Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle (online—Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle)

• Rauh Jewish Archives newsletter [March 15, 2018] (online)

  • March 21, 2018: “A Man Comes from Someplace” with Judith Summerfield
  • March 22, 2018: Special Writing Workshop: “The Places We Come From, The Stories We Tell”

• Rauh Jewish Archives newsletter [March 19, 2018] (online)

  • March 21, 2018: “A Man Comes from Someplace” with Judith Summerfield
  • April 8, 2018: “Lost Worlds Found” with University of Pittsburgh Jewish Studies Program

• Rauh Jewish Archives newsletter [April 2, 2018] (online)

  • April 8, 2018: “Lost Worlds Found” with University of Pittsburgh Jewish Studies Program
  • May 13, 2018: JGS Pittsburgh Presents: “DNA Successes In – and Despite of – Endogamy” with Lara Diamond
  • June 17, 2018: “Curtain Call! Jews and the Pittsburgh Playhouse”

• Rauh Jewish Archives newsletter [April 23, 2018] (online)

  • “A Remnant from the Final Days of Yiddish Theater in Pittsburgh” (online)
  • April 29, 2018: Hill District Tour
  • May 13, 2018: JGS Pittsburgh Presents: “DNA Successes In – and Despite of – Endogamy” with Lara Diamond
  • May 14, 2018: “Virtual Senior Academy: Solving a Mystery!”
  • May 27, 2018: “The Last Letters,” Memorial Day Program at Homewood Cemetery
  • June 17, 2018: “Curtain Call! Jews and the Pittsburgh Playhouse”

• Rauh Jewish Archives newsletter [May 7, 2018] (online)

  • May 13, 2018: JGS Pittsburgh Presents: “DNA Successes In – and Despite of – Endogamy” with Lara Diamond
  • May 14, 2018: “Virtual Senior Academy: Solving a Mystery!”
  • May 27, 2018: “The Last Letters,” Memorial Day Program at Homewood Cemetery
  • June 3, 2018: Bet Tikvah Congregation 30th Anniversary Celebration & Reunion
  • June 17, 2018: “Curtain Call! Jews and the Pittsburgh Playhouse”

• Rauh Jewish Archives newsletter [June 5, 2018] (online)

  • June 17, 2018: “Curtain Call! Jews and the Pittsburgh Playhouse”
  • June 21, 2018: “Gene Kelly and the Jewish Community”

• Rauh Jewish Archives newsletter [June 11, 2018] (online)

  • June 17, 2018: “Curtain Call! Jews and the Pittsburgh Playhouse”
  • June 21, 2018: “Gene Kelly and the Jewish Community”
  • Rauh Jewish Archives newsletter [July 3, 2018] (online)
  • July 17, 2018: “Americans and the Holocaust: A Talk with Rebecca Erbelding”

• Rauh Jewish Archives newsletter [July 16, 2018] (online)

  • July 29, 2018: “The Future of Jewish Culture in Pittsburgh”

• Rauh Jewish Archives newsletter [July 30, 2018] (online)

  • August 15, 2018: “The Secrets of Citations: How to turn archival research into historical writing”
  • Sept. 5, 2018: “Sally Kalson: The Early Years”

• Rauh Jewish Archives newsletter [August 13, 2018] (online)

  • August 15, 2018: “The Secrets of Citations: How to turn archival research into historical writing”
  • Sept. 5, 2018: “Sally Kalson: The Early Years”

• Rauh Jewish Archives newsletter [August 21, 2018] (online)

  • August 15, 2018: “The Secrets of Citations: How to turn archival research into historical writing”
  • Sept. 5, 2018: “Sally Kalson: The Early Years”

• Rauh Jewish Archives newsletter [September 3, 2018] (online)

  • Sept. 5, 2018: “Sally Kalson: The Early Years”
  • Sept. 13, 2018: “When the Smoke Clears: Reconciliation in the Aftermath of Violence” with Dr. Ervin Staub

• Rauh Jewish Archives newsletter [October 4, 2018] (online)

  • Oct. 28, 2018: JGS Pittsburgh Present: “Top 10 Things I Learned About My Family From My Couch” with Tammy Hepps

• Rauh Jewish Archives newsletter [October 22, 2018] (online)

  • Oct. 28, 2018: JGS Pittsburgh Present: “Top 10 Things I Learned About My Family From My Couch” with Tammy Hepps

• Rauh Jewish Archives newsletter [October 27, 2018] (online)

  • October 27 announcement

• Rauh Jewish Archives newsletter [November 2, 2018] (online)

  • October 27 announcement

• Rauh Jewish Archives newsletter [December 3, 2018] (online)

  • Dec. 16, 2018: JGS Pittsburgh Present: “Top 10 Things I Learned About My Family From My Couch” with Tammy Hepps

• Rauh Jewish Archives newsletter [December 10, 2018] (online)

  • Dec. 16, 2018: JGS Pittsburgh Present: “Top 10 Things I Learned About My Family From My Couch” with Tammy Hepps

2017

• Rauh Jewish Archives newsletter [March 17, 2017] (online)

  • April 2, 2017: “Genealogy & Genetic Diseases in Jewish Pittsburgh”

• Rauh Jewish Archives newsletter [April 19, 2017] (online)

  • April 20, 2017: “Pittsburgh Torah Scrolls Project”
  • April 23, 2017: “South Hills Genealogy Day”
  • April 26, 2017: “There Are Jews Here: Pittsburgh Premiere”
  • April 28, 2017: “Exploring Community through Art and Jewish Wisdom”
  • May 24, 2017: “Books in the ‘Burgh: Stories of Ethnic Identity and Military Service”

• Rauh Jewish Archives newsletter [August 14, 2017] (online)

  • August 20, 2017: “Missing McKeesport: World Premier”

• Rauh Jewish Archives newsletter [October 13, 2017] (online)

  • October 28, 2017: “Rabbi Barbara Aiello Lecture Series”

• Rauh Jewish Archives newsletter [November 7, 2017] (online)

  • November 12, 2017: “Forgotten Stories From the Homefront: Jews in Western Pennsylvania During World War I”

• Rauh Jewish Archives newsletter [December 1, 2017] (online)

  • December 6, 2017: “A Conversation with the Author: Jeremy Dauber”
  • December 8, 2017: “Rodef Shalom Walking Tour”
  • December 10, 2017: “Looking Back…While Moving Forward”

• Rauh Jewish Archives newsletter [December 14, 2017] (online)

  • “The Mystery of the McKeesport Menorah” (online)

2016

• Rauh Jewish Archives newsletter [January 11, 2016] (online)

  • January 14, 2016: “Books in the ‘Burgh: Steel City Jews”
  • January 31, 2016: “Yoi! Remembering Myron Cope “

• Rauh Jewish Archives newsletter [January 29, 2016] (online)

  • January 31, 2016: “”Yoi! Remembering Myron Cope “

• Rauh Jewish Archives newsletter [March 17, 2016] (online)

  • April 3, 2016: “Every Town Had a Community: Celebrating Jewish life in the small towns of Western Pennsylvania”

• Rauh Jewish Archives newsletter [April 28, 2016] (online)

  • Passover
  • Exhibitions
  • Past Programs

2015

• Rauh Jewish Archives newsletter [November 3, 2015] (online)

  • “Lessons from Kristallnacht”

• Rauh Jewish Archives newsletter [December 3, 2015] (online)

  • Introduction