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Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh

Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh

Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh

Annual community-wide Yom HaShoah program, by the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh.

Please join the Holocaust Center for our annual Kristallnacht Commemoration program.

Brunch to mark the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh. More details to follow!

In the early 1990s, renowned Holocaust testimony expert Lawrence Langer conducted over 80 hours of interviews with Holocaust survivors residing in Brookline, Masachusetts. For over 20 years, they sat in a metal closet, waiting to be edited and produced into something usable for education purposes. Finally, in 2016, experienced producer R. Harvey Bravman was tasked…

Our ongoing “Conversations” series features community members having a dialogue with Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh director Dr. Lauren Apter Bairnsfather. This summer’s conversations will center around the theme of “The Power of the Individual”. For this Conversation, Lauren will discuss various topics with Betty Cruz, the CEO and President of the World Affairs Council of…

Generations Speakers Series continues with former Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh Director Linda Hurwitz telling her parents’ story of survival.

Generations Speakers Series continues online, featuring Auschwitz survivor and current Pittsburgh resident Oscar Singer, telling his story of survival alongside his daughter, Lee Fischbach

Born in the Czech Republic, Chana and her parents, Ann & William Jakubovic, immigrated to the United States in 1969. The shadow of the Holocaust was ever-present in their household, even when it was not discussed. Chana feels that there is no better way to honor her parents’ memory than to tell their story.

2018 Holocaust Educator of the Year Nick Haberman will lead this training around creating an emotionally honest classroom. Educators will discuss best practices for developing a safe space to talk about Holocaust history and the connections to the difficult and necessary topics that 2020 has introduced into the conversation. Teachers will brainstorm ways to use…

In the early 1990s, renowned Holocaust testimony expert Lawrence Langer conducted over 80 hours of interviews with Holocaust survivors residing in Brookline, MA. For over 20 years, they sat in a metal closet, waiting to be edited and produced into something usable for education purposes. Finally, in 2016, experienced producer R. Harvey Bravman was tasked…

Our ongoing “Conversations” series features community members having a dialogue with Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh director Dr. Lauren Apter Bairnsfather. This summer’s conversations will center around the theme of “The Power of the Individual”. About Marcel Walker: Marcel Lamont (M.L.) Walker is an award-winning graphic-prose creator and expert in social applications for comic-book art. In 2017,…

Learn to engage and inspire students by teaching about the 30,000 Jews who fought back against the Nazis and their collaborators as Jewish partisans. During this unit, Teaching with the Motion Picture Defiance, teachers will learn to use the film Defiance starring Daniel Craig and Liev Schreiber, to explore History, Leadership, Ethics, and Values.

Our ongoing “Conversations” series features community members having a dialogue with Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh director Dr. Lauren Apter Bairnsfather. This summer’s conversations will center around the theme of “The Power of the Individual”. About Tim Smith: Tim is the CEO of Center of Life and pastor of the Keystone Church of Hazelwood. He has been…

Annual week-long workshop for Holocaust educators. Act 48 credit is available. More details to come!

Our ongoing “Conversations” series features community members having a dialogue with Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh director Dr. Lauren Apter Bairnsfather. This summer’s conversations will center around the theme of “The Power of the Individual”. About Jessie Ramey: Jessie Ramey is the Founding Director of the Women’s Institute at Chatham University and Associate Professor of Women’s and…

In this special one-off program, we will sit down with Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh’s 2019-2020 Holocaust Educator of the Year, Kathy Galecki. We will be discussing some insights into exemplary Holocaust education and her suggestions on making connections to the injustices of today. Pre-registration required via Zoom (will also be streamed via Holocaust Center of…

She was born in Bruchsal, Germany. He was born in Vienna, Austria. As hidden children, their paths crossed briefly in a French orphanage. This is just a part of their story, separately and together: surviving the Holocaust, fighting Nazis in the French Resistance, and making a new life in America. This is the true story…

Holocaust Center program, in conjunction with Together We Remember

We regret to inform you that, due to health concerns about the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, we have canceled this event. Although every organization will make its own decisions about the safety of upcoming events, the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh is acting with an abundance of caution in cancelling, postponing, or adapting all of…

This year’s digital Yom HaShoah program marks 75 years since the last of these camps were liberated and will honor local liberators and their families.