Holocaust
This concert is presented by Rodef Shalom Congregation in partnership with the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh and Classrooms without Borders. Reservations required: Free for members of Rodef Shalom Congregation and Temple Sinai $18 for the public Silent Tears, The Last Yiddish Tango is based on poems, testimonies, and writings of women who survived the Holocaust. […]
Read MoreJoin us as we welcome Clare Drobot for her first public talk with the Holocaust Center! Clare will share the story of her grandmother, a survivor from Poland, and how her experiences shaped her family.
Read MoreWe are excited to host Dr. Melissa Marks’s presentation for the first time! Bio: Dr. Melissa Marks is the daughter and granddaughter of Holocaust survivors. Her desire to understand the history and psychology of the Holocaust led her to become a social studies teacher, a career she loved for a decade. Currently, she is in her 21st year as a […]
Read MoreJoin the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh for a VIRTUAL lunch & learn with Historian Dr. Rafael Medoff and whistleblower attorney Mark Zaid as they discuss the new nonfiction graphic novel Whistleblowers: Four Who Fought to Expose the Holocaust (written by Medoff; drawn by Dean Motter; foreword by Zaid). A Zoom link will be provided closer to the […]
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While Latin America only permitted about 84,000 Jewish refugees during the Holocaust, pockets of hope emerged. Tens of thousands of Spanish and Jewish refugees escaped Nazi-occupied Europe with the help of diplomats like Gilberto Bosques Saldívar of México. Jews were also offered crucial passage away from Nazi persecution by governments in Bolivia, the Dominican Republic, […]
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Annual program commemorating the victims of the Shoah, and honoring survivors and their families, with readings, music, and candle lightings. This program will be in-person, as well as live-streamed. RSVP for in-person attendance here. RSVP for virtual attendance here. A link to the livestream will be provided to registrants closer to the event. A recording of the program in its entirety […]
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Classrooms Without Borders presents the Pittsburgh-area premiere of the feature film Irena’s Vow, based on the true story of Polish nurse Irena Gut Opdyke whose courage helped save Jewish lives in Nazi-occupied Poland. The event is in partnership with the Collaboratory Against Hate, the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh, and CMU’s International Film Festival. The screening […]
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Join local author, Lee Kikel as she discusses her newest book, Perseverance: One Holocaust Survivor’s Journey from Poland to America. Perseverance is not only a story of survival but of the perseverance of the human spirit. It is a story about life of Melvin Goldman. A Jewish Polish Immigrant and Holocaust survivor who found his way to Pittsburgh and […]
Read MoreHolocaust Center of Pittsburgh’s annual Kristallnacht program
Read MoreHolocaust Center of Pittsburgh’s annual Kristallnacht program; details TBD
Read MorePassover ends and immediately the activity in the Jewish community starts to move at a frantic pace. The number of events, programs and meetings is beyond belief and is a testament to the kind of engaged and interested community we have. I would only mention one such event from this past week, the Yom Hashoah […]
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