A Study Of The Jewish Population Of Pittsburgh
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Jewish Population Study of Greater Pittsburgh, 1986
Author | : United Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 22 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : Pittsburgh (Pa.) |
ISBN | : |
1986 Community Report
Author | : United Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 22 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : Jews |
ISBN | : |
Squirrel Hill
Author | : Mark Oppenheimer |
Publisher | : Knopf |
Total Pages | : 321 |
Release | : 2021-10-05 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0525657193 |
A piercing portrait of the struggles and triumphs of one of America's renowned Jewish neighborhoods in the wake of unspeakable tragedy that highlights the hopes, fears, and tensions all Americans must confront on the road to healing. Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh, is one of the oldest Jewish neighborhoods in the country, known for its tight-knit community and the profusion of multigenerational families. On October 27, 2018, a gunman killed eleven Jews who were worshipping at the Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill--the most deadly anti-Semitic attack in American history. Many neighborhoods would be understandably subsumed by despair and recrimination after such an event, but not this one. Mark Oppenheimer poignantly shifts the focus away from the criminal and his crime, and instead presents the historic, spirited community at the center of this heartbreak. He speaks with residents and nonresidents, Jews and gentiles, survivors and witnesses, teenagers and seniors, activists and historians. Together, these stories provide a kaleidoscopic and nuanced account of collective grief, love, support, and revival. But Oppenheimer also details the difficult dialogue and messy confrontations that Squirrel Hill had to face in the process of healing, and that are a necessary part of true growth and understanding in any community. He has reverently captured the vibrancy and caring that still characterize Squirrel Hill, and it is this phenomenal resilience that can provide inspiration to any place burdened with discrimination and hate.
Jewish Pittsburgh
Author | : Barbara Burstin PhD |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2015-05-18 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 143965137X |
By the mid-19th century, Jews from German lands began settling in Pittsburgh, later to be followed by Jews from the Russian and Austro-Hungarian Empires and Romania. They founded businesses and organizations such as Giant Eagle, Kaufmann's Department Store, Montefiore Hospital, the Pittsburgh Playhouse, the Civic Light Opera, and the Pittsburgh Pirates. Sophie Masloff became the first woman and the first Jew to serve as mayor, and civic reformer and lawyer A. Leo Weil, philanthropist Leon Falk Jr., and social justice crusader Florence Reizenstein all had schools named after them. From Allegheny City and "the Hill" to Squirrel Hill and the East End, the Jewish population preserved its distinct core community and contributed to its adopted city in multiple ways. Today, it numbers more than 40,000, and their story is one of grit, determination, risk taking, hard knocks, and no small measure of success.
Jewish Pittsburgh
Author | : Barbara Burstin, PhD |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 1 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1467122955 |
By the mid-19th century, Jews from German lands began settling in Pittsburgh, later to be followed by Jews from the Russian and Austro-Hungarian Empires and Romania. They founded businesses and organizations such as Giant Eagle, Kaufmann's Department Store, Montefiore Hospital, the Pittsburgh Playhouse, the Civic Light Opera, and the Pittsburgh Pirates. Sophie Masloff became the first woman and the first Jew to serve as mayor, and civic reformer and lawyer A. Leo Weil, philanthropist Leon Falk Jr., and social justice crusader Florence Reizenstein all had schools named after them. From Allegheny City and "the Hill" to Squirrel Hill and the East End, the Jewish population preserved its distinct core community and contributed to its adopted city in multiple ways. Today, it numbers more than 40,000, and their story is one of grit, determination, risk taking, hard knocks, and no small measure of success.
The 2002 Pittsburgh Jewish Community Study
Author | : United Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 61 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |