After the Synagogue Shooting
2026-05-20 18:00 (America/New_York) | Butler Area Public Library, 218 N McKean St, Butler, PA, 16001, United States
This is the third of a three-program series highlighting stories of Jewish people in Butler County and Western Pennsylvania.

REACH (Remember, Educate and Combat Hate), is the 10.27 Healing Partnership Speakers Bureau of survivors and family members who lost loved ones in the Oct. 27, 2018 synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh. REACH speakers share their lived experience of targeted violence and connect with audiences on a personal and human level. The individuals within REACH are an invaluable source of resilience and strength.
Presenter: REACH Speakers Bureau
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Save the Date - Generations Talk by Susan Straus
2026-06-01 18:00 | Oakmont Carnegie Library, 700 Allegheny River Blvd, Oakmont, PA, 15139, United States
Susan Straus (she/her) is the daughter of Jewish Holocaust survivors. Susan will tell the story of her father, Henry Straus, who was born in Germany in 1928. Her presentation describes Henry’s experiences growing up in Germany under conditions of rampant antisemitism and what he and his family endured during and after Kristallnacht, the November 1938 pogrom.
Susan encourages the audience to think about how victims of the Holocaust could be resilient in the face of unimaginable challenges and the effects of indifference toward others’ pain and suffering. She also encourages participants to consider what they can do to promote social justice in the world.
