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SUMMARY:Butler's Jews and their Neighbors
DESCRIPTION:This is the first of a three-program series highlighting stories of Jewish people in Butler County and Western Pennsylvania. \n\n\n\n\nJewish people have been living in Butler County continuously since 1858\, becoming part of the fabric of the community. This program will introduce attendees to well-known and lesser-known stories from the history of the Jewish communities of Butler County. \nPresenter: Eric Lidji\, Director of the Rauh Jewish Archives at the Heinz History Center \n\n\nRegister here.
URL:https://hcofpgh.org/event/butlers-jews-and-their-neighbors/
LOCATION:Butler Area Public Library\, 218 N McKean St\, Butler\, PA\, 16001\, United States
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SUMMARY:Etty: A one-woman play from the diaries of Etty Hillesum
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URL:https://hcofpgh.org/event/etty-a-one-woman-play-from-the-diaries-of-etty-hillesum/
LOCATION:Stay Gold Books\, 1104 S Braddock Ave\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15218\, United States
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SUMMARY:Yom HaShoah Commemoration
DESCRIPTION:Register here. \n\nJoin us in remembering the approximately six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust on Yom HaShoah\, or Holocaust Remembrance Day.\n\n\n\nThe Holocaust Center has been holding a community-wide commemoration every year since the establishment of the Center in 1980. This year’s program will feature music played by students from Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra\, poetry readings\, filmed testimony from Holocaust survivors\, a candle-lighting ceremony\, and other traditional elements. \nDuring the candle-lighting ceremony\, six candles are lit in memory of the six million Jewish victims\, and three additional candles are lit in honor of the Veterans\, the Liberators\, and the Righteous\, those non-Jews who risked their lives to save the lives of their Jewish friends and neighbors. The candle-lighters are Holocaust Survivors and/or descendants\, community members\, and lay leaders. \nThere are both in-person and virtual attendance options available (select the ticket that reflects your preferred attendance option when registering).
URL:https://hcofpgh.org/event/save-the-date-yom-hashoah-commemoration/
LOCATION:Rodef Shalom Congregation\, 4905 Fifth Avenue\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15213\, United States
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SUMMARY:Łódź to Pittsburgh: A Holocaust Survival Story
DESCRIPTION:Lee Goldman Kikel\, daughter of Holocaust survivor Melvin Goldman\, will be sharing her father’s story of survival and resilience. \n\n\n\n\nIn middle age\, Melvin Goldman recorded a series of cassette tapes telling his life story\, leaving them to be found decades later after his passing. His daughter\, Lee Goldman Kikel\, discovered the recordings—a priceless family heirloom conveying memory and the history of a Polish Jewish family which became the basis of a 2019 Holocaust memoir. Lee’s presentation focuses on her father’s recounting: his pre-war childhood\, ability to survive the Łódź ghetto\, Auschwitz and other concentration camps\, and a miraculous recovery while knowing most of his family perished. Lee tells how hope\, tenacity\, and perseverance amid major losses guided her father to become a United States citizen and start a new life in Pittsburgh. \n\nRegister here. \n\nThis is the second of a three-program series highlighting stories of Jewish people in Butler \nCounty and Western Pennsylvania.Presenter: Lee Goldman Kikel
URL:https://hcofpgh.org/event/save-the-date-generations-talk-by-lee-goldman-kikel/
LOCATION:Butler Area Public Library\, 218 N McKean St\, Butler\, PA\, 16001\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260504T190000
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SUMMARY:"But I Live" Conversation with Editor Charlotte Schallié
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URL:https://hcofpgh.org/event/but-i-live-conversation-with-editor-charlotte-schallie/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260505T183000
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SUMMARY:Generations Speaker: Michelle Ultmann
DESCRIPTION:Michelle Ultmann is the daughter of two survivors: her mother from Germany and her father from Austria. She will share the story of her mother\, Ruth\, who was a young teenager during Kristallnacht in her hometown. After the November pogrom\, Ruth was sent to England for the duration of the war through the Kindertransport. \nRegistration opens on April 1.
URL:https://hcofpgh.org/event/generations-speaker-michelle-ultmann/
LOCATION:C.C. Mellor Memorial Library – Edgewood\, 1 Pennwood Ave\, Edgewood\, PA\, 15218\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260520T180000
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SUMMARY:After the Synagogue Shooting
DESCRIPTION:This is the third of a three-program series highlighting stories of Jewish people in Butler County and Western Pennsylvania. \n\n\n\n\nREACH (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. \nPresenter: REACH Speakers Bureau \nRegister here.
URL:https://hcofpgh.org/event/after-the-synagogue-shooting/
LOCATION:Butler Area Public Library\, 218 N McKean St\, Butler\, PA\, 16001\, United States
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SUMMARY:Save the Date - Generations Talk by Susan Straus
DESCRIPTION: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. \nSusan 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.
URL:https://hcofpgh.org/event/save-the-date-generations-talk-by-susan-straus/
LOCATION:Oakmont Carnegie Library\, 700 Allegheny River Blvd\, Oakmont\, PA\, 15139\, United States
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