Lost Worlds Found with University of Pittsburgh
Sunday, April 8 | Lecture begins at 10:30 a.m.

Join Pittsburgh-based photographer David Aschkenas as he tells stories behind a selection of his work focusing on grand synagogues and Jewish cemeteries of Europe and his ongoing documentation of Pittsburgh.

After the talk, students from the University of Pittsburgh will present new research about Western Pennsylvania Jewish history. Their work stems from Dr. Rachel Kranson's "Jews and the City" course, which follows the migration of Eastern European Jews to urban centers around the world, including Pittsburgh.

Registration

This program is free and open to the public but does not include museum admission. Please register online.

This program's lecture begins at 10:30 a.m. Stay for an open house with student researchers beginning at 11:30 a.m.
 
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For more information, contact Eric Lidji at eslidji@heinzhistorycenter.org or 412-454-6406.

DNA Successes In - and Despite of - Endogamy, with Lara Diamond
Sunday, May 13 | Lecture begins at 11 a.m.

The Jewish Genealogy Society of Pittsburgh and the Rauh Jewish History Program & Archives welcome noted genealogist Lara Diamond, who will discuss the complications of genetic genealogy within endogamous populations.
Diamond is president of the Jewish Genealogy Society of Maryland, leads JewishGen's Subcarpathian SIG and sits on JewishGen's Ukraine SIG's board of directors. She also runs multiple district-and town-focused projects to collect documentation to assist all those researching ancestors from common towns.

Registration

This program is free and open to the public but does not include museum admission. Please register online.

The program will begin at 11 a.m. with a brief Q&A session with the Jewish Genealogy Society about general research questions. Lara Diamond's presentation will begin at 11:30 a.m. 
 
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For more information, contact Eric Lidji at eslidji@heinzhistorycenter.org or 412-454-6406 or JGS's Steve Jaron at sjaron@gmail.com. 

Curtain Call! Jews and the Pittsburgh Playhouse
Sunday, June 17 | 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Before the Pittsburgh Playhouse officially "turns off the lights" at its Oakland campus and prepares to open its new theater complex downtown, join the Rauh Jewish History Program & Archives in a celebration of the many Jewish actors, writers, directors, stagehands, patrons, and critics who have made the Pittsburgh Playhouse an iconic part of the cultural landscape of Pittsburgh for more than 80 years.
This program will feature classic photographs and behind the scenes materials from Nat Elbaum, Helen Wayne Rauh, Allen Pinsker, and many more.

Registration

This program is free and open to the public but does not include museum admission. Please register online.  
 
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For more information, contact Eric Lidji at eslidji@heinzhistorycenter.org or 412-454-6406.
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