The Cornerstone is a podcast connecting Jewish historical sites in Western Pennsylvania to historic materials in the Rauh Jewish History Program & Archives. Each episode investigates one spot in the region. It might be a synagogue, a schoolhouse, a work
Rauh Jewish History Program & Archives
A co-working space in Uptown started its life as an Elk's Lodge. But for a decade it was the home to the hardworking boys of the Young Men's Hebrew Association.
A domed church in the Hill District was once the hard-earned pride of Congregation Kether Torah, a small Jewish congregation hailing from the Volinia province of Russia.
The Blakey Program Center in the Hill District started its life as the Hebrew Institute, a pioneering effort to bring modern pedagogical ideas to traditional Jewish education.
A social service agency in Uptown was once the Merchant's Savings & Trust Company, a leading financial institution for Jewish businesses and organizations in the Hill District.
A gravestone in the Workmen's Circle No. 45 cemetery tells the story of a beloved Jewish humanitarian in the Hill District in the early decades of the 20th century.