History
What year(s) did the Jews start coming to Pittsburgh?
The mid to late 19th century and the early 20th century or 1838-1844.
What is the current Jewish population of Pittsburgh?
42,200.
Is the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh running or not running today?
It is running.
Who is a Jewish figure from Pittsburgh that teaches at our school?
Melanie Knowles.
What is the biggest issue for Jews in Pittsburgh?
The rainy and cold weather in the winter and fall.
What kind of jobs did the Jews have in this time?
Stores where they would sell goods and worked in the mining industry with iron.
From what year to what year did the Jewish population grow 17%?
2005 to 2016.
What year was the synagogue Rodef Shalom created?
1858.
What area did Otto Stern with the Nobel Prize?
Physics.
Is there an increasing or decreasing percentage in population and is it a spark or challenge?
Increase and spark & challenge.
Who started Pennsylvania and what religious group was he a part of?
William Penna and the Quakers.
Was the population bigger in the 1970's or today?
1970's even when the population decreased.
What Jewish hospital opened in 1908.
Montefiore.
Who developed the polio vaccine?
Dr. Jonas Salk.
Are there Jewish schools in Pittsburgh? If so, name one.
Yes, there are and it could be the Hillel Academy, The Chabad-Lubavitch Yeshiva Schools, or Community Day School.
What was the famous movement called that occurred in Pittsburgh and what was it about?
The Pittsburgh Platform and was about ideas from the Reform movement on the modern world.
Is the Jewish hub where most Jews live called Squirrel Hill or Squirrel flat?
Squirrel Hill.
What type of Bnai Brith was the one in Pittsburgh and is it still in action?
A bowling association and it is still in action.
What did Phillip Pearlstein go to Carnegie Melon for?
Music.
Is Philadelphia or Harrisburg the other primary place with Jews and what percent of Jews lives there and Pittsburgh?
Philadelphia and 88%.
Was there antisemitism in Pittsburgh or was it mostly back in Europe?
There wasn't any big unregular antisemitism in Pittsburgh but there was in Europe at times.
What was the population when the Jews first came to Pittsburgh?
It was a very small number with 30 families in particular.
What Jewish firm in 1750 sold goods to England?
Simon and Franks.
What two things was Sophie Masloff famous for doing in Pittsburgh?
She was the first women and first Jew to be mayor.
What award did Dr. Jonas Salk win and what year?
Lasker Award in 1956.