Our Next
Virtual meeting and program
will be on
Wednesday, December 9, 2020 - starting at 7:00 pm
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Wednesday, December 9, 2020
Annual Meeting
Board Election
Our Business meeting will start at 7:00
pm, followed at 7:30 pm by our Program.
"Music for the Khasene:
Traditional East
European Jewish Wedding Music of our ancestors"
Presented by Steven Greenman
Mr. Greenman will describe and present the various
klezmer
music genres that were performed for the traditional East
European Jewish wedding (khasene). He will explain each
piece and its purpose then play the melodies on violin and
sing some of the lines of the badkhn (af Yiddish), the master-of-ceremony
at the traditional East European wedding.
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for more information.
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The Nominating Committee has recommended
the election of the following slate of Officers
and Trustees to serve for calendar year
2021.
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President |
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Stewart Hoicowitz (Year 2) |
| First Vice President - Programming |
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Deborah Katz |
| Second Vice President - Membership |
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Fran Golden (Year 2) |
| Treasurer |
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Linda Schoenberg |
| Secretary |
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Marilyn Myers |
| Trustee - Term expiring December
31, 2023 |
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Madison Jackson |
The following individuals will continue
to serve on the Board of Directors as Members
of the Board with unexpired terms, Appointed
positions, and/or as Non-voting members.
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Unexpired terms: |
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Trustee - Term expiring December
31, 2021 |
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Russ Maurer |
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Trustee - Term expiring December
31, 2022 |
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Jane Rothstein |
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Immediate Past President (2018-2019) |
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Sylvia Abrams |
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Previous Past President (2016-2017) |
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Amy Wachs |
| Appointed Positions: |
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Editor of The KOL (newsletter) |
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Sean Martin |
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Webmaster |
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Paul Wolf |
| Non-Voting Members |
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Past President (2014-2015) |
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Chuck (Charles) Lissauer |
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Past President (2012-2013) |
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Helen Wolf |
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Past President (2010-2011) |
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Ken Bravo |
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Past President (2008-2009) |
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Richard Spector |
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Nominating Committee: |
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Helen Rosenstein Wolf, Chair |
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Ken Bravo |
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Richard Spector |
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Wednesday, January 13,
2021- 7:00 pm
"Finding Our Kaplans"
Presented by Mindie Kaplan
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Wednesday, February
10, 2021- 7:00 pm
"Never Give Up
- Strategies for Taking your Research
to the Next Level"
Presented by Marion Werle
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here for more information.
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Wednesday, March 10,
2021 - 7:00 pm
"The View from Pittsburghâ
Presented by Eric Lidji, Rauh Jewish Archives
Director, Heinz History Center
Eric will discuss the history of Jewish
archiving in Pittsburgh, including recent
efforts to document the shooting at the
Tree of Life synagogue on October 27, 2018
and the ongoing impact of the coronavirus
pandemic on the Jewish community.
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Donations are welcome. We are an
I.R.S. 501(c)(3) organization,
so your gifts may be deductible for income tax purposes.
Donations may be made utilizing PayPal. Just click on
the button. (FEIN: 34-1648203)
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dues utilizing PayPal.
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