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METRO Curriculum: Continued from page 2. include photos of the subjects, discussions of their lives and archival items related to their accomplishments. There also will be a genealogy component. • Middle school students will study the “assimilation” of Jewish Pittsburgh. Archival photos from the Irene Kaufmann Settlement will address activities through which Jewish youth and adults were Americanized, such as dances and baseball games. Students will be asked what is American about the activities they see and what, if anything, remains Jewish. “The kids are challenged to see what the changes are,” Melnick said, adding, “how they became Americans.” • High school students will do a series of interviews with senior citizens. They will select topics then interview seniors about their experiences related to those subjects. The high school students will use archival websites of the University of Pittsburgh, National Council of Jewish Women Pittsburgh Section, Pittsburgh Jewish Newspaper Project and the Rauh for their research. The Rauh website, which will be launched in January, will also host the curriculum. “There will be an education page on it [the Rauh website] and those packages will be there,” Melnick said. “We hope it will be used in the Jewish schools and possibly used more generally to teach kids about our history.” None of the three units is excessively long, she added. “It’s very limited in time, so it wouldn’t take a semester. It would take a few lessons, and we’re very
Karp: Continued from page 2. sometime in the spring to honor her. Karp works as a youth director at Beth El Congregation of the South Hills, where her husband is a Torah reader. She was recruited 14 years ago by Tsipy Gur to work at the AJL, then known as the Jewish Education Institute. “She was looking for someone for my position,” Karp recalled. Gur was talking to someone at Beth El who recommended me, so that started the process.” “We saw an incredible rise in the in-
excited about that.” Barak Naveh and Melissa Werbow developed the curriculum, which is part of the centennial celebration of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh. Naveh and Werbow were given wide discretion, Naveh said, though they understood the subjects of the lesson plan couldn’t be obscure figures in Jewish history. “It had to be [about] people for whom they had a lot of pictures and documents, which makes sense,” Naveh said. “You want the kids to access that, and you want the Heinz History Center to be involved with this.” He hopes teachers and students continue to develop and enhance the curriculum once it’s made available online. “We want this curriculum to be a living, breathing thing that both teachers and students love — and teachers don’t love a script,” Naveh said. “I think creative teachers love an outline and good ideas, and direction to good resources, and that’s what I hope we provided.” He also hopes the students find parallels between the history they study and their own lives. For example, he emphasized the importance of dealing with the assimilation of Jews in the middle school unit. “When you’re in middle school, fitting in versus being your own person is a huge issue,” Naveh said. “So we felt that was really important and really relevant. … They could ask questions [about historical subjects] they’re probably asking of themselves.”
(Lee Chottiner can be reached at leec@thejewishchronicle.net.)
terest for adult Jewish education over the last 15 years, which I think is consistent with other cities,” she continued. “It’s a national trend. I think we were instrumental in bringing creative programs to Pittsburgh at a time when they were looking for new challenges.” Karp doesn’t know yet what she will be doing in Chicago, where she and husband, Dan, began married life. Although, “I will … be looking to working for the Jewish community in Chicago, because that’s my passion.” (Lee Chottiner can be reached at leec@thejewishchronicle.net.)
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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18: SUSAN BAROTZ, IRVING I. CHICK" BOGDAN", VICTOR CHESTERPAL, MARC LEON FRONT, GUSSIE W. KELLER, RAE KLEINERMAN, MEYER LEBOVITZ, HON BENJAMIN LENCHER, DR. HYMAN LEVINSON, HYMAN DR LEVINSON, HYMAN LEVY, HERMAN LITTLESTONE, FANNIE MALKIN, MAX MALLINGER, ALBERT MARCHAND, LOUIS MENZER, JENNIE S. MINTZ, JOSHUA L. PAUL, FANNIE RICE, SELIG A. ROSENFIELD, FREDA SACKS, SEMA SARBIN, KALMAN SCHECHTER, BERNARD SHULGOLD, MARVIN L. SILVERBLATT, SELDA SIMON, HARRIET SISSER, ROSE SPECTOR, FREDDY STERN, HERMAN STERN, STANLEY SUNSHINE, SAM SWARTZ, ALEXANDER I. VAYSBERG, ESTHER R. WECHSLER, BELLE WEINSTEIN, BENJAMIN WIKES. MONDAY, DECEMBER 19: JULIUS BERLINER, JACOB BRAUN, FANNIE CHATKIN, FLORENCE MEYERS CLOVSKY, DAVE COHEN, SAM COHEN, LEONARD SAMUELS FINKELHOR, EDWARD L. FRIEDMAN, REBECCA FRISHOF, ALFRED KRAUSE, BORIS KUNST, WILLIAM AARON KUNTZ, ESTHER LATOFSKY, LOUIS J. LAWRENCE, MAX LEMELMAN, DORA LEVIN, PEARL B. LEWIN, HARRY LEWIS, VICTOR MEYER, PAUL LEONARD ORRINGER, SARAH YOUNG PRETTER, MABEL RECHT, HYMEN ROSENBERG, ABRAHAM G. ROSSEN, BENJAMIN ROTHMAN, EVA RUBENSTEIN, JOSEPH SCHWARTZ, ANNIE SEGALL, LILLIAN SHERMER, JACOB SMOLEVITZ, NATHAN STUTZ, ERNA SUESS, SAMUEL Z. UDMAN, LOUIS WASBUTZKY, I. BARNES WEINSTEIN, SYLVIA WEINSTEIN, BARNET WOLF. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20: BENJAMIN AMERICUS, WILLIAM ARONOVITZ, FANNIE GERTRUDE BECKER, BELLE BENNETT, NATHAN BENNETT, JOSEPH BRAUNSTEIN, ALBERT BURSTIN, JACOB S. CHUSSITT, HANNAH COHEN, MEYER FINEBERG, BENJAMIN FINKELHOR, LOUIS FISHMAN, PHILIP HOFFMAN, HARRY KAWOLSKY, MILTON KUPERSTOCK, SAMUEL KURFEERST, SAMUEL LEFF, MAX LEVANT, MAX LEVENTON, BENJAMIN LEVIN, DR. A. J. LEVIN, ABRAHAM LINCOFF, JACOB LURIE, RAE M. MARTIN, DR. MORRIS MASER, ELLIOTT MURSTEIN, MILLIE MURSTEIN, HARRY PINSKY, BENJAMIN JACOB PLATT, SHIRLEY REISER, BELLE RICHMAN, LEON RYAVE, BENNETTE SADIGURSKY, ADOLPH SECHER, HANNA SELIGMANN, GEORGE SHRIBER, HARRY SIMON, FANNIE SOLOW, MOISHA SPECTOR, PHILIP STEIN, EDITH FINEGOLD WAPNER, SARAH SCHLEIFER WISE, PVT. LILLIAN WOLOVITZ, MAX ZEIDEN. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21: YANKEE BARBAKOW, ROSE LEVENTHAL BARRES, REBECCA BERNEY BERMAN, NATHAN MEYER CAHEN, ESSIE FINESOD, HYMEN GLICKMAN, RALPH HOFFMAN, HARRY KATZEN, BESSIE HILL KREMER, ISAAC LEVIN, IDA LUBOW, ROSE MARK, SYLVAN METH, MORRIS SAMUEL MOLTZ, MAX MONSEIN, CHUMA NOBEL, MOSES NOBEL, JULIA OPPENHEIMER, MAX OSGOOD, JOSEPH PECHERSKY, GOLDIE FANNIE RABINOVITZ, JOSEPH SIDNEY ROBIN, JOSEPH RUBIN, MARY R. SACHS, DOROTHY SAUL, NATHAN SAVITZ, DOROTHY WEISS SCHACHTER, BERTHA SCHLESINGER, JOSEPH SCHWARTZ, SYLVIA SNYDER SEALFON, BARNET SEDLER, YEHUDA SENZAL, BENJAMIN S. SHAPIRO, ISADORE SHERMER, ESTHER RAISEL SHRUT, ESTHER MINNIE STEIN, FANNIE STEIN, LOUIS SUGERMAN, RALPH MORRIS SWARTZ, CHARLES TILLMAN, MARY WEINERMAN, SOLON M. WEINTHAL, FREYDA ZENZAL. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22: ROSE BLATT, REUBEN BLIWAS, RAYMOND COLE, LENA EISENBERG, JACOB ERENRICH, BIRDIE WEILER GREENBERG, EDITH GROBSTEIN, LEOPOLD KORNITZER, REBECCA MARCUS KRAMER, ROSELLA CHUSSITT KRAUS, CELIA LIBERMAN, PVT. JACK LINTON, THOMAS J. LIVINGSTON, ROSIE MARKOWITZ, ALFRED MEITNER, SARAH MERVIS, MORRIS MILLER, HENRY NEAMAN, ED NEWMAN, DASA NOWSKY, BEN PERLMAN, STELLA G. PERVIN, LOUIS RATNER, SADIE S. RICE, T/SGT. ISADORE RIDER, LOUIS RIEMER, JOHN ROTHSTEIN, LAWRENCE E. SCHACHTER, MARCIA E. SCHMITT, SARAH SCHOR, HERMAN SCHWARTZ, MARY SCHWARTZ, IRVING W. SHIFLET, LOUIS SKIRBOLL, CHARLES STEWART, ALEXANDER M. STUTZ, FANNIE WHITE, DAVE L. WYCKOFF. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23: ELLA BRAEMER, MEYER COHEN, HARRY B. CRAMER, ANNE G. DIZNOFF, ESTHER H. FRIEDMAN, BENJAMIN GORDON, ALEXANDER GROSSMAN, JOSEPH GRUMER, SYLVIA RUDOV KLEIN, MAX KWELLER, NELLIE LEVENSON, IDA BUCK LEVY, HARRY LIEBERMAN, DAVID LIPKOVICH, P. A. LOVE, ALFRED (KURLIE) MILLER, ROSE MILLER, ESTHER MONHEIM, MARVIN MORRIS, REBECCA PEARLSTEIN, JONAS POSER, SOLOMON REICHER, JEANNETTE M. RICH, SAMUEL ROSENZWEIG, SOPHIE RUBEN, SIDNEY J. RUDOLPH, IMAN SAMUELS, NORMAN H. SCHLESINGER, DR. DONALD M. SCHWARTZ, MORRIS SERBIN, BESSIE SHERMAN, ESTHER B. SKIRBOLL, VIOLET SLESINGER, GOLDIE SOLOMON, MORRIS A. TAYLOR, LOUIS VENIG, PESHIE FEINERT ZASLOFF. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24: FREDA ABRAMS, BENJAMIN BITTERFIELD, ROSE COHEN, ISAAC DOBKIN, STUART RICHARD HARRIS, ZELDA SPARKS HEPNER, WILLIAM L. KAPLAN, MORRIS L. KARP, FRANK LEVINE, KATIE FREDA LEVINE, MEYER LEVY, ELLA FARBER LIPMAN, RHODA LIPNER, BABETTA LIPPMAN, HELEN MARKOVITZ, HARRY MARSHALL, EVA S. MERVIS, RUTH MERVIS, RAY NATHAN, ISAAC OBERMAN, PAULINA OPPENHEIM, DANIEL PIMENTEL, HYMAN PLOTKIN, HERMINA GLUCK ROSENBERG, SAMUEL RUBIN, ISAAC SEDER, HENRY SEEGMAN, CSIPA SHAPIRO, MARC WELLS SHAPIRO, SARAH SHEFFLER, ELIZABETH SHERMAN, MOSES SKOLSKY, REVA STEIN, HENRY W. STONE, GEORGE J. TIGAR, RACHEL WECHSLER, GERTRUDE WERNER.