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femmedem

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16. Side note, but a large number of Ukranian Jews settled in Pittsburgh in the early 20th century.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Dec 30, 2022, 04:53 PM

Dec 2022

My great great grandfather was president of the Pliskover Free Loan Association, a benevolent society set up by people who emigrated from the shtetl Pliskover. (Nearly the whole shtetl came to Pittsburgh.) Members visited the sick, started a cemetery, supported Jewish causes and provided interest-free loans.

I wonder if the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ran with the story because of Pittsburgh's Ukrainian Jewish community.

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Side note, but a large number of Ukranian Jews settled in Pittsburgh in the early 20th century. femmedem Dec 2022 #16

Might be interesting to look into the background of some of the staff at the Post-Gazette 70sEraVet Dec 2022 #18

True! femmedem Dec 2022 #20

My ancestors came from a small shtetl in what is today Slovakia. 70sEraVet Dec 2022 #23

You're so lucky to have been able to connect with your relative! femmedem Dec 2022 #27

So was your great grandmother or her parents in this photo? 70sEraVet Dec 2022 #30

I'll bet one of the men is my great great grandfather Morris Rosen! femmedem Dec 2022 #32

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