Two Rivers, 30 Minutes for 9-9-2016
09-09-2016
Guest: Documentary filmmaker Sam Zolten
Topic: Preserving the stories of McKeesport's Jewish families
How Discussed: Sam Zolten was born in McKeesport and now works as a documentary filmmaker in Philadelphia. He is currently completing a feature-length documentary about Jews in the Mon Valley. McKeesport once had four synagogues. Today, there are none. What drew Jewish familes (primarily from Eastern Europe) to the Mon Valley in the 1890s? Where did they settle? How did they live? Why has Judaism died out in the McKeesport area?
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