The Jewish Criterion - Obituary Sally Scheiner
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Pittsburgh
Source Notes
The history of Jews in Pittsburgh began in the 1840's with a small community of primarily German immigrants, whose first communal action was the establishment of a burial society. By the end of the Civil War, there were two congregations, Rodef Shalom and Tree of Life. The German-Jewish community was already quite prosperous when Jews from Eastern Europe and the Russian Empire began to arrive in large numbers in the 1890's. The influx of Yiddish-speaking Jews lasted until 1920 when immigration laws became more restrictive. During this thirty-year period, the number of Jews in Pittsburgh and the region grew dramatically.
Just as this new wave of immigrants had begun to arrive, the first English-language Jewish newspaper, The Jewish Criterion, was established in 1895. This weekly newspaper published articles related to national and international political and entertainment news, along with information concerning local social and life-cycle events.
