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EPISODE · Jan 20, 2026 · 21 MIN

Ira

from October 27th · host Aliza Becker & Noah Schoen

Ira Frank is a small business owner who is involved with many synagogues and Jewish communal organizations across Pittsburgh. In this episode, he recounts a life spent in the Pittsburgh Jewish community and shares his perspective on the limits and and the possibilities of our efforts to resist antisemitism. This episode is adapted from an oral history interview conducted by Aliza Becker and Noah Schoen with Ira Frank on August 4th, 2019 for the Meanings of October 27th oral history project. You can listen to the full unedited interview at The October 27 Archive website, which is managed by the Rauh Jewish Archives at the Heinz History Center: https://october27archive.org/profiles/ira-frank To learn more or to donate to help us create more episodes like this one, visit october27podcast.org

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