Barbara S. Burstin

Fields

The United States and the Holocaust

Teaching

The United States and the Holocaust
Contemporary Jewish Life
Jews in the United States
Pride and Prejudice in American History

Education & Training

PhD, University of Pittsburgh, 1986

Awards

The Oskar Halecki Book Award (1991)
The Solon J. Buck Award (1987)
Nomination for a Regional EMMY for A Jewish Legacy (2000)
Columbus Film Festival Award in Education and Humanities (1999)
Various Community Leadership Awards and Honors
Squirrel Hill Treasure Award
Shady Ave Magazine featured Personal Profile

Recent Publications

America and the Holocaust - graphic booklet for Junior and Senior High School Students

Sophie - The Incomparable Mayor Masloff (2019)

Steel City Jews In Prosperity, Depression and War 1915-1950 (2015)

Steel City Jews: A History of Pittsburgh and Its Jewish Community, 1840- 1915, Barbara S. Burstin (2008)

After the Holocaust: The Migration of Polish Jews and Polish Christians to Pittsburgh After World War II, University of Pittsburgh Press (1991)

A Jewish Legacy: Pittsburgh (Film)