Article | “Hitler Is a world problem” – How the Coal Region’s Jewish communities saw the danger in 1933

Posted on by Jake Wynn

In the spring of 1933, Rabbi Louis Levitsky of Wilkes-Barre stood before a women’s club and said what much of the world wasn’t ready to hear. Across the Coal Region, Jewish communities were already organizing, writing, and raising money — while the rest of the world looked away. Read my latest for RealClear Pennsylvania.

From Pennsylvania’s Coal Region to Palestine | George Korson’s experience in World War I

Posted on by Jake Wynn

“It seemed as if the scenes and characters of the Bible were living again now, before our eyes.” Before he became the Coal Region’s most important folklorist, George Korson served in the Middle East during World War I. His letters and reflections capture a world in transition and a remarkable journey from Pennsylvania to Palestine. Read the Full Story.