“Before the Holocaust: Jews of Tetiev” Documentary Project at Jewish Genealogy Society Meeting A compelling oral history and documentary project on the Jews of Tetiev will debut at the Sunday, January 5th meeting of the Jewish Genealogy Society of Cleveland. Producer Susan Kirkman Zake will share her efforts to document Jewish families who fled a series of pogroms in Tetiev, Ukraine, from 1918 to 1920 during the Ukrainian War of Independence. “Dante’s Inferno pales beside the realities of everyday life (for Jews) in the Ukraine,” according to a report issued by the Committee of Jewish Delegations in 1920. The pogroms perpetrated at this time killed an estimated one hundred thousand and were the most extensive massacres of Jews prior to the Holocaust. This documentary and oral history project tells the story of hundreds of Jews from the town of Tetiev who made their way to Cleveland, Ohio, and established vibrant communities on the city’s East Side. Susan Kirkman Zake is an assistant professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Kent State University, where she teaches multimedia storytelling, web programming for multimedia journalism, reporting public affairs, data reporting and media ethics. Before joining the faculty at Kent, Susan was the managing editor for multimedia and special projects at the Akron Beacon Journal, where she began work as a staff photographer in 1986. Over a 20-year career, she worked as an assignment editor, picture editor, graphics editor, assistant metro editor and assistant managing editor. She also shares in three Pulitzer Prize team awards; for coverage of the attempted takeover of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.; for A Question of Color, which examined local attitudes toward race; and for coverage of Hurricane Katrina as part of a Knight Ridder editing team working for the Biloxi Sun Herald. The Jewish Genealogy Society of Cleveland meets on the first Sunday of the month in the winter, starting at 1:30 pm, in the Men’s Club Board Room at Park Synagogue East, 27500 Shaker Blvd. Board members are available from 1 pm to assist with individual research questions. Guests are welcome. RSVP to Programming@ClevelandJGS.org. Your parents want to live at home, but they need more help than ever. JFSA helps older adults remain in their own home with a range of services that keep them healthy, independent and connected. Speak to one of our caring professional staff today. Jewish Family Service Association of Cleveland WE ARE JFSA. YOU ARE NEVER ALONE. Medicaid/Medicare, PASSPORT, MyCare Ohio, VA, private pay and most insurance accepted. 216.378.8660 | www.jfsa-cleveland.org December 2016 n Beachwood Buzz 21