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Max and True Heller: Giving Back to Greenville
Max Heller and Trude Schönthal, Greenville, SC, circa 1941. Courtesy of Susan Heller Moses. I left Greenville, South Carolina, more than 50 years ago, but every time the airplane touches...
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October 21-23, 2016Greenville SC [See image gallery at jhssc.org] Dedication of Marker – Mindy Levi, president, Congregation Beth Israel,- History of the CongregationReception in the Sukkah following...
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Temple Mount Sinai Memorial Plaques
SurnameGiven Name(s)Date of BirthDate of Death (English)Date of Death (Hebrew)Comments BALISHDaisy R.02-May-198016 Iyar 5740 BOGOSLOWElise I.25-Apr-191922-Dec-2015...
View ArticleColumbia – Tree of Life Historical Marker
December 11, 2016 Columbia SC [See image gallery at jhssc.org] Tree of Life Synagogue In 1896 members of 18 Jewish families assembled to worship at the Independent Fire Company’s station overlooking...
View ArticleColumbia Beth Shalom Cemetery Historical Marker
1300 Whaley Street Columbia SC January 15, 2017 [See image gallery at jhssc.org] BETH SHALOM CEMETERY In 1883 members of Columbia’s Jewish community founded the Hebrew Cemetery Society of Columbia as...
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JHSSC Spring Meeting & Partner Events Throughout SC
May 20-21, 2017 Charleston and Summerville, SC “The ‘Kingdom of Israel’ in This Town” Jewish Merchants of Charleston and Summerville Two historic jewels of the Lowcountry – Charleston’s King Street...
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May 20-21, 2017 Charleston SC and Summerville SC [See image gallery at jhssc.org] Friday, May 19 ~ Charleston Reception – Home of Albert and Robyn Mercer Saturday, May 20 ~ Charleston King Street...
View ArticleSummerville Historical Marker Dedication
Central Avenue Summerville SC May 21 2017 [See image gallery at jhssc.org] Dedication of Marker – Central Avenue, across from Eclectic Chef Panel discussion – Jewish Life in Flowertown Moderator:...
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“Between the Waters”: Hobcaw Barony and Georgetown
October 14-15, 2017 Hobcaw Barony and Georgetown, SC [See image gallery at jhssc.org] Saturday, October 14 ~ Hobcaw Barony Native Americans to Native New Yorker, Hobcaw Barony From 6000 bcE–1964 –...
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Memory, Monuments, and Memorials April 28–29, 2018 Monuments, memorials, and historical memory have been much in the news over the last year. In Charlottesville in August 2017, white supremacists...
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The Fogels of Front Street
Abe Fogel (l) with Bernard Baruch in the lobby of the Prince George Hotel. Photo by W.H. Burney of Georgetown. Courtesy of George Fogel. The history of the Fogel family in Georgetown, South Carolina,...
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The Rosen Family
Three generations of the Rosen family gathered in November 1995 for the dedication of the new bridge crossing the Sampit River, named in honor of former Georgetown mayor Sylvan Rosen,seen here...
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Albert & Sons: The Schneiders of Georgetown
The Schneider family celebrated Albert and Fannie’s 50th wedding anniversary in 1960 at Temple Beth Elohim, Georgetown, SC. Left to right, front: Fannie and Albert Schneider; middle: Anne, Jean, and...
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From Pineland to Flowertown: Jewish Merchants of Summerville
Seymour Lynch, 1950s, enjoyed sitting in the sun outside his liquor store at 120 Central Avenue, Summerville, SC, while waiting for customers. He was in the habit of stacking boxes on the sidewalk to...
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“The ‘Kingdom of Israel’ in this town”
Moise, Ward, Grierson ad In 1845 pharmacist Philip M. Cohen (1808–1879) was described as “a Jew . . . doing a large fine bus[iness who] has made [considerable] money. In[dustrious] and indefatigable.”1...
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Building a Memorial in Marion Square
To Honor the Survivors and Remember the Dead: Building a Memorial in Marion Square I am the child of Holocaust survivors. Henry Popowski and Paula Kornblum Popowski were both from Kaluszyn, a Polish...
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