JHSSC Spring 2018 Meeting
Memory, Monuments, and Memorials April 28–29, 2018 [See image gallery at jhssc.org] Saturday, April 28 Shared Memories, Equal Justice? Moderator: Hon. Richard Gergel Claire Curtis, Political Science...
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Holding On: Temple B’Nai Israel of Anderson
Irvin (l), Caroline, and Raymond Rosenblum, children of founding member Nahum Rosenblum, in front of Temple B’Nai Israel, in Anderson, SC, 1954, six years after it was built across the street from...
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Growing Up Jewish in Camden
The Baum family (l to r): Garry Baum, Bernie Baum, Becky Baum Lourie, Cheryl Baum, Harry Baum, and Ann Briskin Baum, Temple Beth El, Camden, SC, Rosh Hashanah 1995. Courtesy of the Baum family. Garry...
View ArticleTurning Out the Lights
Sid Dubin in the door of Temple Beth Or, no date. Courtesy of Neil Dubin. Turn out the lights when you leave. It’s a simple statement that we’ve all heard. Seems reasonable, seems easy, but how do you...
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JHSSC 25th Anniversary Meeting
Save the date for the JHSSC’s 25th Anniversary Meeting and celebration, May 18-19, 2019. On Saturday, the meeting will focus on the Society’s current initiative, the Jewish Merchant Project, and will...
View ArticleEndangered Congregations | Strategies for Survival
[See image gallery at jhssc.org] Saturday, October 20 What a Big City Boy Learned About Small Town Jewish Life: The JCLP Experience David Sarnat, President, Jewish Community Legacy Project Endangered...
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JHSSC Celebrates 25 YearsMay 18-19, 2019Charleston, SC Saturday, May 18Layers of HistoryLisa Rosamond Thompson, College of CharlestonClick Here to listen to the Presentation Merchants: The Marrow of...
View ArticleMapping Jewish Charleston
Though Charleston’s Jewish history, dating back to the late 17th century, is becoming better known to academics, most people are unaware of the basic facts. How many know, for example, that 200 years...
View ArticleIn Search of Jewish Spartanburg
The Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina meets in the Upstate Save the date for the JHSSC’s Fall meeting in the Upstate, November 9-10, 2019, focusing on the history and leadership of...
View ArticleIn Search of Jewish Spartanburg
November 9-10, 2019Spartanburg, SC Saturday, November 9In Search of Jewish Spartanburg Joe Wachter, Myrtle Beach, SC Click Here to listen to the Presentation Hub City ReminiscesModerator: Joe Wachter,...
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“Miz Clara”
Painting by Kathryn Baker Lotzoff, Esther and Jake Baker’s daughter. Courtesy of Larraine Moses. “Miz Clara,” as she was ever so fondly addressed by her many loyal customers, was my grandma, Clara...
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Regina Greene (née Kawer): A Woman of Valor
In her Polish passport, Regina Kawer Greene is listed as Rachela Grynblatt, born in 1920. Special Collections, College of Charleston. I always knew there was something different about my mother that...
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My Mother and the New State of Israel
Mildred Solomon and her daughter Ellen, Ahmedabad, India, 1965. Courtesy of Ellen Solomon. I have almost no papers of my mother’s and was astonished recently when I discovered the speech she gave in...
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L’dor v’dor: A Daughter’s Perspective
Back row (l to r): Michele Bernstein Perrick, Carol Osterweil Bernstein. Front row (l to r): Anne Bernstein, Beth Bernstein, Hilary Bernstein, at Beth Shalom’s 85th Anniversary Trilogy Gala, Columbia,...
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Doris Levkoff Meddin: To Make the World a Better Place
Main image: Members of Doris Levkoff Meddin’s family gather in September 1994 to celebrate the naming of the neonatal intensive care unit at the Medical University of South Carolina in honor of her...
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Patty Levi Barnett: Steel Magnolia
Rabbi Samuel Shillman presided over confirmation exercises, Temple Sinai, Sumter, SC, May 24, 1942. Patty Levi is third from right. Her twin brother, Wendell, is on the far left. Other confirmands,...
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