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 Congregations Moderator: Noah Levine, Vice President, Jewish Community Legacy Project Panelists: Garry Baum (Camden); Barry Draisen (Anderson); Louis Drucker (Kingstree); Barry Frishberg (Orangeburg); Jack Lieb (Orangeburg); Rhetta Mendelsohn (Orangeburg); Paul […]
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 do it? How do you do it when it’s your synagogue and you’re not only leaving, you’re […]
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 When I was growing up in Camden, South Carolina, in the 1960s and ’70s, the city had a population of […]
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 their home. Collection of Sandra Lee Kahn Rosenblum. My earliest recollection of going to shul in Anderson was around 1947. I was about […]