Legendary Patriot From a Forgotten Shtetl The Izik Leibovich Melamed Story by Jacob Lesov Click on Cover to Read Story To print the story, save the opened PDF file to your computer and then open it and print. Yiddish Letters From Kielce and Lodz, Poland During the Nazi Era Envelope Nazi Markings: “Geoffnet” – […]
The five sons of David and Rachel Poliakoff of Abbeville, South Carolina, served their country in the World War II era like countless other Americans. All were proud University of South Carolina graduates, and from 1924 through 1940 at least one of the brothers lived in Burney College, Room 48, on the Carolina campus. Their […]
I am grateful for the opportunity at the upcoming May event on World War II to speak for my father, the late Alan Jay Reyner. In some ways it is an awkward situation for me as I’m not sure I am worthy to speak about a matter so personal to him that only he and others […]
Above: Sam Siegel, (front row, seventh from left) with his platoon at Camp Blanding, FL, August 1944 Our father, Sam Siegel, was born to Russian immigrants on February 27, 1915, in Anderson, South Carolina, the fifth of eight children. At that time Anderson was a mill town with a small Jewish population and an active […]
Membership Categories JHSSC Student $18 JHSSC Individual/Family/Gift $54 JHSSC Friend $200 JHSSC Patron $500 JHSSC Pillar $1,000 ($5,000 payable in five annual installments of $1,000 each) JHSSC Benefactor $1000 JHSSC Foundational Pillar $2000 ($10,000 payable in five annual installments of $2,000 each) Other or Donation $____ To join […]
JHSSC Officers President: Steve Savitz, Columbia VP, Fundraising and Membership: Mickey Rosenblum, Charleston VP, Education and Publications: Anita Rosenberg, Charleston VP, Archives and Historical Sites: Joe Wachter, Myrtle Beach Treasurer: Barry Draisen, Anderson Secretary: Laura Moses, Charleston Archivist: Marcie Baker, Columbia Immediate Past President: Alex Cohen, Darlington JHSSC Staff Rachel Gordin Barnett, Executive Director Enid […]
Click Above to view Video of JHSSC History The seeds of the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina (JHSSC) were sown in 1993 at a panel discussion sponsored by the Jewish Studies Program at the College of Charleston. The topic under consideration was Jewish life in small towns across South Carolina, and panelists spoke […]
The seeds of the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina (JHSSC) were sown in 1993 at a panel discussion sponsored by the Jewish Studies Program at the College of Charleston. The topic under consideration was Jewish life in small towns across South Carolina, and panelists spoke with a sense of urgency about the decline of […]