Monthly Archives: March 2016

“I don’t run from nobody!” Hyman Rubin, Sr.

Hyman Rubin, Sr., speaking at the Tree of Life Congregation Centennial Kick-off Ceremony, Columbia City Hall, Friday, January 12, 1996, as part of a weekend meeting of the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina. Photo by Dale Rosengarten. I recall my grandfather, Hyman Rubin, Sr., saying more than once, always with an uncharacteristic double negative […]

Isadore E. Lourie: Advocate for the Underprivileged

Isadore Lourie in the South Carolina Senate chamber with Bishop Fred James (l) and Bishop A. C. Jackson on the occasion of the swearing-in of Bishop Jackson’s son Darrell Jackson in December 1992. Senator Jackson, who succeeded Senator Lourie, is standing behind the desk with his campaign manager, Joel Lourie. Isadore E. Lourie Papers, South […]