Monthly Archives: August 2021

Temple Beth El Memorial Plaques

| August 25, 2021

Photographs supplied by Mitch LitwerNames on these plaques do not mean a person lived or is buried in Rock Hill, SC.

Conversations with Judge Richard Gergel and Robert Rosen

| August 24, 2021

August 22, 2021South Carolina Jews and Medicine: Session IJewish Quotas for Admission to Medical and Dental Schools, 1920’s -1960’s: A National Perspective. View the Power Point Presentation Read The Jewish Problem in U.S. Medical Education, 1920-1955 [PDF] Read Frank Porter Graham, Isaac Hall Manning, and the Jewish Quota at the University of North Carolina Medical […]

Laurelwood Cemetery

| August 23, 2021
SurnameGiven Name(s)Place of BirthDate of BirthPlace of DeathDate of Death (English)Date of Death (Hebrew)Spouse's NameFather's NameMother's NameComments / Notes FRIEDHEIMAugust 28-Oct-1849 19-Jul-1932     FRIEDHEIMJulius 19-Jun-1852 28-Jun-1931     FRIEDHEIMArnold17-Nov-186331-May-1915Sophie Stengel FRIEDHEIMSophie Stengel30-Nov-18501-Apr-1912Arnold Friedheim FRIEDHEIMLouis "Doc"29-Sep-187210-Jan-1943Fannie HeilbronArnold FriedheimSophie Stengel Friedheim HEILBRONFannie12-Apr-187714-Jun-1961Louis "Doc" Friedheim FRIEDHEIMSidney22-Feb-187416-Sep-1932Arnold FriedheimSophie Stengel Friedheim FRIEDHEIM (RATTERREE)Sadie18-Apr-188022-Sep-1965Pride Ratterree, Sr.Arnold FriedheimSophie Stengel Friedheim HEYMANMinnie Hope Friedheim23-Apr-18824-Jul-1917Marion HeymanArnold FriedheimSophie Stengel Friedheim FRIEDHEIMDolph10-Sep-187713-Feb-1952Arnold FriedheimSophie [...]

Dr. Leon Banov: A Renaissance Man

| August 9, 2021

Remember typewriters? Remember how the keys often clogged with ink from the ribbon? About one hundred years ago, my grandfather Dr. Leon Banov co-invented a solution to clean the keys. It was called Clar-O-Type. Leon Banov’s history as an immigrant who served as Charleston’s health director for about 40 years is well known to 20th-century […]