Located in Special Collections at the College of Charleston’s Addlestone Library, the Collection documents the experience of Jewish South Carolinians from colonial times to the present day. The archives includes oral history interviews; photographs; correspondence; documents; business, organizational, and congregation records; genealogies; memoirs; and other primary sources. A growing number of collection items and oral histories have been digitized and are available for viewing online at the Lowcountry Digital Library.
Operated by the Yaschik/Arnold Jewish Studies Program, the Center brings together the resources of the Jewish Studies Program, the Jewish Heritage Collection, and the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina. The Center seeks to broaden public knowledge and foster scholarship pertaining to Jewish life in the American South through activities that include speakers, film screenings, online exhibitions, and a research fellowship program.
The Jewish Studies Program serves College of Charleston students and others with an interest in Judaism through offerings emphasizing academics, student life, and community outreach. The Program also operates three centers of academic excellence: the Pearlstine/Lipov Center for Southern Jewish Culture, the Zucker/Goldberg Center for Holocaust Studies, and the Norman and Gerry Sue Arnold Center for Israel Studies.