Author Archives: JHSSC

Jewish Roots, Aiken Branches: From Shtetl to Small-Town South Congregation Adath Yeshurun

November 16, 2014Aiken, SC  The Remarkable Story of the Early Jews of South CarolinaThe Honorable Richard Gergel Robert Rosen, Esq. Click to Hear The Story Panel Discussion: Aiken Pioneers, Then and NowModerator: Dale RosengartenPanelists: Doris L. Baumgarten, Nelson A. Danish, Marvin Efron, Samuel Wold Ellis. Judith Evans, Jeffrey Kaplan, Sondra S Katzenstein, Ernie Levinson, Irene K Rudnick, Stephen K SuraskyClick to […]

Fall 2014

20th Anniversary Celebration

May 16-18, 2014Charleston SC Saturday Afternoon Panel DiscussionModerator: Marty PerlmutterPanel: Judge Richard Gergel 1998-1999Jeffrey Rosenblum 200-2001Robert Rosen 2002-2003Belinda F. Gergel 2006-2007Edward Poliakoff 2008-2009Ann Meddin Hellman 2010-2011Rachel Gordin Barnett 2012-2013Current President: David Draisen 2014-2015Click to hear the Past Presidents’ Panel Discussion Three Past Presidents Of Blessed MemoryOur Founder: Isadore Lourie 1994-1995Klyde Robinson 1996-1997Bernard Warshaw 2004-2005 20th Anniversary […]

Spring 2014

A Summer to Remember: Jewish Summer Camps in the American South

November 9-10, 2013Columbia SC “God First, You Second, Me Third”: An Eploration of “Quiet Jewishness” at Southern Jewish Summer CampMarcie Cohen Ferris Summers To Remember: Recollections of Blue Star, Camp Coleman, and Camp Judaea  JHSSC Executive Board 2013-2015President: David Draisen, AndersonVice President, Fundraising and Membership: Alexander Cohen, MD, DarlingtonVice President, Education and Publications: Susan Altman, CharlestonCo-Vice Presidents, Archives and […]

Fall 2013

The Past as Prologue: Jewish Genealogy Looks to the Future

May 2013Charleston SC Panel: Our Families, Our Selves –members of families featured inFamily History Roadshow. What their lineage means to them.Click Here to hear “Our Families, Our Selves” Family History RoadshowA Look Through the Archival Window at the Worldof Southern Jews, Then and Now For more information on this meeting, Click Here. Photos taken by Max B. […]

Spring 2013

Congregation Beth Israel 100th Anniversary

November 2012 Florence, SC A History of the Jewish Comunity in Florence Pee Dee Pioneers “South of the Border and the  Legend of Alan Schafer” A History of the Jewish Comunity in Florence  Presenter Dr. Alexander Cohen Stories of the Pee Dee Darlington: Alexander H. Cohen, MD Friedman Pamplico: Harold Kornblut Leonard Cohen WWII: Donna […]

Fall 2012