The Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina honored Max and Trude Heller with the Order of the Jewish Palmetto, its highest tribute, the third such award to be bestowed and the first given to a couple. The Order was presented at the Society’s meeting in Columbia on April 28, 2007, at a cocktail party at […]
April 2007Columbia, SC Max and Trude HellerBiography For more information on this meeting, Click Here.
March 2006Sumter, SC Temple SinaiSumter, SC History of Temple Sinai
September 2005Columbia, SC Beth Shalom’s First Synagogue Columbia, SC now “The Big Apple”History of Beth Shalom For more information on this meeting,  Click here.
Columbia, SC The Jewish community in Columbia has existed since the early 19th century. As in other early American cities, many of the town’s first Jewish settlers were Sephardic, with ancestors from Spain or Portugal. In 1846, Columbia’s first congregation was organized and given the name Sharit Israel—the same name that religious traditionalists in Charleston […]
April 2005Beaufort, SC Beth Israel Congregation, Beaufort, SC History of Beth Israel For More information on this meeting, Click Here.