Save the date for the JHSSC’s Fall 2018 meeting in Sumter and Camden, SC, October 20-21, 2018. The meeting will focus on the realities of Southern Jewish communities in decline and will include a visit to Sumter’s Temple Sinai Jewish History Center. To sign up for the Fall 2018 Meeting, please *CLICK HERE TO REGISTER*. A […]
1300 Whaley Street Columbia SC January 15, 2017 BETH SHALOM CEMETERY In 1883 members of Columbia’s Jewish community founded the Hebrew Cemetery Society of Columbia as an alternative to the Hebrew Benevolent Society’s cemetery, which had been established in 1822. The organization purchased a 4-acre tract bounded by Indigo (Whaley), Lower (Heyward), Marion, and Sumter streets as […]
December 11, 2016 Columbia SC Tree of Life Synagogue In 1896 members of 18 Jewish families assembled to worship at the Independent Fire Company’s station overlooking Sidney Park. Organized as Etz Chayim (Tree of Life), this group’s members embraced Judaism’s Reform branch or liberal movement. In 1907, members moved into the first temple built in […]
 Names on these plaques do not mean person lived or is buried in Walterboro SC.
October 21-23, 2016 Greenville SC Dedication of Marker – Mindy Levi, president, Congregation Beth Israel,- History of the Congregation Reception in the Sukkah following marker dedication Panel Discussion – Max Heller: The Father of Modern Greenville Moderator: Ernie Marcus, President JHSSC Panelists: Trude Heller, Francis Heller, Susan Heller Moses, Steven Heller, The Honorable Richard W […]
Max Heller and Trude Schönthal, Greenville, SC, circa 1941. Courtesy of Susan Heller Moses. I left Greenville, South Carolina, more than 50 years ago, but every time the airplane touches down there, I feel like I’m home. I like to drive through the old neighborhood past our house, situated a few blocks from our […]
April 16-17, 2016Charleston SC Saturday, April 16:Let us Break Bread Together: African Americans, Jews, and South Carolina’s Civil Rights Struggle-Bobby Donaldson, Associate Professor of History, University of South CarolinaClick Here to listen to the presentation. Panel Discussion – Rising to the Challenge: Jewish Politicians in and Age of ChangeModerator: The Honorable jean Toal, Chief Justice, […]
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 […]