Upcoming Events

A Portion of the People: How a Call for Candlesticks Ignited a Community

October 24-25, 2026 – Charleston, SC

Saturday, October 24
Addlestone Library, 205 Calhoun Street, College of Charleston

11:30 a.m. Registration and lunch buffet

12:30 p.m. Welcome ~ Mickey Rosenblum, President, JHSSC

12:45 p.m. The Making of A Portion of the People ~ Moderator: Max Daniel ~ Panelists: David Cohen, Richard Gergel, Lynn Robertson, Robert Rosen, Jeffrey Rosenblum, Dale Rosengarten

1:45 p.m. Break

2:00 p.m. “Shalom Y’All: Images of the Jewish Life in the Deep South” ~ Bill Aron, photographer and photo essayist, “Palmetto Jews” in A Portion of the People: Three Hundred Years of Southern Jewish Life

3:00 p.m. Break

3:15-4:30 p.m. A Call for Candlesticks ~ Moderator: Dale Rosengarten ~ Panelists: Terri Wolff Kaufman, Lance Lourie, Rhetta Mendelsohn, Laura Moses, Edward Poliakoff, Anita Moïse Rosenberg

5:00 p.m. Reception ~ Addlestone Library, 205 Calhoun Street, Charleston, SC

Sunday, October 25
Addlestone Library, 205 Calhoun Street, College of Charleston

9:00 a.m. Breakfast and Welcome

9:30 a.m. A Portion of the People Revisited ~ New perspectives on the archive with Max Daniel

10:30 a.m. JHSSC Board Meeting. All are welcome.

12:00 p.m. Adjourn.

Registration rates for the JHSSC Fall 2026 meeting:

Both days $75
Saturday only $50
Sunday only $25

Register online HERE

OR

Mail check made out to JHSSC to 205 Calhoun Street, Charleston, SC 29424, ATTN: Tamara Rosas-Bossak

JHSSC has reserved a block of rooms at the Hampton Inn in Mount Pleasant for October 23–25, 2026, with the special rate of $199/night, plus tax. The special rate is available until September 25, 2026.

RESERVE HERE

Hampton Inn Charleston / Patriots Point
255 Sessions Way
Mount Pleasant, SC 29464
843-881-3300

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