Upcoming Events
JHSSC Fall Conference
Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Celebrates 275 Years
Location on Friday night and Saturday: KKBE on Hasell Street. Sunday program will be held in Special Collections, Addlestone Library, College of Charleston
September 13-15, 2024
Friday, September 13
7:00 PM Services, followed by Oneg Shabbat
Saturday, September 14
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Shabbat Services
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM Opening Remarks: Stephen Savitz, president, JHSSC, Naomi Gorstein, president, KKBE, Rabbi Stephanie Alexander, KKBE
1:15 PM- 2:15 PM Keynote address: Remembering the Days of Yore Gary Zola
2:15 PM Break
2:30 PM – 3:15 PM Shaping American Judaism: the Origins, Architecture, and Influence of KKBE’s Synagogue Buildings Sam Gruber
3:15 Break
3:30 PM – 4:15 PM Women in American Jewish Education Laura Yares in conversation with Anita Rosenberg
4:15 PM Break
4:30 PM – 5:15 PM TBD
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM Reception
Sunday, September 15
Special Collections, Addlestone Library, College of Charleston
Join us for a very special morning! Max Daniel, Public Historian and Jewish Heritage Collection Coordinator, will share special objects and stories from the Jewish Heritage Collection in Special Collections, Addlestone Library, the repository for countless photographs and artifacts donated by Jewish South Carolinians. Don’t miss this opportunity!
9:00 AM Board meeting
10:00 AM The Jewish Heritage Collection Max Daniel
11:00 AM Coming Street Cemetery Walking Tour
Weekend (Saturday and Sunday) $125
Saturday only $75
Sunday only $50
Hotel
A block of rooms is reserved until August 12.
Online Code: JHSSC
Francis Marion Hotel
387 King Street
843-722-0600
Ongoing Projects
JHSSC’s Jewish Merchant Project
For more than 300 years, Jewish settlers – from across the Atlantic and around the country – have made their homes in South Carolina. The earliest Jews populated Charleston, Georgetown, and later Columbia, where they held a variety of occupations and became immersed in civic life. By the late 1800s, Jewish merchants had set up shop on downtown streets in towns big and small, and more than 100 years later their legacy remains alive through their descendants. The Jewish Merchant Project (JMP) goal is to preserve memories of the men and women who have played vital roles in communities across South Carolina. Their stories are our history.
Beginning in 2017, the JHSSC partnered with Historic Columbia and the College of Charleston to undertake a state-wide survey of Jewish merchants, past and present. The JMP website is the foundational product of that survey and will capture the impact of Jewish businessmen and women on communities, large and small, as well as the networks of family and friends that led Jewish men and women to call this state home.
Jewish Merchant Project | Explore the Merchant Map
Historic Columbia and Columbia Jewish Heritage Initiative
Purpose: Identify and fill gaps in the documentation of Columbia’s Jewish History; Document stories of Holocaust survivors who settled in Columbia; Encourage dialogue by collecting and sharing stories, images, and documents; Broadcast information to diverse audiences through print and web-based media and public programs; Create an ongoing coalition to sustain the effort in the future; Record stories of elders of Columbia’s Jewish community. To read the entire article about the Columbia Jewish Heritage Initiative go to Page 11 of the Fall 2015 Magazine.
Contact:
To learn more about or participate in the Columbia Jewish Heritage Initiate, go to www.historiccolumbia.org/CJHI or Contact: Robin Waites, Executive Director Historic Columbia, rwaites@historiccolumbia.org.
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