Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Celebrates 275 Years

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 – 4:30 PM Women in American Jewish Education  Laura Yares in conversation with Anita Rosenberg 

4:30- 6:00 PM  Tours and Wine and Cheese 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