Panel Discussions
Against the Tide: Risks and Rewards for Rejecting the Status Quo
Panel Discussion with Jack Bass, Dan Carter, William Saunders, Robert Seigel, Cleveland Sellers, and Patricia Sullivan at the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina spring meeting, “Courage, Conscience, and Conformity: South Carolina Jews and the Civil Rights Movement,” held in Charleston, SC
Date: 4/17/2016Link to Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina Audio
MSS 1035-446
Aiken Pioneers, Then and Now
Panel discussion with Doris Lerner Baumgarten, Nelson A. Danish, Marvin Efron, Samuel Wolf Ellis, Judith Evans, Jeffrey Kaplan, Sondra Shanker Katzenstein, Ernest Levinson, Irene Krugman Rudnick, and Stephen K. Surasky, at the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina meeting, “Jewish Roots, Aiken Branches: From Shtetl to Small-Town South,” in Aiken, SC, on the occasion of the dedication of the Adath Yeshurun Synagogue historical marker
Date: 11/16/2014Link to the Lowcountry Digital LIbrary
MSS 1035-408
Beth Elohim’s 100th anniversary (Charleston, SC)
Panel discussion with L. C. Sloan, Robert Schimek, and Robin Shuler on the occasion of Beth Elohim’s 100th anniversary, Georgetown, SC
Date: 10/9/2004Link to the Lowcountry Digital LIbrary
MSS 1035-285
Community of Memory: Camden’s Jews Then and Now
Panel Discussion with Dale Rosengarten, Cheryl Baum, Garry Baum, Barbara Freed James, Albert Baruch Mercer, and Rita Tanzer at the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina fall meeting, “Endangered Congregations: Strategies for Survival,” held in Sumter and Camden, SC
Date: 10/21/2018MSS 1035-530
Difficult History: Plantations, Concentration Camps, and Cultural Tourism
Panel Discussion with Robin Waties, Sara Daise, Shawn Halifax, Lilly Filler, George McDaniel, Joseph McGill, David Popowski, and Robert Rosen at the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina spring 2018 meeting, “Memory, Mounuments, and Memorials” held in Charleston, SC
Date: 4/28/2018Link to Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina Audio
MSS 1035-516
Endangered Congregations
Panel Discussion with Noah Levine, Garry Baum, Barry Draisen, Louis Drucker, Barry Frishberg, Rhetta Mendelsohn, and Paul Siegel at the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina fall meeting, “Endangered Congregations: Strategies for Survival,” held in Sumter and Camden, SC
Date: 10/20/2018MSS 1035-526
Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Judaism But Been Afraid to Ask
Panel discussion with Rabbis Achiya DeLouya, David J. Radinsky, and Chaim Lindenblatt, sponsored by Brith Sholom Beth Israel Sisterhood and Addlestone Hebrew Academy
Date: 11/18/1999MSS 1035-232
Ex-Pats of South Carolina’s Capital City
Roundtable discussion with Arthur Berger, L. M. Drucker, Belinda Gergel, Richard Gergel, Stephanie Heller, Max Hellman, Constance H. Mandeville, Ernest Marcus, Harold Nankin, Nancy Nankin, Henry Nechemias, and Joseph B. Rosen at the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina fall meeting, “A Tale of Two Cities (and a few small towns),” held in Columbia, SC
Date: 11/7/2015Link to Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina Audio
MSS 1035-430
Growing up Jewish in Beaufort
Panel discussion with Stanley Bernard Farbstein, Joseph Lipton, Michael Greenly, Thomas Keyserling, and Gerrie Sturman at the regional meeting of the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina, Beaufort, SC
Date: 10/24/1998Link to the Lowcountry Digital LIbrary
MSS 1035-204
Growing Up Jewish in Small Town South Carolina
Panel discussion with Bertha Lazarowitz (Lazarus) Breibart (Charleston), Rita Solomon (Denmark), Sam Siegel (Anderson, Walterboro), and Joseph Lipton (Beaufort)
Date: 3/4/1999MSS 1035-209
Growing Up Jewish in the Pee Dee
Panel discussion with Richard D. Cagan, Alexander Cohen, Robin Shuler, and Sam Rogol at the regional meeting of the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina, on the occasion of Beth Israel Congregation’s 50th anniversary, Florence, SC; followed by a presentation, “A Brief History of Beth Israel Congregation,” by Sam Rogol
Date: 3/6/1999MSS 1035-210
Holocaust as a Crisis of Faith
Panel discussion with Marcie Cohen Ferris, Rudolf Herz, Thomas E. Myers, Jr., and William N. McKeachie
Date: 5/23/1998MSS 1035-196
Hub City Reminisces
Panel Discussion with Joe Wachter, Andy Poliakoff, Allan From, Dot E. Frank, Ben Stauber, Gary Smiley, Gloria Goldberg, and Sandy Smiley at the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina fall meeting, “In Search of Jewish Spartanburg,” held in Spartanburg, SC
Date: 11/09/2019Link to Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina Audio
MSS 1035-559
Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina Past Presidents Panel
Panel Discussion with Rachel Gordin Barnett, David Draisen, Belinda Gergel, Richard Gergel, Ann Meddin Hellman, Edward Poliakoff, Robert Rosen, and Jeffrey Rosenblum on the occasion of the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina’s 20th anniversary
Date: 5/17/2014Link to Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina Audio
MSS 1035-394
Jewish Life in Flowertown
Panel Discussion with Sallie Wolper Boyles, Jane Barshay Burns, Manuel Cohen, Marjorie Lynch, Paul Lynch, Spencer Lynch (dual role as moderator and panelist), Rosalyn Kramer Monat-Haller, and Vivian O. Rose at the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina spring meeting, “The ‘Kingdom of Israel’ in This Town”: Jewish Merchants of Charleston and Summerville,” Charleston and Summerville, SC
Date: 05/21/2017MSS 1035-482
Jewish Life in the South Carolina Upcountry
Panel discussion with Samuel Morris Draisen (Anderson), Fred Leffert (Greenville), and Marsha Poliakoff and her son Gary Poliakoff (Spartanburg) at the regional meeting of the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina, Anderson, SC
Date: 11/14/2010Link to Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina Audio
MSS 1035-342
King Street as a Classroom (Charleston, SC)
Panel discussion with Henry Berlin, Nicky Bluestein, Joseph Chase, Kenny Fox, Charles Goldberg, Sam Kirshtein, Maurice Krawcheck, Burnet Mendelsohn, Bernard Mendelson, Andy Slotin, and Joe Sokol, part of Professor Dale Rosengarten’s class of the same name at the College of Charleston
Date: 1/24/2013MSS 1035-366
Kings and Queens of King Street
Panel Discussion with Steve Berlin, Nicky Bluestein, Ben Chase, Rosemary Read Cohen, Leonard Goldberg, Barry Kalinsky, Sammy Kirshtein, and Allan Livingstain at the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina spring meeting, “The ‘Kingdom of Israel’ in This Town”: Jewish Merchants of Charleston and Summerville,” Charleston and Summerville, SC
Date: 05/21/2017MSS 1035-479
Looking at the Past and to the Future: From the Pulpit of Brith Sholom Beth Israel (Charleston, SC)
Panel discussion with Rabbis Hersh Moshe Galinsky and Gilbert Klaperman at the Southern Jewish Historical Society and Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina joint conference, “Jewish Roots in Southern Soil,” on the occasion of the 150th anniversary rededication of BSBI
Date: 10/31/2004Link to the Lowcountry Digital LIbrary
MSS 1035-287
Making Their Mark on Georgetown
Panel discussion with Richard Dimentstein, Roslyn Goldstein Greenspon, Nathan Kaminski, Benedict Rosen, Deborah Schneider Smith, and Gene Vinik at the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina fall meeting, “Between the Waters,” held at Hobcaw Barony and in Georgetown SC
Date: 10/15/2017MSS 1035-493
Max Heller: The Father of Modern Greenville
Panel discussion with Steven Heller, Francie Heller, Trude Heller, Susan Heller Moses, and Richard W. Riley at the fall meeting of the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina Beth Israel in honor of Beth Israel congregation’s 100th anniversary and the dedication of an historical marker, Greenville, SC
Date: 10/23/2016MSS 1035-462
Merchants on the Move
Panel Discussion with Katharine Allen, Harold Brody, Deborah Lipman Cochelin, David Furchgott, Mickey Kronsberg Rosenblum, and Zachary M. Solomon at the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina spring meeting, “Revisiting the Past and Envisioning the Future: JHSSC Celebrates its 25th Anniversary,” held in Charleston, SC
Date: 5/18/2019Link to Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina Audio
MSS 1035-545
Midlands Memories: Patches on a Fading Quilt
Panel discussion with Gene Atkinson, Blanche C. Cohen, Irvin Cohen, Ronald Cohen, Brenda Yelman Lederman, Ernest L. Marcus, Rhetta Aronson Mendelsohn, Stephen Savitz, and Beverly Ulmer at the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina fall meeting, “A Tale of Two Cities (and a few small towns)”, held in Orangeburg, SC
Date: 11/8/2015Link to Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina Audio
MSS 1035-433
Monuments of Marion Square
Panel Discussion with Theodore Rosengarten, Christine King Mitchell, and Michael Kogan at the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina spring meeting, “Memory, Mounuments, and Memorials” held in Charleston, SC
Date: 4/28/2018MSS 1035-514
Notes From the Battlefield and the Home Front
Panel discussion with Joseph Mazo Butwin, Gale Siegel Messerman, Herb Novit, Edward Poliakoff, and Alan Reyner, Jr. at the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina spring meeting, “GI Jews: SC Goes to War,” held in Charleston, SC
Date: 5/2/2015Link to Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina Audio
MSS 1035-417
Oldtimers and Newcomers, Georgetown, SC
Panel discussion with Bari King Heiden, Gene Vinik, Meyer Rosen, Philip Schneider, and Ariane Lieberman at the regional meeting of the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina, Georgetown, SC
Date: 3/20/2004Link to the Lowcountry Digital LIbrary
MSS 1035-281
Our Families, Our Selves
Panel discussion with Barry Ivan Baker, Arthur Berger, Jenny Bouknight, Sylvia Clark, Ellen Iseman, Ernest Marcus, Albert Mercer, Jane Meyerson, Laura Moses, Eliot Rabin, Anita Rosenberg, and Eileen Sorota, at the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina spring meeting, “The Past as Prologue: Jewish Genealogy Looks to the Future,” held in Charleston, SC
Date: 5/18/2013Link to Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina Audio
MSS 1035-370
Pee Dee Pioneers
Panel discussion with Donna Cohen, Fredric Levy, Bruce Siegal, and Richard Weintraub at the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina conference in Florence, SC, on the occasion of Beth Israel Congregation’s 100th anniversary
Date: 11/3/2012Link to Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina Audio
MSS 1035-363
Revisiting Rivers: Reflections on School Desegregation (Charleston, SC)
Panel Discussion with Charles (“Charlie”) Brown, Millicent Brown, Oveta Glover, Missy Cohen Gold, Robert Rosen, and Blanche Weintraub Wine at the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina spring meeting, “Courage, Conscience, and Conformity: South Carolina Jews and the Civil Rights Movement,” held in Charleston, SC
Date: 4/16/2016Link to Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina Audio
MSS 1035-445
Rising to the Challenge: Jewish Politicians in an Age of Change
Panel Discussion with Billy Keyserling, Marvin Lare, Joel Lourie, and Jack Swerling at the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina spring meeting, “Courage, Conscience, and Conformity: South Carolina Jews and the Civil Rights Movement,” held in Charleston, SC
Date: 4/16/2016Link to Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina Audio
MSS 1035-444
Shared Memories, Equal Justice
Panel Discussion with Richard Gergel, Claire Curtis, Joseph Darby, Armand Derfner, Charles Heyward, and Bernard Powers at the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina spring meeting, “Memory, Mounuments, and Memorials” held in Charleston, SC
Date: 4/28/2018MSS 1035-513
South of the Border and the Legend of Alan Schafer (Dillon, SC)
Panel discussion with Diane Schafer Goodstein, Evelyn Hechtkopf, Richard Schafer, Robin Schafer, and Harold Kornblut at the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina conference in Florence, SC, on the occasion of Beth Israel Congregation’s 100th anniversary
Date: 11/3/2012Link to Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina Audio
MSS 1035-364
Strategies and Resources for Survival
Panel Discussion with Mark Swick, Rebecca Engel, Noah Levine, Annie Rivers, Anita Rosenberg, Dale Rosengarten, and Jay Schwartz at the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina fall meeting, “Endangered Congregations: Strategies for Survival,” held in Sumter and Camden, SC
Date: 10/20/2018MSS 1035-528
Summers to Remember: Recollections of Blue Star, Camp Coleman, and Camp Judaea
Panel discussion with Lisa Collis Cohen, Maxine Solomon McLarnan, Gale Siegel Messerman, Brett Serbin, Daniel Sherman, Robert Steinberg, Maryann (“Candy”) Niman Popkin, and Rodger Popkin at the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina fall meeting, “A Summer to Remember: Jewish Summer Camps in the American South,” held in Columbia, SC
Date: 11/9/2013Link to Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina Audio
MSS 1035-382
Symposium on Penina Moise
Symposium with Solomon Breibart, Nicholas Butler, Belinda Gergel, Harlan Greene, Mayer Z. Gruber, Kim Harris, Anita Rosenberg, Ira Rosenberg, Dale Rosengarten, Barbara Stender, and Max Stern, sponsored by Special Collections, Addlestone Library, College of Charleston
Date: 2/16/2006MSS 1035-308
The Founding of Emanu-El (Charleston, SC)
Panel discussion with William Ackerman, Pearl Baker, Florence Horowitz, Rose Jacobs, Charlot Karesh, Stanley Karesh, Frederica Kronsberg, Doris Meddin, and Rabbi Lewis Weintraub at the 4th annual meeting of the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina held in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of Synagogue Emanu-El in Charleston, SC
Date: 1/25/1997Link to the Lowcountry Digital LIbrary
MSS 1035-112
The New Royalty
Panel Discussion with Edward E. Berlin, Ben D’Allesandro, Joe Fischbein, Eli Hyman, and Joseph Jacobson at the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina spring meeting, “The ‘Kingdom of Israel’ in This Town”: Jewish Merchants of Charleston and Summerville,” Charleston and Summerville, SC
Date: 5/20/2017MSS 1035-480
The Next Generation Remembers
Panel discussion with Lilly Stern Filler, Anita Zucker, David Popowski, Esther Goldberg Greenberg, and Harlan Greene at the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina spring meeting, “GI Jews: SC Goes to War,” held in Charleston, SC
Date: 5/3/2015Link to Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina Audio
MSS 1035-418
The Next Generation Speaks
Panel discussion with Billy Keyserling (Beaufort), Joel Lourie (Columbia), Ernest Marcus (Eutawville), and Benedict Rosen (Georgetown), at the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina spring meeting, “To Heal the World: Jewish South Carolinians in Public Service,” held in Charleston, SC
Date: 5/20/2012Link to Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina Audio
MSS 1035-355
Women in Public Office
Panel discussion with Susan Alion Brill (Columbia), Dyan Cohen (Darlington), and Belinda Gergel (Columbia) at the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina conference, “To Heal the World: Jewish South Carolinians in Public Service,” held in Charleston, SC
Date: 5/19/2012Link to Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina Audio
MSS 1035-354
Three Rabbi Panels
Be Fruitful and Multiply
Panel discussion with Rabbis Stephanie Alexander (Reform), Adam Rosenbaum (Conservative), and Ari Sytner (Orthodox), one in a series of Three Rabbi Panels sponsored by the Jewish Studies Program, College of Charleston
Date: 4/18/2012MSS 1035-351
Coming of Age in Judaism
Panel discussion with Rabbis Stephanie Alexander (KKBE-Reform), Moshe Davis (BSBI-Orthodox), and Adam Rosenbaum (Emanu-El-Conservative) one in a series of Three Rabbi Panels sponsored by the Jewish Studies Program, College of Charleston
Date: 11/20/2019MSS 1035-540
God at the Center: the Role of the Divine in Jewish Belief
Panel discussion with Rabbis Stephanie Alexander (Reform), Michael Davies (Orthodox), and Adam Rosenbaum (Conservative), one in a series of Three Rabbi Panels sponsored by the Jewish Studies Program, College of Charleston
Date: 3/27/2014MSS 1035-390
Intermarriage and Conversion
Panel discussion with Rabbis Edward Marc Friedman (Conservative), David J. Radinsky (Orthodox), and Anthony D. Holz (Reform), one in a series of Three Rabbi Panels sponsored by the Jewish Studies Program, College of Charleston
Date: 2/22/2000MSS 1035-237
Jewish Views on Marriage
Panel discussion with Rabbis Stephanie Alexander (Reform), Alan Cohen (Conservative) and Moshe Davis (Orthodox), one in a series of Three Rabbi Panels sponsored by the Jewish Studies Program, College of Charleston
Date: 11/09/2016MSS 1035-464
Jewish Views on Sexuality
Panel discussion with Rabbis Greg Kanter (KKBE-Reform), Adam Rosenbaum (Emanu-El-Conservative), and Michael Davies (Dor Tikvah-Orthodox) one in a series of Three Rabbi Panels sponsored by the Jewish Studies Program, College of Charleston
Date: 01/31/2019MSS 1035-534
Judaism and Education
Panel discussion with Rabbis Anthony D. Holz (Reform), Susan Tendler (Conservative), and Ari Sytner (Orthodox), one in a series of Three Rabbi Panels sponsored by the Jewish Studies Program, College of Charleston
Date: 3/14/2007MSS 1035-320
Judaism and Sexuality: Sects in the City
Panel discussion with Rabbis Stephanie Alexander (Reform), Adam Rosenbaum (Conservative), and Ari Sytner (Orthodox), one in a series of Three Rabbi Panels sponsored by the Jewish Studies Program, College of Charleston
Date: 3/23/2011MSS 1035-348
K’lal Yisrael: How Important is Jewish Pluralism?
Panel discussion with Rabbis Stephanie Alexander (KKBE-Reform), Alan Cohen (Rabbi Emeritus, Emanu-El-Conservative) and Moshe Davis (BSBI-Orthodox), one in a series of Three Rabbi Panels sponsored by the Jewish Studies Program, College of Charleston
Date: 11/01/2017MSS 1035-494
Mitzvah as Commandment
Panel discussion with Rabbis David Jacob Radinsky (Orthodox), Chezi Zionce (Conservative), and Robert Seigel (Reform), one in a series of Three Rabbi Panels sponsored by the Jewish Studies Program, College of Charleston
Date: 3/30/2004MSS 1035-282
Obligated to Educate: Jewish Education and Jewish Day Schools
Panel discussion with Rabbis Stephanie Alexander (Reform), Michael Davies (Orthodox), and Adam Rosenbaum (Conservative), one in a series of Three Rabbi Panels sponsored by the Jewish Studies Program, College of Charleston
Date: 2/18/2015MSS 1035-414
On Understanding the Rabbinate: Preparation and Day-to-Day Life of a Pulpit Rabbi
Panel discussion with Rabbis Stephanie Alexander (Reform), Moshe Davis (Orthodox), and Adam Rosenbaum (Conservative), one in a series of Three Rabbi Panels sponsored by the Jewish Studies Program, College of Charleston
Date: 4/4/2013MSS 1035-369
Politics in the Pulpit
Panel discussion with Rabbis Stephanie Alexander (Reform), Michael Davies (Orthodox), and Adam Rosenbaum (Conservative), one in a series of Three Rabbi Panels sponsored by the Jewish Studies Program, College of Charleston
Date: 4/13/2016MSS 1035-442
Prayer and Women: Three Jewish Viewpoints
Panel discussion with Rabbis Anthony D. Holz (Reform), David J. Radinsky (Orthodox), and Chezi Zionce (Conservative), one in a series of Three Rabbi Panels sponsored by the Jewish Studies Program, College of Charleston
Date: 9/6/2000MSS 1035-245
Religious Authority and Personal Autonomy
Panel discussion with Rabbi Robert Judd (Conservative), Anthony D. Holz (Reform), and Professor Joshua Shanes (Orthodox), one in a series of Three Rabbi Panels sponsored by the Jewish Studies Program, College of Charleston
Date: 3/12/2009MSS 1035-329
Revelation, Prophecy, and Rabbinic Authority: Contemporary Perspectives
Panel discussion with Rabbis Stephanie Alexander (Reform), Moshe Davis (Orthodox), and Adam Rosenbaum (Conservative), one in a series of Three Rabbi Panels sponsored by the Jewish Studies Program, College of Charleston
Date: 10/24/2012MSS 1035-361
Sexuality and Homosexuality and Jewish Law
Panel discussion with Rabbis Anthony D. Holz (Reform), Ari Sytner (Orthodox), and Robert Judd (Conservative), one in a series of Three Rabbi Panels sponsored by the Jewish Studies Program, College of Charleston
Date: 4/3/2008MSS 1035-323
Tefillah: Prayer
Panel discussion with Rabbis Stephanie Alexander (KKBE-Reform), Moshe Davis (BSBI-Orthodox), and Adam Rosenbaum (Emanu-El-Conservative) one in a series of Three Rabbi Panels sponsored by the Jewish Studies Program, College of Charleston
Date: 07/12/2018MSS 1035-533
The Christian View of the Jew
Panel discussion with Reverends Marshall Blalock (First Baptist Church, Charleston), Daniel W. Massie (First Scots Presbyterian Church, Charleston), and Jay Scott Newman (St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Greenville), held in conjunction with the Three Rabbi Panel, “The Jewish View of the Christian,” sponsored by the Jewish Studies Program, College of Charleston
Date: 10/23/2001MSS 1035-263
The Essence of Judaism
Panel discussion with Rabbis Anthony D. Holz (Reform), David J. Radinsky (Orthodox), and Chezi Zionce (Conservative), one in a series of Three Rabbi Panels sponsored by the Jewish Studies Program, College of Charleston
Date: 2/21/2001MSS 1035-250
The Evolving Role of the Synagogue
Panel discussion with Rabbis Stephanie Alexander (Reform), Moshe Davis (Orthodox), and Adam Rosenbaum (Conservative), one in a series of Three Rabbi Panels sponsored by the Jewish Studies Program, College of Charleston
Date: 10/30/2013MSS 1035-380
The Future Needs of the Charleston Jewish Community
Panel discussion with Rabbis Edward Marc Friedman (Conservative), David J. Radinsky (Orthodox), and Anthony D. Holz (Reform), one in a series of Three Rabbi Panels sponsored by the Jewish Studies Program, College of Charleston
Date: 11/2/1999MSS 1035-227
The Jewish View of the Christian
Panel discussion with Rabbis Anthony D. Holz (Reform), David J. Radinsky (Orthodox), and Chezi Zionce (Conservative), one in a series of Three Rabbi Panels, held in conjunction with the Three Minister Panel, “The Christian View of the Jew,” sponsored by the Jewish Studies Program, College of Charleston
Date: 10/17/2001MSS 1035-262
The Jewish View of the Gentile
Panel discussion with Rabbis Anthoy Holz (Reform), Robert Judd (Conservative), and Ari Sytner (Orthodox), one in a series of Three Rabbi Panels sponsored by the Jewish Studies Program, College of Charleston
Date: 11/12/2008MSS 1035-325
The Revelation at Sinai: Jewish Views of the Torah
Panel discussion with Rabbis Anthony D. Holz (Reform), Ari Sytner (Orthodox), and Robert Judd (Conservative), one in a series of Three Rabbi Panels sponsored by the Jewish Studies Program, College of Charleston
Date: 11/7/2007MSS 1035-322
Tradition and Change in Judaism
Panel discussion with Rabbis Anthony D. Holz (Reform), Ari Sytner (Orthodox), and Adam Rosenbaum (Conservative), one in a series of Three Rabbi Panels sponsored by the Jewish Studies Program, College of Charleston
Date: 3/18/2010MSS 1035-331
Women and Judaism
Panel discussion with Rabbis Alan L. Cohen (Conservative), Anthony Holz (Reform), and Ari Sytner (Orthodox), one in a series of Three Rabbi Panels sponsored by the Jewish Studies Program, College of Charleston
Date: 11/8/2006MSS 1035-315
Presentations
A Commentary on a Synagogue History: Brith Sholom Beth Israel and American Jewish History (Charleston, SC)
Keynote lecture by Jeffrey Gurock at the Southern Jewish Historical Society and Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina joint conference, “Jewish Roots in Southern Soil,” on the occasion of the 150th anniversary rededication of BSBI
Date: 10/31/2004MSS 1035-286a
A History of the Jewish Community in Florence
Presentation by Alexander Cohen at the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina conference in Florence, SC, on the occasion of Beth Israel Congregation’s 100th anniversary
Date: 11/3/2012Link to Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina Audio
MSS 1035-362
A Store at Every Crossroads: A Curator’s Talk
Presentation by Lynn Robertson at the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina spring meeting, “Revisiting the Past and Envisioning the Future: JHSSC Celebrates its 25th Anniversary,” held in Charleston, SC
Date: 5/21/2019Link to Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina Audio
MSS 1035-546
Adath Yeshurun Synagogue’s 75th Anniversary (Aiken, SC)
Presentations by Sunday school students and performances by guest singer Gloria Greenbaum and the men’s chorus, followed by speakers Nelson A. Danish, Mitchell Rifkin, Rosalee Rinehart, Fred Schneider, Rose Seldin, Steve Surasky, and Dianne Wolf on Founders’ Day during the 75th anniversary celebration of Adath Yeshurun Synagogue in Aiken, SC
Date: 5/4/1996Link to the Lowcountry Digital LIbrary
MSS 1035-069
American Judaism and Civil Engagement: Our Future Depends Upon It
Presentation by Judith Schindler at the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina spring meeting, “Revisiting the Past and Envisioning the Future: JHSSC Celebrates its 25th Anniversary,” held in Charleston, SC
Date: 5/19/2019Link to Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina Audio
MSS 1035-547
Anderson and the Jewish Experience in the South
Presentation by David Goldfield at Temple B’nai Israel’s 50th anniversary celebration, Anderson, SC
Date: 6/13/1998MSS 1035-199e
Anderson Reflections
Presentation by Joyce Lender at Temple B’nai Israel’s 50th anniversary celebration, Anderson, SC
Date: 6/12/1998MSS 1035-199a
B’Shert and the Wonderful Accident That Changed My Life
Presentation by Macy Hart at the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina fall meeting, “A Summer to Remember: Jewish Summer Camps in the American South,” held in Columbia, SC
Date: 11/10/2013Link to Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina Audio
MSS 1035-383
Beaufort in Context: The Jewish History of Small Town America
Presentation by Lee Shai Weissbach at the regional meeting of the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina, Beaufort, SC
Date: 4/2/2005MSS 1035-291
Deep Roots, Lofty Branches: Perspectives on the Capital City’s Early Jews
Presentation by Richard Gergel and Belinda Gergel at the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina fall meeting, “A Tale of Two Cities (and Few Small Towns),” held in Columbia, SC
Date: 11/7/2015Link to Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina Audio
MSS 1035-431
Facing Memory: The Past, the Present, and the Public
Keynote by Michael Arad at the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina spring meeting, “Memory, Mounuments, and Memorials” held in Charleston, SC
Date: 4/28/2018MSS 1035-515
Fighting the Philistines: Southern Jews in High Places
Presentation by Hollace Weiner at the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina spring meeting, “To Heal the World: Jewish South Carolinians in Public Service,” held in Charleston, SC
Date: 5/19/2012Link to Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina Audio
MSS 1035-353
From Budapest to Spartanburg: The Teszlers, Textile Giants in the American South
Presentation with Diane Vecchio in conversation with Dr. Charles D. Kay at the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina fall meeting, “In Search of Jewish Spartanburg,” held in Spartanburg, SC
Date: 11/10/2019Link to Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina Audio
MSS 1035-560
Furchgott Brothers’ Dry Goods and Department Store Empire
Presentation by Maurice Furchgott at the “Furchgott Family Reunion” held at the College Charleston campus, Charleston, SC. Additional speakers during presentation include: David Furchgott, Reese Geigerman, Dale Dreyfoos, and Richard Glass
Date: 8/06/2019MSS 1035-517
Furchgott Family Cemeteries in Slovakia
Presentation by Jeremy Furchtgott at the “Furchtgott Family Reunion” held at the Francis Marion Hotel in Charleston, SC.
Date: 8/07/2018MSS 1035-520
Furchgott Senior Family Members Speak
Presentation by senior family members of the Furchgott family at the “Furchtgott Family Reunion” held at the Francis Marion Hotel in Charleston, SC. Speakers include: Maurice Furchgott, Jeanne P. Dreyfoos, and Ruth E. Adler
Date: 8/07/2018MSS 1035-519
God First, You Second, Me Third: An Exploration of “Quiet Jewishness” at Southern Jewish Summer Camp
Presentation by Marcie Ferris at the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina fall meeting, “A Summer to Remember: Jewish Summer Camps in the American South,” held in Columbia, SC
Date: 11/9/2013Link to Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina Audio
MSS 1035-381
Greenville Walking Tour with Barry Nocks and Abbie Rickoff
Presentation at the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina meeting, “Looking Back and Moving Forward: Greenville’s Congregation Beth Israel, Building Community Since 1916,” in honor of Beth Israel’s 100th anniversary and the unveiling of an historical marker
Date: 10/23/2016MSS 1035-463
Growing up in Anderson
Presentation by Raymond Rosenblum at Temple B’nai Israel’s 50th anniversary celebration, Anderson, SC
Date: 6/13/1998MSS 1035-199c
History of the Holocaust
Presentation by survivor Rudolf (Rudy) Herz for Professor Ted Rosengarten’s “History of the Holocaust” class, College of Charleston
Date: 4/25/2011MSS 1035-349
History of the Holocaust and Documentary Studies
Presentation by survivor Rudolf (Rudy) Herz for Professor Ted Rosengarten’s “History of the Holocaust” class and Professor Dale Rosengarten’s “Documentary Studies” class, College of Charleston
Date: 2/23/2001Link to the Lowcountry Digital LIbrary
MSS 1035-251
Holocaust and the Literary Imagination
Presentation by survivor Rudolf (Rudy) Herz for Professor Beatrice Stiglitz’s “Holocaust and the Literary Imagination” class, College of Charleston
Date: 11/21/1996MSS 1035-99
How Judaism Became an American Religion and What the Future Has in Store
Presentation by Steven R. Weisman at the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina spring meeting, “Revisiting the Past and Envisioning the Future: JHSSC Celebrates its 25th Anniversary,” held in Charleston, SC
Date: 5/19/2019Link to Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina Audio
MSS 1035-548
In Search of Jewish Spartanburg
Presentation by Joe Wachter at the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina fall meeting, “In Search of Jewish Spartanburg,” held in Spartanburg, SC
Date: 11/09/2019Link to Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina Audio
MSS 1035-558
Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina 20th Anniversary Celebration
Remarks by Richard Gergel during the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina reception celebrating the Society’s 20th anniversary
Date: 5/17/2014Link to Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina Audio
MSS 1035-395
JHSSC Cemetery Survey Project and Survey of Beth Israel Cemetery (Beaufort, SC)
Presentation with Stanley Bernard Farbstein and Cynthia Levy at the regional meeting of the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina, Beaufort, SC
Date: 4/2/2005MSS 1035-292
Layers of History
Presentation by Lisa R. Thompson at the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina spring meeting, “Revisiting the Past and Envisioning the Future: JHSSC Celebrates its 25th Anniversary,” held in Charleston, SC
Date: 5/18/2019Link to Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina Audio
MSS 1035-543
Let Us Break Bread Together: African Americans, Jews, and South Carolina’s Civil Rights Struggle
Presentation by Bobby Donaldson at the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina spring meeting, “Courage, Conscience, and Conformity: South Carolina Jews and the Civil Rights Movement, ” held in Charleston, SC
Date: 4/16/2016Link to Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina Audio
MSS 1035-443
Little-known Facts About Charleston Jewish History From the 1950s to the 1970s
Presentation by Wilfred “Bill” Novit at Brith Sholom Beth Israel’s social hall in Charleston, SC
Date: 2/20/2020MSS 1035-556
Looking Away from Dixie: The Changing Face of the Jewish South
Presentation by Stuart Rockoff at the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina conference celebrating the Society’s 20th anniversary
Date: 5/18/2014Link to Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina Audio
MSS 1035-396
Merchants: The Marrow of the Southern Jewish Experience
Presentation by Stephen J. Whitfield at the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina spring meeting, “Revisiting the Past and Envisioning the Future: JHSSC Celebrates its 25th Anniversary,” held in Charleston, SC
Date: 5/18/2019Link to Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina Audio
MSS 1035-544
Rabbinic Reminiscences of Beaufort
Presentation by Rabbi Harvey Tattelbaum at the regional meeting of the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina, Beaufort, SC
Date: 4/2/2005Link to the Lowcountry Digital LIbrary
MSS 1035-293
Re-imagining the Role of Jewish Camp in the Lives of Southern Jews
Presentation by Eric Singer at the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina fall meeting, “A Summer to Remember: Jewish Summer Camps in the American South,” held in Columbia, SC
Date: 11/10/2013Link to Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina Audio
MSS 1035-384
Stories from Jewish Camden
Presentation by Barbara Freed James at the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina fall meeting, “Endangered Congregations: Strategies for Survival,” held in Sumter and Camden SC
Date: 10/21/2018MSS 1035-529
Stories From the Pee Dee: Short Takes by Community Members
Presentation by Mortimer H. Bernanke, Matthew Reich, Phillip Greenberg, Gertrude Radin, Alexander Cohen, Harold Kornblut, and Donna Cohen at the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina conference in Florence, SC, on the occasion of Beth Israel Congregation’s 100th anniversary
Date: 11/4/2012Link to Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina Audio
MSS 1035-365
Struggling, Growing, and Reaching New-Old Conclusions (Beaufort, SC)
Presentation by Rabbi Harvey Tattelbaum at the regional meeting of the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina, Beaufort, SC
Date: 4/3/2005Link to the Lowcountry Digital LIbrary
MSS 1035-294
The Family Who Stayed in Europe
Presentation by Jeremy Furchtgott at the “Furchtgott Family Reunion” held at the College Charleston campus, Charleston, SC. Additional speakers during presentation include: Ruth Adler, Maurice Furchgott, and Elizabeth Philipp
Date: 8/06/2018MSS 1035-518
The Inaugural Milton Kronsberg Lecture, Rabbi Gerald Wolpe, speaker
Lecture sponsored by the Jewish Studies Program, College of Charleston with Rabbi Gerald Wolpe
Date: 11/14/1999MSS 1035-230
The Jewish Community of Beaufort in 1905 and the Founding of Beth Israel Congregation
Presentation by Helen Goldman and Stephen Schein at the regional meeting of the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina, Beaufort, SC
Date: 4/2/2005Link to the Lowcountry Digital LIbrary
Link to Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina Audio
MSS 1035-290
The New Rabbi (Charleston, SC)
Presentation by Rabbi Gerald Wolpe at the Southern Jewish Historical Society and Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina joint conference, “Jewish Roots in Southern Soil,” on the occasion of the 150th anniversary rededication of Brith Sholom Beth Israel, Charleston
Date: 10/31/2004MSS 1035-288
The Remarkable Story of the Early Jews of South Carolina
Presentation by Richard Gergel and Robert Rosen at the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina fall meeting, “Jewish Roots, Aiken Branches: From Shtetl to Small-Town South,” in Aiken, SC, on the occasion of the dedication of the Adath Yeshurun Synagogue historical marker
Date: 11/16/2014Link to Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina Audio
MSS 1035-407
To Heal the World: Jewish South Carolinians in Public Service
Opening remarks by Richard Gergel and Robert Rosen at the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina spring meeting, “To Heal the World: Jewish South Carolinians in Public Service,” held in Charleston, SC
Date: 5/19/2012Link to Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina Audio
MSS 1035-352
Today I Am a Fountain Pen (Anderson, SC)
Presentation by Ronald Bern at Temple B’nai Israel’s 50th anniversary celebration, Anderson, SC
Date: 6/13/1998MSS 1035-199d
What a Big City Boy Learned about Small Town Jewish Life: The JCLP Experience
Keynote speech given by David Sarnat with introductory remarks by JHSSC President Jeffrey Rosenblum and Sumter County Museum Director Annie Rivers at the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina fall meeting, “Endangered Congregations: Strategies for Survival,” held in Sumter and Camden SC
Date: 10/20/2018MSS 1035-527
Miscellaneous
Farewell party for David Winner (Charleston, SC)
Farewell for the young military enlistee who stayed with Ruth Jacobs for several years while assigned to the base in Charleston, SC. Rabbis David J. Radinsky and Hesh Epstein give testimonials, followed by David’s account of his experiences
Date: 3/2/2002MSS 1035-265
Historical Marker Dedication in Summerville South Carolina
Summerville Historical Marker Dedication at the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina spring meeting, “The ‘Kingdom of Israel’ in This Town”: Jewish Merchants of Charleston and Summerville,” Charleston and Summerville, SC
Date: 05/21/2017MSS 1035-481
Shabbat Service at Temple B’nai Israel’s 50th Anniversary Celebration (Anderson, SC)
Shabbat service at Temple B’nai Israel’s 50th anniversary celebration, Anderson, SC. Master of ceremonies, Mike Krupsaw; service led by Robert Kimmel; remarks by Sen. Isadore Lourie; presentation of plaque to Mike Krupshaw by Herbert Cohen
Date: 6/13/1998MSS 1035-199b
Temple B’nai Israel’s 50th Anniversary (Anderson, SC)
Speech by toastmaster Alvin Fleishman at the dinner celebrating Temple B’nai Israel’s 50th anniversary, Anderson, SC
Date: 6/13/1998MSS 1035-199f
Translation and commentary on Rabbi Hirsch Zvi Margolis Levine’s notebook
Translation and commentary by Rabbi David Radinsky on Rabbi Hirsch Zvi Margolis Levine’s notebook, Charleston, SC
Date: 8/17/2000MSS 1035-244
Translation and commentary on Rabbi Hirsch Zvi Margolis Levine’s notebook
Translation and commentary by Rabbi David Radinsky on Rabbi Hirsch Zvi Margolis Levine’s notebook, Charleston, SC
Date: 7/1/2004MSS 1035-284a
Translation and commentary on Rabbi Hirsch Zvi Margolis Levine’s notebook
Translation and commentary by Rabbi David Radinsky on Rabbi Hirsch Zvi Margolis Levine’s notebook, Charleston, SC
Date: 7/20/2004MSS 1035-284b