Box 45

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Topics include resignation of Rabbi Bertram Klausner, annual reports (with very detailed report from Klausner on all activities, numbers attending services, etc.), amendment of KKBE constitution, etc.

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Letters re gift of 16th century Lewith family "Prague Haggadah;" hiring of Rabbi Allan Tarshish and his statements re Zionism and American Council for Judaism; and Thomas J. Tobias arranging for writing of a book on the Jews of Charleston for KKBE’s bicentennial.

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Letters from Temple Emanu-El, NYC, to stop Union of American Hebrew Congregations from joining a larger Jewish congress, building a new tabernacle, and history of family of Jacob Kaminsky in Charleston, SC.

Collection Overview From the Collection: The records are arranged into 13 series: Board of Trustee Minutes (1838-1995) document all aspects of congregational life: hiring and firing staff, fundraising, building, etc. with some data re members, their infractions, marriages, deaths, etc. Financial records (1800-1999) document members, fines, income, salaries, pew assignments, various projects, estates, religious school finances, etc. Trustee and Rabbi Records and Correspondence (1855- 1991, bulk 1930s-1970s) including a few...

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With resolution (undated) for Rabbi Tarshish to resign due to membership in American Council for Judaism.