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Kalushiner Society minute book

 Item — Box: 1
Identifier: Mss 1149
Abstract

A handwritten minute book of the Kalushiner Society of Charleston, South Carolina, from October 1927 through December 1936, mostly in Yiddish with some English. The Independent Kalushiner Society was a mutual aid society founded by Charleston residents who had immigrated from the shtetl of Kaluszyn in Poland. The society was founded in 1921 and provided members with benefits like no-interest loans, assistance when ill, and group insurance rates.

Dates: 1927-1936

David Karesh letters

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1034-014
Collection Overview Collection includes seven letters from David Karesh to Frank and Nettie Levenson of Bishopville, South Carolina. The letters were written in Yiddish, and English translations are included. Karesh often traveled from Columbia to Bishopville to provide the family (and friends and relatives) with kosher meat. Letters contain Karesh's expressions of thanks for the Levenson's hospitality, mentions of his work at the slaughterhouse, comments on assimilation of American Jews, reform among Jews, and...
Dates: 1949-1957

Keyserling family papers - Part I

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1049a
Collection Overview Part I (Mss 1049a) is the first accession of the Keyserling family papers. It includes Keyserling genealogical information, ephemera and family news clippings; material related to Leon Keyserling's political career (essays, clippings, speeches.) Correspondence includes letters between William Keyserling (WK) and Jennie H. Keyserling (JK) 1903-1935; WK and Leon Keyserling, 1908-1949; WK and Beth Keyserling Rosenfarb, 1911-1951; WK and Rosalyn Keyserling Schreiber, 1911-1944; WK and Herbert...
Dates: 1890-1980; Majority of material found within 1910-1951

Anita Rosen Levine papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1107
Abstract

Assorted papers and publications of Anita Rosen Levine, who served as secretary to the rabbi of Brith Sholom Beth Israel congregation in Charleston, South Carolina, from 1956 to 1986, and as secretary for Addlestone Hebrew Academy.

Dates: 1875-2006

Helen Stern Lipton papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1065-012
Abstract

Letters, postcards, and other materials relating to Helen Stern Lipton, a Jewish woman who left Poland in 1915. Correspondence in Yiddish (with English translations) from Lipton's family members in Poland focuses on efforts to help them escape to America before and during World War II. Includes a set of tefillin with a cloth bag for storage.

Dates: 1932-2008

Paula Kornblum Popowski papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1065-015
Abstract

Negatives, slides, digital images, and other papers of Paula Kornblum Popowski, a Polish-born Jew who survived the Holocaust by passing as a Christian. Materials include pre- and post-war photographs of Popowski and her family and friends, photographs of locations where Popowski lived in Poland and Germany, and her false Polish identification papers. Other materials include postcards and letters sent to Popowski, mostly after the war.

Dates: circa 1893-2009

Devorah Urgeshevitz Radin papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1065-003
Abstract

Images, photocopies of passports and other government documents, and other papers of Devorah "Dorothy" Urgeshevitz Radin, a Jewish nurse who fled Lithuania in 1939. Images include photocopies and digital images of Radin, her family members, and friends taken from her scrapbooks.

Dates: 1928-2005

Rabbi Jacob S. Raisin papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1075
Abstract Clippings, correspondence, sermons, programs, certificates, diplomas, diaries, photographs, objects, and other papers of Jacob S. Raisin, Reform rabbi, author, and scholar. Raisin's writings focused on ethical behavior, intellectual history, religious observance and tradition. Materials also relate to Raisin's wife, Jane Lazarus Raisin, their children, Mordenai Lazarus Raisin Hirsch, Rachel Marla Raisin, and Aaron S. Raisin, and other family members, Raisin's record of professional...
Dates: circa 1700, 1889-2009

Rosenberg, Winstock, and Hozore families papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1144
Collection Overview

The collection contains photographs, correspondence, and personal papers of the Rosenberg, Winstock, and Hozore families. Also included are a family recipe, a journal, and a copy of the “The Naiad” yearbook. The bulk of the collection dates to the early 20th century. Many documents are written in Russian and Yiddish. Some photographs are labeled to indicate the family members documented.

Dates: 1885-1987

William A. Rosenthall Judaica collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1086
Abstract Judaica postcards, prints and posters, periodicals, clippings, philatelic materials, greeting cards, medals, textiles, ephemera, and subject files collected by Rabbi William A. Rosenthall. Materials date from the late 15th to 20th century and document Jewish life on every continent except Antarctica. These materials are mainly iconographic in nature, including artwork depicting many aspects of Jewish history, religion, customs, and daily life. They cover topics such as Jewish holidays,...
Dates: 1493-2002; Majority of material found within 1568-1995

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Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, S.C.) 3
Addlestone Hebrew Academy (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Brith Sholom Beth Israel (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Rosenthall, Irene O. 2
Rosenthall, William A. 2
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Banov (Family : Charleston, S.C.) 1
Banov family 1
Baron Hirsch Congregation (Memphis, Tenn.) 1
Beth Israel (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Birnbaum, Jean 1
Birnbaum, Paul 1
Bloom (Family : Greenville, S.C.) 1
Bloom family 1
Bloom, Jack L., 1920-2010 1
Bloom, Jennie Chernoff 1
Bloom, Julius H., 1894-1973 1
Bloom, Lillian, 1921-2010 1
Blumenfeld, Harris, 1861-1953 1
Blumenfeld, Harry B. 1
Brith Sholom (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Brith Sholom Beth Israel (Charleston, S.C.). Sisterhood 1
Butwin, Frances 1
Butwin, Joseph (Joseph Mazo), 1943- 1
Butwin, Julius, -1945 1
Charleston Hebrew Institute (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Chernoff family 1
Chernoff, Miriam 1
Cohen, Lisa Collis, 1958- 1
Collis family 1
Collis, Lena, 1884-1948 1
Collis, Meyer, 1880-1944 1
Collis, Moses, 1918-1993 1
Columbia University 1
Coming Street Cemetery (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Cremer, Sylvia Blumenfeld Friedman 1
Dale Farms Corporation (Beaufort, S.C.) 1
Fox, Barbara Radin 1
Garfinkel family 1
Gelbart family 1
Gelbart, Moshe Yidel, 1897-1935 1
Geldbart family 1
Geldbart, Israel 1
Geldbart, Ralph G., 1924-2011 1
Goldberg family 1
Goldberg, Charles S. 1
Goldberg, George, 1906-1978 1
Goldberg, Harriet L. 1
Goldwater family 1
Hebrew Union College 1
Hirsch family 1
Hirsch, Esther, 1878- 1
Hirsch, Isaac, 1916-1985 1
Hirsch, Jacob, 1872-1928 1
Hirsch, Julia 1
Hirsch, Louis, 1908- 1
Hirsch, Max Joseph, 1894-1987 1
Hirsch, Mordenai Raisin 1
Hirsch, Sylvia Charen, 1902-1995 1
Hirschfeld family 1
House of Peace Synagogue (Columbia, S.C.) 1
Hozore (Family : Greenwood, S.C.) 1
Hozore family 1
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union 1
Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, S.C.) Brotherhood 1
Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, S.C.). Sisterhood 1
Kalushiner Society (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Karesh, David, 1878-1964 1
Keyserling family 1
Keyserling, Harriet, 1922-2010 1
Keyserling, Herbert, 1915-2000 1
Keyserling, Jennie Hyman, 1881-1935 1
Keyserling, Leon H. (Leon Hirsch), 1908-1987 1
Keyserling, William, 1869-1951 1
Ladies Hebrew Benevolent Society (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Lancer, Betty Hirsch, 1924- 1
Leopold (Family : Charleston, S.C.) 1
Leopold family 1
Levine, Anita Rosen, 1921-2011 1
Levinson family 1
Lipton, Helen Stern, 1899-1987 1
Lipton, Joseph J., 1923- 1
Macdonald, Wilkins & Co. (Beaufort, S.C.) 1
Popowski, Paula Kornblum, 1923- 1
Radin, Devorah Urgeshevitz, 1910-2000 1
Raisin family 1
Raisin, Aaron S., 1922-1989 1
Raisin, Jacob S. (Jacob Salmon), 1878-1946 1
Raisin, Jane Lazarus, 1887-1965 1
Raisin, Rachel M. 1
Reformed Society of Israelites (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Rosenberg (Family : Greenwood, S.C.) 1
Rosenberg family 1
Rosenberg, Abraham, 1859-1920 1
Savad, Cecile Hozore 1
Scharff, Helene Goldberg 1
Schlosburg, Ella Levenson, 1920-2013 1
Service Employees International Union 1
Shapiro family 1
Shapiro, Morton Henry, 1928-2007 1
Shapiro, Sandra Garfinkel, 1935- 1
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