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Brith Sholom Beth Israel (Charleston, S.C.) congregational records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1068
Abstract The collection consists of the surviving records of Brith Sholom, an orthodox congregation founded in Charleston, South Carolina in 1852, Beth Israel, another orthodox Charleston congregation founded in 1911, and the records of Brith Sholom Beth Israel founded in 1954 when the two congregations merged. Also included are the records of Charleston Hebrew Institute, founded in 1956, and later known as the Addlestone Hebrew Academy. With records of the Ladies Hebrew Benevolent Society, the...
Dates: 1888-2012
Found in: Special Collections

Charleston Holocaust Memorial Committee records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1177
Abstract

The records of the Charleston Holocaust Memorial Committee of the Charleston Jewish Federation include committee files, planning and management documents, and other records relating to the planning, construction, financing, dedication, and management of the Charleston Holocaust Memorial located in Marion Square.

Dates: 1994-2017; Majority of material found within 1994-2005
Found in: Special Collections

Charleston, South Carolina: The Jewish Community manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-059
Collection Overview

The manuscript is a rough draft authored by Charles Reznikoff. Parts of this work later appeared in The Jews of Charleston: A History of an American Jewish Community, a work in which Reznikoff collaborated with Uriah Z. Engelman, published by the Jewish Publication Society of America in 1950.

Dates: between 1945-1950?
Found in: Special Collections

Cohen, Emanuel, Moses, and Seixas family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1124
Abstract Photographs, correspondence, diaries and memoirs, genealogical materials, land records and certificates, and printed materials relating to the Cohen, Emanuel, Moses, and Seixas families. The families are related through the marriages of Eleanor H. Cohen to Benjamin Seixas in 1865, Mary Eleanor Seixas to Maurice Emanuel in 1888, and Charlotte Virginia Emanuel to Henry P. Moses in 1912. Of particular note is a diary belonging to Eleanor H. Cohen that documents the arrival of Union General...
Dates: 1806-2005; Majority of material found within 1865-1934
Found in: Special Collections

Reverend Jacob Cohen photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1034-028
Collection Overview

Two photographs (both black and white) of Reverend Jacob Cohen. The first is an original image (1932, donated by Ellen Oberman Katzen) of Cohen taken in Scranton, PA. Second photograph is a print (donated by Cohen's grandson Marvin L. Simner) of original image of Rev. Cohen and his wife, Ellen, which appears to have been taken the same day and location as first photograph. Notes on Rev. Cohen (compiled by his grandson, Marvin L. Simner) also included.

Dates: 1932
Found in: Special Collections

Arthur C. Furchgott papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1043
Collection Overview Contains letters (1930, 1958) to Furchgott regarding membership achievements in Friendship Lodge No. 9; formal photographs of Friendship Lodge No. 9 members (b/w) 1909, 1949, 1954, 1963-1965, and two undated photographs (ca. 1950s). 1961 Lodge Resolution in recognition of Furchgott's 55 years of service and Memoriam Resolution (1971) from Friendship Lodge issued upon Furchgott's death. Ephemera includes receipts (1906) for dues paid, menu from Lodge's 144th Anniversary (1911) Dinner held at...
Dates: 1906-1971
Found in: Special Collections

Max Furchgott photographs of Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1034-020
Collection Overview Includes ten photographs (b/w) and twenty-two negatives (b/w) taken by photographer, Max Furchgott. All are images of people and events at Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim (KKBE), Charleston, SC, from 1948 to 1957. Bulk of images document KKBE's original tabernacle (erected 1838) and the new "Bicentennial" Tabernacle, constructed in 1948, dedicated in 1950. Includes images of the dedication of the Bicentennial Tabernacle, 1950; KKBE Board Members, 1950 and 1951; KKBE Sunday School, 1957; misc....
Dates: 1948-1957
Found in: Special Collections

Sandra Garfinkel and Morton Henry Shapiro papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1120
Abstract The collection consists of photographs, photograph albums, diaries, scrapbooks, High School of Charleston and university materials, correspondence, travel souvenirs, oral histories, and family interviews of Sandra Garfinkel and Morton Henry Shapiro. The majority of materials document Sandra Garfinkel Shapiro's youth, from her teenage years through her graduation from University of North Carolina in 1957, with the largest portion of the collection consisting of photographs of Sandra and her...
Dates: 1901-2014; Majority of material found within 1935-2002
Found in: Special Collections

Nathan Garfinkle papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1138
Abstract Photographs, photograph albums, military documents, certificates, correspondence, and other papers of Nathan Garfinkle. Materials primarily document Garfinkle's service in the United States Army during World War II, with the largest portion of items consisting of photographs and photograph albums from his military service with the Chemical Warfare Service at the Columbia Army Air Base and his deployment in the South Pacific. A smaller number of photographs feature his time as a student at...
Dates: 1921-circa 1980
Found in: Special Collections

Isadore Givner papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1041
Abstract

Awards, certificates, degrees, letters and miscellaneous papers relating to the professional career of Dr. Isadore Givner, ophthalmologist.

Dates: 1918-1998; Majority of material found within 1940-1950s
Found in: Special Collections

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correspondence 40
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printed ephemera 16
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constitutions 2
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Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, S.C.) 8
Beth Israel (Charleston, S.C.) 5
Hirsch, Mordenai Raisin 5
Rubens family 5
Cohen family 4
Harby family 4
Jewish Community Center (Charleston, S.C.) 4
Moïse, Penina 4
Raisin, Rachel M. 4
Aleph Zadik Aleph. Charleston Chapter 3
Breibart, Solomon 3
Brith Sholom (Charleston, S.C.) 3
Hebrew Benevolent Society (Charleston, S.C.) 3
Lazar family 3
Levy family 3
Moses family 3
Moses, Octavia Harby, 1823-1904 3
Raisin, Jacob S. (Jacob Salmon), 1878-1946 3
Rubin, Isaac Dave, 1869-1943 3
Aleph Zadik Aleph 2
Altman family 2
B'nai B'rith 2
Bennett School (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Breibart family 2
Breibart, George, 1917-2014 2
Breibart, Samuel, 1893-1981 2
Brith Sholom Beth Israel (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Charleston Hebrew Institute (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Charleston Jewish Social Services (S.C.) 2
Clemson University 2
Coming Street Cemetery (Charleston, S.C.) 2
De Lyon family 2
Freemasons 2
Furchgott, Max, 1917-1998 2
Garfinkel family 2
Goldman, Joseph 2
Harby, Isaac, 1788-1828 2
Harby, Lee Cohen, 1849-1918 2
Harold's Cabin (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Hebrew Orphan Society (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Hirsch family 2
I.M. Pearlstine & Sons (S.C.) 2
Jacobs, Harold, 1913-2009 2
Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina 2
Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, S.C.) Brotherhood 2
Katzen, Ethel Oberman, 1920-2002 2
Ladies Hebrew Benevolent Society (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Mordecai family 2
National Council of Jewish Women. Charleston Section 2
Pearlstine family 2
Pearlstine, Milton Alfred, 1899-1994 2
Prystowsky family 2
Raisin family 2
Raisin, Jane Lazarus, 1887-1965 2
Rittenberg, Samuel O., 1867-1932 2
Rones, Fannie Appel, 1926- 2
Shulman, Nat, 1914-2000 2
Solomon family 2
Synagogue Emanu-El (Charleston, S.C.) 2
Turtletaub, Samuel D., 1896-1918 2
Weinberg family 2
Williams, Arthur V., 1878-1951 2
Aberman, Mary Ann, 1935- 1
Addlestone Hebrew Academy (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Addlestone International Corporation 1
Addlestone, Marlene Alfred 1
Addlestone, Nathan S., 1913-2001 1
Alexander family 1
Altman, Dora, 1896-1999 1
Appel family 1
Appel, Abraham, 1890-1962 1
Appel, Ida Goldberg, 1901-1985 1
Appel, Samuel, 1929- 1
Archambault, Sandra, 1944-2022 1
B'nai B'rith Girls. Charleston Chapter No. 1541 1
B'nai B'rith Youth Organization. District No. 5 1
Baker family 1
Baker, Barry 1
Baker, D. H. 1
Baker, Louis, 1909-1955 1
Banov family 1
Banov, Edna Ginsberg, 1908-2002 1
Banov, Milton, 1908-1991 1
Baum family 1
Baum, Garry 1
Baum, Williams, 1916-1946 1
Bender, Florence Solomon, 1910-1954 1
Berendt family 1
Berendt, Anna Gelson, 1913-2001 1
Berendt, Benjamin, 1912-2010 1
Berendt, Gerald E. 1
Berlinsky, Jaclyn 1
Bienstock, Marvin, 1935-2015 1
Blank, Rosa Simmons, -1915 1
Bluestein, Ettaleah Coplon 1
Blythe, Anna 1
Bnei Zion (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Bovarnick, Joan Givner 1
Breibart, Bertha Lazarus, 1917-2013 1
Breibart, Jack, 1931- 1
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