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Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim congregation records
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1047
Collection Overview
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...
Dates:
1798-2002; Majority of material found within 20th century
Found in:
Special Collections
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
Found in:
Special Collections
Rabbi Robert A. Seigel papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1147
Abstract
The collection includes the professional and personal papers of Rabbi Robert A. Seigel (1938-2016), said to be the South Carolina's first native-born rabbi. Included are rabbinical records, family and career scrapbooks, Sedarot and autobiographical writings, slides, publications from synagogues and organizations Seigel led, and artistic works.
Dates:
1909-2021; Majority of material found within 1955-2016
Found in:
Special Collections
Temple Sinai (Sumter, S.C.) records
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1083
Abstract
Records of Temple Sinai, a Reform Jewish synagogue in Sumter, South Carolina. Materials document the administrative, financial, social, educational, charitable, and spiritual activities of the congregation and its members. Also included are materials documenting prominent Jewish individuals and families of Sumter, including Penina Moïse and the Moses family.
Dates:
1789-2012; Majority of material found within 1920-1996
Found in:
Special Collections