Founded in 1749 in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, the Beth Elohim Synagogue is one of the very earliest synagogues in America. While other synagogues and congregations are also now a part of Charleston city life, Beth Elohim Synagogue is the oldest one in the area and serves as the repository for certain historical artifacts of…
1. There are 13,570 Jews in South Carolina, representing 0.3% of population. 2. In 1669, John Locke drafted the constitution for the Carolina Colony. In it, he granted “liberty of conscience to all heathens, Jews and dissenters.” 3. In 1774, Francis Salvador became the first Jew to hold elected office in the Americas when he…
This article originally appeared in Yiddish in the Forverts. The Jewish community of Charleston, South Carolina, wants everyone to know that Florida isn’t the only state where Jewish couples can enjoy their golden years basking in warm weather and Jewish community. Last week, Charleston’s modern Orthodox synagogue, Brith Sholom Beth Israel, hosted more than 40…
On a Saturday night following Shabbat, Nick Muzin arrayed on his dining room table what would turn out to be the winning strategy to elect the first black Republican to Congress from South Carolina in more than a century. The next night at the same table in his Charleston, S.C., home, Muzin hosted his weekly…
A South Carolina teenager said he was beaten by teammates on his middle school’s football team because he is Jewish. Caspian Driscoll, 15, of Fort Mill told NBC-TV Charlotte that the incident occurred on Oct. 10 on the team bus. Driscoll reportedly asked his teammates to be quiet so he could wish his grandmother a…
A resolution calling for a one-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been adopted in two state legislatures and is headed for more. Usually, such a call would be interpreted as a pro-Palestinian move that many fear could obliterate Israel as a Jewish state. But not in these cases. Instead, these resolutions are protests against…
Rick Santorum is back in the headlines after his sweeping victory Tuesday in Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri. His success is cause for renewed attention and for a better look at this interesting nugget dug up by the New York Observer’s political reporter Hunter Walker. It is a Hanukkah card sent out by Rick Santorum’s South…
So tonight I stand corrected. After New Hampshire I was sure that Mitt had this all wrapped up and that’s what I wrote here. But tonight I know I was wrong. I didn’t take into account the Sheldon Adelson factor. Five million dollars from Newt Gingrich’s buddy has given the former speaker yet another life…
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