Name/Title
A Portion of the People: Three Hundred Years of Southern Jewish LifeEntry/Object ID
2020.019.2Description
In 1800, South Carolina was home to more Jews than any other place in North America. As old as the province of Carolina itself, the Jewish presence has been a vital but little-examined element in the growth of South Carolina's cities and towns, in the economy of slavery and post-slavery society, and in the creation of American Jewish religious identity. In conjunction with the exhibit of the same name, the book presents a remarkable group of objects and a provocative investigation of the people and circumstances that produced them.
Contents include: The Americanization of an Old-Time Religion by Deborah Dash Moore -- The Eastern European Jewish Experience in South Carolina by Jenna Weissman Joselit -- Just Like One of Us by Jack Bass -- A Call for Candlesticks by Dale Rosengarten -- Narrative of the Exhibition: First Families, This Happy Land, The Lost Cause, Little Jerusalem, Pledging Allegiance, Of Blessed Memory, Palmetto Jews.
Also contains a catalogue of exhibition items, contributors' biographies, and glossary.
xviii, 268 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation LibraryAcquisition
Accession
2020.019Source or Donor
Williams, HollandAcquisition Method
GiftLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
BookNomenclature Sub-Class
Other DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Jews--South Carolina--Charleston--Exhibitions, South Carolina--Ethnic relations--ExhibitionsBook Details
Author
Rosengarten, Theodore, Rosengarten, DalePublisher
University of South Carolina PressDate Published
2002Call No.
F280 .J5 P672 2002ISBN
1570034451Location
Category
PermanentDate
February 7, 2023General Notes
Note
Notes: Edited by Dale Rosengarten and Theodore Rosengarten.
Catalog published in conjunction with exhibition.
Includes bibliographical references and index.Created By
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November 9, 2020Updated By
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February 17, 2023