Jeffrey Kaplan
- Mar 4, 2020
The Chosen People in the Holy City: Three and a quarter centuries of Jewish life in Charleston
Part VIII: The Reformed Society of Israelites of Charleston: The first expression of Reform Judaism in the United States The previous...
Jeffrey Kaplan
- Feb 6, 2020
The Chosen People In The Holy City
Part VII: The 1820s: Charleston’s Jewish Population Begins To Decrease/Many Charleston Jews Seek Opportunities Elsewhere/Reform Judaism...
Jeffrey Kaplan
- Nov 5, 2019
The chosen people in the Holy City Three-and-a-quarter centuries of Jewish life in Charleston
Part V: Charleston’s Jews increase in numbers, dedicate a new synagogue and expand their profile The end of the American Revolution saw...
Jeffrey Kaplan
- Oct 3, 2019
The chosen people in the Holy City: Three-and-a-quarter centuries of Jewish life in Charleston
Part III: A Synagogue, Communal Life and Dissension We saw in last month’s article that Charleston’s Jews began to increase in numbers in...
Jeffrey Kaplan
- Oct 2, 2019
The chosen people in the Holy City Three-and-a-quarter centuries of Jewish life in Charleston
Part IV: Jewish Heroes, Jewish Patriots and (a few) Jewish Loyalists in South Carolina The story of South Carolina’s Jews is very largely...


Jeffrey Kaplan
- Jul 31, 2019
The chosen people in the Holy City: Three-and-a-quarter centuries of Jewish life in Charleston
Part II: Charleston’s Early Jews Vote, Gradually Increase in Numbers The colony of Carolina was a remarkably accepting place for people...
Jeffrey Kaplan
- Jul 8, 2019
Three-and-a-quarter centuries of Jewish life in Charleston
The chosen people in the Holy City Part I: The Beginnings Jews are not newcomers to Charleston. The first settlement in the new colony of...