ABOUT THE CENTER
The College of Charleston’s Center for Southern Jewish Culture seeks to broaden public knowledge and inspire conversations about the southern Jewish experience.
Generously funded by the Pearlstine/Lipov family in 2014, it brings together the resources of the College’s Jewish Studies Program, Addlestone Library’s Jewish Heritage Collection, and The Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina.

The College of Charleston’s Center for Southern Jewish Culture hosts a wide array of speakers, films, and other events.

Our Charleston Research Fellowship Program supports works of scholarship, public history, and artistic production.

We partner with other organizations to help the public discover the rich history and culture of the Jewish South.
UPCOMING EVENTS
NEWS AND NOTES
Taking it to the Streets: Map Making in the Digital Era
Join us on January 19, 2021 at 7:30 pm as historian Marni Davis (Georgia State [...]
Mapping Jewish Charleston 2020 website has been launched!
Staff of the Pearlstine/Lipov Center for Southern Jewish Culture and the Jewish Heritage Collection (JHC) [...]
Revisiting Southern Jewish History 2020
Award-winning scholar Dr. Shari Rabin, formerly assistant professor in the College of Charleston’s Jewish Studies [...]
Body and Soul: An American Bridge, the Black-Jewish History of an American Song
The Charleston Jewish Filmfest, the Arts Management Program at the College of Charleston, and the [...]