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
Center Talk, Spring 2019
I spent this semester working with my students in “Southern Jewish History” to curate an exhibition of southern Jewish family photographs.
Center Talk, Fall 2018
In January, we hosted journalist Sue Eisenfeld, who gave a Sunday talk on her current project, “A Yankee’s Journey Through the Jewish South.”
Center Talk, Spring 2018
The Center treated Charleston to Joselit’s eloquent meditation on the Ten Commandments in the American South.
Center Talk, Fall 2017
Kinky Friedman, Texas singer & politician, gave a free performance & participated in an on-stage conversation about his life & career as a Jewish southerner.