![]() I said, “No, I’m not going to practice here.” He said, “Why not?” I said, “First of all, I don’t want to take the bar over again.” I said, “I had a hell of a time passing it in Pennsylvania, it was hard enough, and I’m not going to take another bar exam here.” He said, “Why? You’re smart, you don’t have to worry about it.” I said, “I don’t know how smart I am, but I have been out for four years, and I’m not going to study for that. And my father-in-law, after he lost his partner, asked me if I’d consider staying here with him. I was refereeing basketball and football games, and I was Chairman of the Young Republican Club and had a good little practice. That’s where my home was and that’s where my practice was, that’s where I knew everybody. While I was overseas he had one partner who died of cancer, so when the war was over and I was going back to Pennsylvania to practice. He also had the same kind of a story-he came out of Latvia, I think, or one of those places, also for the same reason, and he had been practicing in New York, and he came down and practiced in Charleston, and this was his office. To try to bring the people in who have mixed marriages, to help them to observe the Judaism.Ĭlick here to view more stories Assimilation, I think it's okay, though, for me to belong to Emanu-El, or even the Temple. It's not a healthy situation, and of course they make it difficult for people to convert, which is not good, but I can't tell them that, because that's the way they want to practice their religion. I don't want to see Judaism-I don't want to see it fade out completely. In addition to the six million Jews we lost before, we're losing them today because it's too easy to assimilate, and that's not good. I was just reading an article from Edgar Bronfman here, from the American Jewish Committee, and he's talking about the fact that the Jews are becoming a decimated religion, and we're losing more Jews than we gain every year, and the Arabs are becoming stronger and stronger-the whole world is becoming stronger, as far as that's concerned, in their own religions, and we Jews are losing. A lot of our people are leaving the Jewish fold. Because a lot of the people who are at Emanu-El are like me, they don't care much about religion, and we're not going to be much help in future days to come, when they really need that.īecause of assimilation. It's expensive to belong to both synagogues, but I believe that since I was a member of Brith Sholom Beth Israel-I don't want to penalize them. Certainly there were bad feelings, but they couldn't have bad feelings for me, because I pay my dues! And that's not inexpensive after all those years, thousand dollars a year, plus all the other things with Addlestone Hebrew Academy and all the drives that they have and stuff like that. Oh, yes, there were people from Brith Sholom who resented Emanu-El. See also the interview guidelines, and list of interviewers. To request a transcript and/or audio file, contact oral history archivist Alyssa Neely at or 843.953.8028, or call Special Collections 843.953.8016. We also can provide a transcript for most, but not all, recordings. We respond to most requests within 2 business days, however, we may require up to week if an interview has not been fully processed. ![]() For those oral histories that are not online, mp3s are available upon request. A large and growing number of interviews, both transcript and audio, are online at the Lowcountry Digital Library. ![]() All cassette tape recordings have been digitized to mp3 audio files. Click on each name for more details about that oral history. You can also search for interviews by place.Ĭopies of original recordings (analog and digital, audio and video) may be accessed using equipment provided in Special Collections. Below is the growing list of interviewees (searchable using Ctrl-F), panelists, and speakers, and the dates of their recordings. The collection also includes interviews with World War II liberators and survivors of the Holocaust who have come to live in South Carolina, as well as a variety of presentations and panel discussions that cover subjects relevant to the history of Jewish South Carolinians. The majority of interviews focus on first- and second-generation Americans of the twentieth century, and address topics such as immigration, assimilation, antisemitism, Jewish/African-American relations, making a living, and religious life. The Jewish Heritage Collection Oral Histories, archived in Special Collections at the College of Charleston’s Addlestone Library, offer an inside perspective on the lives of Jewish residents of South Carolina’s cities and small towns. ![]()
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