Helen Schneider Silver papers

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Helen Schneider Silver papers

1900-2006

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The collection consists mainly of articles and research files written and compiled by Helen Silver, a freelance journalist. These include "Jewish Traveler" columns in Hadassah Magazine describing Jewish sites in the southeastern United States, and articles published in the Jewish Telegraph Agency's JTA Weekly News Digest regarding the conflict in the Middle East and the United State's diplomatic and material support. Other byline and research file topics include Jewish women, Jewish artists and musicians, antisemitism, the Holocaust, Jewish populations around the world, Jewish holidays, Zionism, and weather. Also included are manuscripts of Silver's short stories and children's books, some of which include illustrations. The collection also includes materials relating to Silver's family history and her involvement in organizations such as Hadassah, the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina, the Southern Jewish Historical Society, and the Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Sisterhood. Also included are letters from Sidney Silver, Helen's husband, written while he served as a corporal in the U.S. Army Signal Corps during World War II. Addition consists of assorted papers and publications including two cookbooks, the pamphlet Israel Today, 2 photographs of Eli Evans, and 3 audiocassette tapes re the Jewish Choral Society and the KKBE choir.

5.25 linear feet (12 document boxes, 1 slim document box, 20 audiocassettes)

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College of Charleston, Marlene and Nathan Addlestone Library

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College of Charleston, Marlene and Nathan Addlestone Library

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Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, S.C.)

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Congregation Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim was organized in 1749 in Charleston, SC, following the Sephardic ritual. The current 1841 synagogue was built by enslaved African descendants owned by David Lopez Jr, a prominent slaveowner and proponent of the Confederate States of America, after the original synagogue was destroyed in a fire in 1838. ...

Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America

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Established in 1912 by Henrietta Szold to raise the standard of health in Palestine, to encourage the development of Jewish life in America, and to foster the Jewish ideal. From the description of Records, 1914-1960 [microform]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70960639 ...

Southern Jewish Historical Society (U.S.)

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In October 1976 a conference on Southern Jewish History was held in Richmond, Virginia. The gathering inspired participants to reorganize the Southern Jewish Historical Society (SJHS), dormant since the 1950s. After a year of planning, the Society was officially re-established in April 1977. With a mission to collect, preserve, exhibit, publish and popularize materials referring to the history and life of Jews in the South, the Society has held annual meetings, published newsletters...

Silver, Sidney, 1919-

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Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina

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Silver, Helen, 1922-2003.

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