Temple Sinai (Sumter, S.C.) records, 1789-2012 (bulk 1920-1996).

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Temple Sinai (Sumter, S.C.) records, 1789-2012 (bulk 1920-1996).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/778699302

Records of Temple Sinai, a Reform Jewish synagogue in Sumter, South Carolina. Materials document the administrative, financial, social, educational, charitable, and spiritual activities of the congregation and its members. Also included are materials documenting prominent Jewish individuals and families of Sumter, including Penina Moïse and the Moses family.

23 linear feet (42 document boxes, 3 cartons, 3 flat boxes, 1 rolled item, 3 audiocassette tapes)

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College of Charleston, Marlene and Nathan Addlestone Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8204296

College of Charleston, Marlene and Nathan Addlestone Library

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Moïse, Penina.

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Abraham Moïse, a Sephardic Jew, immigrated to the West Indies from France and became a successful businessman; he later fled (1791) to Charleston, South Carolina, with his wife, Sarah, in the midst of a slave insurrection. Penina, the Moïse's sixth child (of nine), was born on April 23, 1797, in Charleston, SC. Abraham Moïse died when Penina was twelve, leaving the family impoverished. Penina took on a majority of the household management and dropped out of school to care for her...

Moses family.

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Congregation Sinai (Sumter, S.C.)

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