Center for Jewish Southern Culture Blog
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.
Center Talk, Spring 2017
The Center sponsored the first talk in the “Jews and Elections” series. Acting Director Rabin spoke about the 1860 Presidential election.
The First Jewish Americans Exhibit Opens in New York October 27
The First Jewish Americans: Freedom and Culture in the New World opens at the New York Historical Society in Manhattan on Thursday, October 27.
Shari Rabin Publishes in the Journal of Southern Religion
Rabin has published an article entitled "Mohalim, Not Missionaries: Outsider and Insider Bodies in Southern Religious History".
Center Talk, Fall 2016
The Center hosted our 2nd film screening, of Carvalho’s Journey, which charts the life & work of Charleston Jewish photographer & artist Solomon Nunes Carvalho.
By Dawn’s Early Light, Princeton, February 13 – June 12, 2016
Princeton University Library announces the opening of the exhibition "By Dawn’s Early Light: Jewish Contributions to American Culture from the Nation’s Founding to the Civil War" on Saturday, February 13, 2016.
Synagogues of the South
Pearlstine/Lipov Center for Southern Jewish Culture is developing a new online exhibition titled "Synagogues of the South", curated by Dr. Samuel D. Gruber.
Mapping Jewish Charleston
The "Mapping Jewish Charleston" exhibit will explore the Jewish presence in the city with historical sites, topical themes, documents, images, and oral histories.
Center Talk, Spring 2016
The Pearlstine/Lipov Center for Southern Jewish Culture held its first public event, a discussion of “Jews in the Freedom Summer” with Bruce Watson, author of this year’s College Reads! selection, Freedom Summer: The Savage Season That Made Mississippi Burn and Made America a Democracy.