Families With Ties to Upper King: A Letter from Brittany Lavelle Tulla

The time is now to honor Charleston’s Jewish families with ties to Upper King Street.

I am Brittany Lavelle Tulla, lead architectural historian of BVL Historic Preservation Research, and I am on a mission to formally designate Upper King Street as a Historic District on the National Regis…

ADL Releases Audit of Antisemitic Incidents 2022

On Thursday, Match 23, the Anti-Defamation League released its 2022 Audit of Antisemitic Incidents. Across the US, incidents rose 36% from 2021 to 2022. In South Carolina, that rate was 193%. - 15 incidents in 2021 and 44 in 2022.

 

Many of these incidents were white supremacist flyers -…

Charleston Area Passover Opportunities 5783/2023

Passover is one of the most celebrated holidays in the Jewish calendar. It is a time for friends, families and loved ones to come together and honor their heritage. It is also a time to celebrate the gift of freedom.Federation is getting ready for the holiday with you. See below for opportun…

Brickman Family’s Loss Strengthens Israel With Love

The following article was submitted to the Charleston Jewish Federation and written by Richard Friedman of Birmingham, AL. The original article was originally posted in the Southern Jewish Life Magazine. 

Image: Charleston native Steven Brickman in front of the new Lenora Pate fitness fa…

Remember Project Visits Anne Frank Center & Columbia Holocaust Memorial

On January 15^th the fourth cohort of the Remember Project traveled by school bus to Columbia to tour the Anne Frank Center and the Columbia Holocaust memorial. We were joined at the memorial by Lilly Filler, Child of Holocaust Survivors and President of the South Carolina Council on the Holo…