Inventory of the Ruth Bass Jacobs Papers, 1882-2011

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Inventory of the Ruth Bass Jacobs Papers, 1882-2011

Descriptive Summary

Abstract:	Newspaper clippings, photographs, correspondence, newsletters, memoirs, recordings, and other papers of Ruth Bass Jacobs. Materials relate to Jacobs's family history and involvement in Charleston's Jewish community, particularly Brith Sholom Beth Israel and the Addlestone Hebrew Academy. Included are biographical papers and documents regarding the Bass and Jacobs families as well as newspaper clippings on topics of interest. The collection also consists of audio and video recordings of family events, oral history interviews, and religious ceremonies.
Title:	Ruth Bass Jacobs papers
Creator:	Jacobs, Ruth Bass, 1923-2007
Date(s):	1882-2011
Extent:	7 linear feet (11 document boxes, 1 flat file box, 1 rolled item box, 17 audiocassette tapes, 1 microcassette tape, 42 videocassette tapes)
Repository:	Jewish Heritage Collection, Special Collections, College of Charleston Libraries 66 George Street Charleston, SC 29424 Phone: (843) 953-8016 Fax: (843) 953-6319 URL: http://archives.library.cofc.edu
Call Number:	Mss 1010
Language of Material:	Materials in English, Hebrew, and Spanish

Biographical Note

Ruth Bass Jacobs (1923-2007) was born in North, South Carolina, to Esther Cohen Bass and Nathan Bass.

Nathan Bass (1887-1958) was born in Vasilishok, located in modern-day Lithuania, and in 1901, immigrated to the United States. He and his cousin left New York City in 1908 for Charleston, South Carolina. Four years later, Bass relocated to North, where he established the Bass Mercantile Company, a clothing and textiles store.

Esther Cohen (1889-1974) was born in Bialystok, Poland, and immigrated to the United States in 1891 with her parents and older sister. She grew up in New York City and worked for a jewelry wholesaler until she met Nathan Bass, who was visiting the city to purchase merchandise for his store. They were married in 1917 and settled in North.

The Basses had seven children: Samuel "Bernie" Bass, Herbert "Herbie" Bass, Ruth Bass Jacobs, Frances Bass Ginsberg, Marcia Bass Brody, Lucille Bass Lipsitz, and Jack Bass. Samuel Bass graduated from the University of South Carolina and Herbert Bass graduated from the Citadel and both served in World War II. In 1943 Herbert Bass was killed in action during a failed mission in Guadalcanal. Frances Ginsberg and Lucille Lipsitz both operated family-owned businesses- Ginsberg Ladies Shop in Bishopville and Lipsitz Shoe Store in Beaufort. Marcia Bass Brody co-authored Vos Makhstu Y'all: The Bass Family of North and has documented the family's activities and achievements in the Bass family newsletter. Jack Bass, a journalist and professor, has co-authored several publications on the political culture of the American South.

Ruth Bass graduated from the University of South Carolina in 1943 with a Secretarial Science Certificate. She was working for the South Carolina State Board of Health in Columbia when she met Isaac Jacobs, a travelling salesman for Jacobs Hosiery Company based out of Charleston. Bass and Jacobs were married in 1951 and raised six children in Charleston. The Jacobses were members of the Brith Sholom Beth Israel (BSBI) Congregation.

While raising her children, Ruth Jacobs worked part-time as an office assistant for BSBI and the Addlestone Hebrew Academy, formerly known as the Charleston Hebrew Institute. She was an active member of several Jewish communal organizations, including the BSBI Sisterhood and Charleston Jewish Community Center; she edited the BSBI newsletter The Messenger; and served on the board of the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina (1999-2006). Jacobs also volunteered with the Jewish Heritage Collection by recording and transcribing oral history interviews. In 2004, she was honored by BSBI as "A Woman Who Makes a Difference." Ruth Jacobs passed away in 2007.

Collection Overview

Newspaper clippings, photographs, correspondence, newsletters, memoirs, recordings, and other papers of Ruth Bass Jacobs. Included are biographical papers and documents regarding the Bass and Jacobs families, including Noach Bass, Nathan Bass, members of the Pearlstine family, and Ruth Jacobs's siblings, husband, and children. Materials also relate to Jacobs's involvement in Charleston's Jewish community, particularly Brith Sholom Beth Israel and the Addlestone Hebrew Academy. Also included are Jacobs's newspaper clippings on individuals and topics of interest, and Jacobs's audio and video recordings of family events, oral history interviews, and religious ceremonies.

Collection Arrangement

1.	Biographical, 1920s-2007
2.	Ruth and Isaac Jacobs family, 1941-2000s
3.	Bass family, 1890s-2011
4.	Jacobs, Karesh, and Pearlstine families, 1882-2003
5.	Brith Sholom Beth Israel, 1904-2007
6.	Addlestone Hebrew Academy, 1965-2005
7.	Organizations, 1957-2006
8.	Topical files, 1935-2007
9.	Audiovisual material, 1985-2000, undated

Search Terms

The following terms have been used to index this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person, family, or organization, by topical subject, by place, and by types of material.

Names

Bass, Ruth Jacobs, 1923-2007
Bass family
Jacobs family
Addlestone Hebrew Academy (Charleston, S.C.)
Brith Sholom Beth Israel (Charleston, S.C.)

Subjects

Jews--South Carolina
Jewish women--South Carolina
Judaism--Customs and practices

Places

Charleston (S.C.)

Types of Material

Audiocassette tapes
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence
Newsletters
Photographs
Videocassette tapes

Related Resources

Related Material

Related materials in Special Collections include three oral history interviews with Ruth Bass Jacobs and Isaac Jacobs, 1995 and 1998 (Mss 1035-005, Mss 1035-009, Mss 1035-173), and several manuscript collections and oral histories relating to the Bass, Jacobs, Pearlstine, Karesh, and Cohen families. Special Collections also holds copies of Vos Makhstu Y'all: The Bass Family of North by Marcia Bass Brody and Ken Bass (2011) and two of Tzvi Jacobs's publications: Truths Revealed: Modern day stories of faith and miracles (1996) and From the Heavens to the Heart: True stories of extraordinary happenings in the lives of ordinary people (2000).

Detailed Description of the Collection

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1. Biographical, 1920s-2007

General, 1940-2007, undated box 1 | folder 1

Includes certificates, photographs, a digital recording on DVD of Ruth Jacobs's graveside service, and eulogies for Jacobs's funeral.

Childhood and education, 1924-1943, 1994, 2001, undated box 1 | folder 2-3

Includes report cards, play programs, and materials relating to North High School. Memoirs written by Jacobs about growing up during the Great Depression and about daily life in North, South Carolina, are also included. Jacobs's high school diploma is stored in oversize box 1.

Ruth Bass high school diploma, circa 1941 (oversize) box 12

South Carolina State Board of Health, 1945-1951 box 1 | folder 4

Includes correspondence and a summary of job duties relating to Ruth Bass Jacobs's secretarial work at the South Carolina State Board of Health.

Marriage to Isaac Jacobs, 1951 box 1 | folder 5-6

Includes newspaper clippings, photographs, correspondence, and a guestbook.

Correspondence, 1947-2004 box 1 | folder 7

Event invitations, 1941-2005 box 1 | folder 8

80th birthday party, 2003 box 1 | folder 9

Consists of photographs and cards.

Photographs, 1920s-1950s box 1 | folder 10

2. Ruth and Isaac Jacobs family, 1917-2000s

Isaac Jacobs, 1917-1999

General, 1941-1999 box 1 | folder 11

Includes mostly newspaper clippings of articles written by Isaac Jacobs.

Correspondence, 1943, 1991-1997 box 1 | folder 12

Largely consists of letters from Glen Milnor, a childhood friend, describing memories of growing up in Charleston. Also includes a letter from Jacobs to the Pearlstine family sent while Jacobs was serving in the Pacific during World War II.

"BSBI West Ashley Minyan House: The first twenty-five years, 1967-1992" manuscript, undated box 1 | folder 13

Photographs, 1917- circa 1999 box 1 | folder 14

Children, 1959-1991, undated box 2 | folder 1

Includes wedding invitations, newspaper articles, and an eyewitness account of the 1991 Crown Heights riot in Brooklyn, New York, written by Joszef Steinherz.

Tzvi (born Herbert) Jacobs, 1961-2000

General, 1961-2000 box 2 | folder 2

Largely consists of newspaper articles written by Tzvi Jacobs or regarding his publications.

Truths Revealed second edition manuscript, undated box 2 | folder 3

Charles Jacobs, 1968-1990, undated box 2 | folder 4

"30 Years of the Family Jacobs" scrapbook (dismantled), 1941-1986 box 2 | folder 5-8

Mostly photographs of family members but also includes newspaper clippings and other ephemera.

Photographs, 1950s-2000s box 2 | folder 9

3. Bass family, 1890s-2011

General, 1940-2004 box 2 | folder 10

Includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other papers relating to Ruth Bass Jacobs and her siblings. Includes a transcript of an interview with Charles Bass and a list of the descendants of Esther and Nathan Bass. One letter is written in Hebrew.

Noach (Noah) Bass, 1946, 1977, 1997, undated

Noach Bass (1874-1940s), Ruth Bass Jacobs's uncle, was an important figure in the early Zionist movement in Grodno, Belarus (formerly Poland and Lithuania).

Grodno, undated box 2 | folder 11

Noach Bass, 1946 box 2 | folder 12

Publication of essays written in Noach Bass's memory.

Translations of Noach Bass, 1977, 1997 box 2 | folder 13

Translated by Rabbi David J. Radinsky, Charleston. For audio recordings of this translation, please refer to the audiovisual series.

Nathan and Esther Cohen Bass, 1936-1993 box 3 | folder 1-2

Includes biographies, obituaries, and newspaper clippings regarding the Bass's store in North, South Carolina. Also included is Nathan Bass's naturalization certificate (1936).

Cohen family, 1927-1968 box 3 | folder 3

Newspaper clippings and photographs relating to Moses Cohen, Sadye Cohen Green, and David E. Cohen.

North, South Carolina, 1994-1999, undated box 3 | folder 4

Narrative descriptions of growing up in North, South Carolina, written by Marcia Bass Brody, Lucille Bass Lipsitz, and Ruth Bass Jacobs. Jack Bass's memories of North are recorded in his essay "Just Like One of Us" (Box 3, Folder 12). Also included are several newspaper clippings about North.

Samuel "Bernie" Bass, 1941-1985 box 3 | folder 5

Includes photocopies of newspaper articles regarding Samuel Bass's service in the Army Air Corps during World War II and the Korean War and copies of correspondence to family members. After his army service, Bass was an attorney and alderman in Chicago, Illinois.

Herbert "Herbie" Bass, 1920-1949

Herbert Bass (1920-1944) was a dive-bomber pilot in World War II. Bass was killed in action in 1943 during a mission in Guadalcanal.

General, 1940-1949 box 3 | folder 6

Includes brief biographies and photocopies of materials regarding Bass's military service and funeral.

1940 issue of The Sphinx (The Citadel's yearbook) box 3 | folder 7

Correspondence, 1938-1948 box 3 | folder 8-9

Includes correspondence from Herbert Bass to friends and family describing his daily activities at the Citadel and opinions on the war. One letter describes his experiences attending the reform and orthodox synagogues in Charleston (1938). Also included are sympathy letters in response to Bass's death.

Photographs, 1920-1943 box 3 | folder 10

Jack Bass,1954-2009 ,

General, 1954-2006 box 3 | folder 11

Just Like One of Us manuscript, undated box 3 | folder 12

Bass's memoir about growing up in North, South Carolina.

Articles, 1963-2009 box 3 | folder 13

Includes articles written by Bass and articles regarding Bass's publications.

U.S. Congress campaign, 1978 box 4 | folder 1

Includes photocopies of newspaper clippings, flyers, and promotional material from Bass's unsuccessful bid as the Democratic candidate for South Carolina's 2nd Congressional District.

Campaign t-shirt, 1978 (oversize) box 12

Photographs, 1940s, 1990s box 4 | folder 2

Bass family reunion, 1997 box 4 | folder 3

Newsletters, 1989-2011 ,

The Bass Triannual News, No. 1-12, 1989-1993 box 4 | folder 4

The Bass Triannual News, No. 13-30, 1994-2001 box 4 | folder 5

The Bass Family Newsletter, No. 31-46, 2001- 2005 box 4 | folder 6

The Bass Family Newsletter, No. 47-64, 2006-2011 box 4 | folder 7

Bass family photographs, 1890s-2000s

Bass and Cohen families, 1890s-1970s box 4 | folder 8

Includes images of Nathan Bass and Esther Cohen Bass.

Album, 1910s-1930s box 4 | folder 9

Group portraits, 1920s-1960s box 4 | folder 10

Photograph of Samuel, Herbert, and Ruth Bass, circa 1926 (oversize) box 12

Snapshots of Bass siblings and friends, 1930s-1960s box 4 | folder 11

Snapshots of family and friends, 1960s-2000s box 5 | folder 1

Photocopies, 1920s-1970s box 5 | folder 2

Slides and negatives, 1890s-1960s box 5 | folder 3

Also includes slides and negatives from the Pearlstine and Jacobs families.

4. Jacobs, Karesh, and Pearlstine families, 1882-2003

Family trees,1838-2003

General (1838-2003), undated box 5 | folder 4

Descendants of Jacob Karesh (1795-1996), undated box 5 | folder 5

Descendants of Harris Nathan Cohen (1859-1998), undated box 5 | folder 6

Descendants of Samuel Karesh (1906-1998), undated box 5 | folder 7

Pearlstine family, 1882-2000

General, 1891-2000, undated box 5 | folder 8

Includes materials regarding Milton A. Pearlstine, Edwin Pearlstine, Susan Pearlstine-Foster, Thomas Pearlstine, Hanna Pearlstine, and Flora Pearlstine Jacobs.

Thomas L. Pearlstine's tallis bag, undated (oversize) box 12

Land titles, 1882-1906 box 5 | folder 9

Mostly regarding land in Orangeburg County.

Pearlstine vs. Jacobs legal documents, 1947-1956 box 5 | folder 10

Includes correspondence, financial records, and legal documents regarding a dispute between Ethel Jacobs and Thomas Pearlstine over inherited land.

Lena Pearlstine Berkman, 1931,1939, 1982, undated box 5 | folder 11

Includes Lena Pearlstine Berkman's memoir describing her family's voyage from Russia to America in 1856.

Photographs, circa 1880s-1940s, 1990s box 5 | folder 12-13

Jacobs family, 1880s, 1944-2002

General, 1950-2002, undated box 5 | folder 14

Includes materials regarding Harold Jacobs, Samuel Jacobs, Bezalel Moshe Jacobs, Solomon Epstein (son of Florette Jacobs), Herbert Jacobs, and Janette Jacobs Wolper.

Louis Jacobs and Ethel (Pearlstine) Jacobs, 1944-1976, undated box 6 | folder 1

Photographs, 1880s-1990s box 6 | folder 2

Karesh family, 1960s, 1990s box 6 | folder 3

Includes newspaper clippings relating to Jan Karesh and Charles Karesh.

Slager family history, ca. 1977 box 6 | folder 4

Photocopy of a narrative history of the Slager family beginning with Samuel Slager (1853-?), whose older sister, Jeanette, married Isaac Jacobs in 1859.

5. Brith Sholom Beth Israel, 1904-2007

History, 1904-1994

General, 1904-1994 box 6 | folder 5

Includes newspaper clippings, timelines, and narrative histories of BSBI.

Sketch of the BSBI synagogue on Rutledge Street, undated (oversize) box 12

Brith Sholom cemetery survey, 1935 (rolled item) box 13

Merging of B'rith Sholom and Beth Israel Congregations, 1954, 1956 box 6 | folder 6

Dedications, 1948,1956 box 6 | folder 7

Includes newspaper clippings and programs relating to the dedication of Beth Israel Synagogue in 1948 and Brith Sholom Beth Israel Synagogue in 1956.

Administrative, 1945-2003

General, 1945, 1995-2003 box 6 | folder 8

Includes financial records, materials relating to board members and committees, and a real estate title and bill of sale (1945).

Board of trustees meeting minutes, 1994-1997 box 6 | folder 9

Congregational meetings, 1994-2003 box 6 | folder 10

Officers and presidents, 1953-2001 box 6 | folder 11

Rabbis, 1935-2004

Mostly consists of newspaper clippings and other articles.

Isaac Feinberg and family, 1935, undated box 6 | folder 12

Nachum Rabinovitch, 1960-1963, undated box 6 | folder 13

David and Barbara Radinsky, 1995-2004 box 6 | folder 14

Miscellaneous, 1948-2004 box 6 | folder 15

Correspondence, 1928, 1973, 1996-2004 box 6 | folder 16

Mostly correspondence from the BSBI president to the congregation.

Newspaper clippings, 1946-2005 box 6 | folder 17

Events, 1976, 1987-2007, undated box 7 | folder 1-4

Anniversaries, 1985, 1995 box 7 | folder 5

Yahrzeit lists, Book of Life volumes, and books on mourning, 1986, 1993-2004 box 7 | folder 6

Messenger (scattered issues)

1946, 1971-1989 box 7 | folder 7-9

1990-2007 box 8 | folder 5

Correspondence and drafts, 2001-2004, undated box 8 | folder 6

Sisterhood, 1950s-2007

Daughters of Israel, 1958-1968 box 9 | folder 1

Precursor organization to the BSBI Sisterhood. Includes correspondence, financial records, constitution and by-laws.

Administrative records, 1950s-2007 box 9 | folder 2

Meetings and events, circa 1995-circa 2005 box 9 | folder 3

Fundraising, 1997-2007, undated box 9 | folder 4

Includes flyers for selling orthograms and Purim baskets.

Photographs, 1980s-2000s box 9 | folder 5

Photographs, 1950s-2000s box 9 | folder 6-7

Interior photograph of BSBI, undated (oversize) box 12

6. Addlestone Hebrew Academy, 1962-2004

Formerly known as the Charleston Hebrew Institute.

History and brochures, 1987-1997 box 9 | folder 8

Administrative records, 1996, 1997, undated box 9 | folder 9

Includes meeting minutes and the AHA constitution.

Fundraising and financial records, 1995, undated box 9 | folder 10

Events, 1985-1996 box 9 | folder 11

Commencement programs, 1962-2004 box 9 | folder 12

Newsletters, 1966, 1996, 1997 box 9 | folder 13

Addlestone Hebrew Academy section of Charleston Jewish Journal, 1995-1997 box 9 | folder 14

Newspaper articles, 1969-2005 box 9 | folder 15

Charleston Hebrew Institute cotton gym suit, 1970s-1980s (oversize) box 12

Miscellaneous, 1965-1993 box 9 | folder 16

7. Organizations, 1957-2006

Charleston Jewish Community Center, 1957-2003

General, 1995-2003 box 10 | folder 1

Includes correspondence, event programs, and a JCC 50th anniversary booklet.

Archives committee, 1987-1989 box 10 | folder 2

L'Chaim newsletter, 1982-1985 box 10 | folder 3

Jacobs was editor of L'Chaim, a JCC newsletter for senior adults. Includes correspondence, drafts, and several issues.

Oral history project, 1989-2002 box 10 | folder 4

Articles regarding JCC president Aaron Solomon, 1957-1967 box 10 | folder 5

Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina, 1995-2006 box 10 | folder 6

South Carolina Department of Archives and History, 1993-1995 box 10 | folder 7

Miscellaneous, 1982-2003 box 10 | folder 8

Includes newsletters and invitations from the Charleston Chapter of Hadassah and the National Council of Jewish Women.

8. Topical files, 1935-2007

Consist mostly of newspaper clippings.

Charleston, South Carolina, 1955-2005 box 10 | folder 9

Holidays (Jewish), 1993-2005 box 10 | folder 10

Holocaust, 1984-2006 box 10 | folder 11

Hurricane Hugo, 1989-1990 box 10 | folder 12

Includes photographs of damage from the hurricane.

Israel, 1996-2005 box 10 | folder 13

Individuals and families, 1940-2007

Garfinkel, Paul, 1995, 2000 box 10 | folder 14

Goldberg, Sonny, 1994 box 10 | folder 15

Greenberg, Ruben, 2001-2005 box 10 | folder 16

Hyman family, 1993-1999 box 10 | folder 17

Kirshtein family, 1940, 1995-1996, undated box 10 | folder 18

Krawcheck, Saul, 1995-2007 box 10 | folder 19

Richman, Billy, 1994-2000 box 10 | folder 20

Smith, Cecil, 1965-1989 box 11 | folder 1

Sokol family, 1998-2000 box 11 | folder 2

Zucker family, 1995-2006 box 11 | folder 3

Miscellaneous individuals, 1980s-2000s box 11 | folder 4-5

Jewish war veterans, 1995, 2002 box 11 | folder 6

Judaism, 1935, 1995-2005 box 11 | folder 7

Kosher food, 1995-2003 box 11 | folder 8

Letters to the editor, circa 1994-2000 box 11 | folder 9

"Serendipity "column from the Charleston Jewish Journal, 1982, 1995, 1997 box 11 | folder 10

Synagogue Emanu-El, 1950, 2004, undated box 11 | folder 11

Includes an Emanu-El Sisterhood cookbook.

Miscellaneous newspaper clippings, undated box 11 | folder 12

Miscellaneous papers, 1984-2002 box 11 | folder 13

Includes a Confederate $10 bill, photocopies of several articles in Spanish written by Joseph D. Benmaman, and the 1970 yearbook for Yeshiva of the South.

9. Audiovisual material, 1985-2000, undated

Videocassette tapes, 1988-2000, undated

(JHC Videocassettes Box 2-4 | 42 videocassette tapes)

Most of the videos were recorded and narrated by Ruth Bass Jacobs. Original titles have been retained.

Family

"Grandchildren in New Jersy, BSBI Minyan House, Lena Berkman window," circa 1993 videotape 1010-v01

"Hanna Pearlstine's birthday party," 1993 (2 copies) videotape 1010-v02, 1010-v03

"Jack Bass receives Kennedy Book Award," 1994 videotape 1010-v04

"Bass family pictures and documents," circa 1996 videotape 1010-v05

"Isaac Jacobs's bamboo, King Street Deli," 1990s videotape 1010-v06

"North High School reunion," 1990s videotape 1010-v07

"Bass pictures, Schafer party," 1990s videotape 1010-v08

"Freida's birthday," 1990s videotape 1010-v09

"Lipsitz shoe store; Morristown, NJ; Crown Heights, Brooklyn," 1990s videotape 1010-v10

"From Generation to Generation: Dedicated in loving memory of Nathan and Esther Cohen Bass," undated videotape 1010-v42

Oral history interviews

"Syd Schraibman interview," 1995 (2 copies) videotape 1010-v11, 1010-v12

"Isaac Jacobs interview," 1998 videotape 1010-v31

"Irving Sonenshine interview," 1997 videotape 1010-v14

BSBI

"St. Philip Street neighborhood reminiscences," 1988 videotape 1010-v51

"Installation in shul, honoring Mona Sokol," 1992 videotape 1010-v16

"Banquet celebration for 140th anniversary," 1995 videotape 1010-v17

"BSBI installation and awards," 1998 (5 copies) videotape 1010-v18, 1010-v19, 1010-v20, 1010-v21, 1010-v22

"Beth Israel documents, Rabbi Radinsky, Michael Kogan, Winstock pictures, cemeteries," undated videotape 1010-v23

"BSBI chapel, Tubiana wedding, BSBI Minyan House, Lena Berkman window," undated videotape 1010-v24

"Rabbi Radinsky, Michael Kogan, Pearlstine family, cemeteries," undated videotape 1010-v25

"Sisterhood meeting," undated videotape 1010-v26

Brises, weddings, upsherins

"Humanities tradition: Bris, upsherin, weddings," undated videotape 1010-v27

"Bris, Messages to Israel," undated videotape 1010-v28

"Pre-bris, brit milah," undated videotape 1010-v29

"Tubiana wedding, Adam Lipsitz bris, Letters to Israel," undated videotape 1010-v30

"Upsherin, assistant rabbi's house, Lord Ashley house, Epstein house," undated videotape 1010-v31

"Gordon and Kirshtein bris; Tubiana-Jacobs wedding," undated videotape 1010-v32

"Shayna-Douber's wedding," undated videotape 1010-v33

Miscellaneous

"Escape to Paradise, Charleston Jewish Federation Outreach Video," 1992 videotape 1010-v34

"Carol Nussbaum and friends," 1994 (2 copies) videotape 1010-v35, 1010-v36

"Nightline with Ted Koppel- town meeting in Jerusalem, Thou Shalt Not Kill," 1995 videotape 1010-v37

"South Carolina ETV Holocaust program", 1999 videotape 1010-v38

"Airbase, sukkah," 2000 videotape 1010-v39

"Olympics, hurricane memories," undated videotape 1010-v40

"The War Brought Home- Bill Sharpe," undated videotape 1010-v41

Includes brief interviews with native Charlestonians living in Israel.

Audiocassette tapes, 1985-2000, undated

(JHC Audiocassettes Box 1-2 | 17 audiocassette tapes)

Dr. Raymond Rosenblum roast at BSBI- part 1 and 2, 1985 audiocassette 1010-a01, 1010-a02

Audio letter from Isaac Jacobs to Glen Milner, 1985 audiocassette 1010-a03

Unknown call-in radio program regarding Hurricane Hugo, 1989 audiocassette 1010-a04

Bella Goldman Grauer interview, 1997 audiocassette 1010-a06

Judge Klyde Robinson interview, 1997 audiocassette 1010-a07

Translations of Noach Bass- part 1, 1997 (3 copies) audiocassette 1010-a12, 1010-a13, 1010-a14

Noach Bass is a compilation of essays in memory of Noach (Noah) Bass (1874-1941) published in 1946. The publication was translated from Hebrew to English by Rabbi David Radinsky.

Translations of Noach Bass- part 2, 1997 (2 copies) audiocassette 1010-a15, 1010-a16

Ruth Bass Jacobs interviewed by Elizabeth Moses re: Tanchum Pearlstine and selling buttons to Confederate soldiers, 2000 audiocassette 1010-a17

Jewish music and Charles Jacobs lecture on Judaism at College of Charleston, undated audiocassette 1010-a18

Orangeburg Massacre radio program- part 1 and 2, undated audiocassette 1010-a08, 1010-a09

Palmetto Pathways meeting, undated audiocassette 1010-a10

Rabbi Radinsky describes how to arrange a Seder plate, undated audiocassette 1010-a11

"Chants- Lehem," undated audiotape 1010-m01

(JHC Miscellaneous Audiovisual Formats Box 1 | 1 microcassette tape)

Miscellaneous audiovisual papers, 2007, undated box 11 | folder 14

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Acquisitions Information

Materials were donated in 2002 by Ruth Bass Jacobs and in 2007 by Susan Sonenthal.

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Processed by Sarah Dorpinghaus, June 2011.

Encoded by Sarah Dorpinghaus, September 2011.

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