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Centennial Celebrations

Steve Silver • Mar 12, 2019
2021 was the 100th anniversary of our congregation and this milestone was celebrated with an exhibit at the Aiken County Historical Museum sharing the history and contributions of Aiken’s Jewish Community as well as with the unveiling of a new historic marker on Laurens St that celebrated with contributions of Aiken’s Jewish Merchants. The opening of the exhibit and the unveiling of the historic marker was attended by a cross section of Aiken civic leaders as well as by over 100 descendants of early Aiken Jewish families that came to town as part of a Centennial Celebration Weekend. These events were held in March 2022 after being delayed a year due to the COVID pandemic. You can read more about these celebrations as well as watch replays of some of these events by clicking on the links below:

VIRTUAL EVENT: EARLY AIKEN JEWISH COMMUNITY (1850-1950)

VIRTUAL EVENT: LATER AIKEN JEWISH COMMUNITY (1950 – TODAY)





Interior of Adath Yeshurun Synagogue

ANTISEMITISM PROGRAMMING

By Website Editor • 12 Mar, 2019
We helped develop and lead a two part series of programming on Anti-Semitism on May 10th and May 24th, 2023. This programming was facilitated by representatives of the ADL and the Charleston Jewish Federation and created in conjunction with the Jewish Community Legacy Project (JCLP). The program was delivered via Zoom to a cohort of 22 small congregations across the Carolinas that was established by the JCLP. You can view the programs by clicking the links below. Also check back here for future programming planned by JCLP's Carolina region of Small Congregations. Antisemitism: The Landscape of Anti Semitism : presented by Eric Ross, Director Community Outreach, ADL Southern Division (May 10, 2023) Individual & Communal Responses to Antisemitism : presented by Natanya Miller, Director of Educational Initiatives, Charleston Jewish Federation (May 24, 2023)
Interfaith Meeting

Interfaith Open House

By Website Editor • 12 Mar, 2019
Our congregation is a member of Aiken Interfaith Partners, a coalition of faith groups committed to increasing religious understanding and tolerance in our community. January is Interfaith Harmony month in South Carolina and during this month we participate in an Interfaith Open House that allows community members to come to the Synagogue to see the sanctuary and learn about Jewish religious practices as well as about the history and contributions of our local Jewish community. This event also enables our congregants to visit other faith institutions to learn about their religious practices and meet members of these congregations. The most recent Interfaith Open House was on Saturday January 21, 2023 and the next one will be on January 13, 2024. Check back here for more information on this and other Interfaith events
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