A Portion of the People: Three Hundred Years of Southern Jewish Life
This handsome, well-documented volume serves as the companion to  and record of an exhibition that resulted from a seven-year  collaboration by the Jewish Historical Society of South  Carolina, McKissick Museum of the University of South Carolina,  and the College of Charleston. Illuminating a little-explored  phase of American religious history, it chronicles the  complexities of Jewish life in South Carolina, a state that had  more Jews than any other in North America two centuries ago. The  book features excerpts from journals and letters, documents such  as mortgages and marriage contracts, and recollections distilled  from hundreds of oral histories. It also presents three topical  essays and a photo essay. Edited by Theodore Rosengarten  (Tombee: Portrait of a Cotton Planter) and Dale Rosengarten,  curator of the Jewish Heritage Collection at the College of  Charleston Libraries, it makes a significant contribution to our  understanding of the Southern Jewish experience. Of interest to  scholars and general readers; recommended for specialized  library collections in American Jewish history and Southern  history in general, as well as larger public and academic  libraries.David B. Levy, Beth Avraham Synagogue Lib., BaltimoreCopyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.