High, ho, high, ho, it’s off to camp we go!
Program to highlight southern summer camp experience
The Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina will present “A Summer to Remember: Jewish Summer Camps in the American South” on Nov. 9-10 at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, S.C.
“Jewish summer camps have been a fixture of the southern landscape for 60 years. Camp Blue Star, Camp Judaea, Camp Barney Medintz, Henry S. Jacobs Camp, Camp Juniper, Camp Coleman, Camp Baker, and Camp Ramah Darom the most recent arrival, have nurtured generations of youngsters, creating a Jewish social milieu hard to find in small southern communities,” the Society shared. Head out for a weekend of reflection and remembrance as the Society explores the history of these camps and their ongoing impact on the way Jewish youths see themselves and the world.
Keynote speaker will be Marcie Cohen Ferris, associate professor and director of undergraduate studies in the Department of American Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She will share her thoughts on “God First, You Second, Me Third.”
A full itinerary is available online.
Registration is $75 per person. Call Enid Idelsohn at 843-953-3918 or email ldelsohn@cofc.edu for more information.
Hotel accommodations are available at The Inn at USC (a Wyndham Hotel property), 1619 Pendleton St. Rates are $120 per night. Reservations are due by Oct. 23 by calling 803-779-7779.
In other news, the South Carolina Council on the Holocaust Teacher Advisory Committee will present its eighth annual teacher workshop, “Lessons for the Holocaust: Teaching with Primary Sources,” on Oct. 18 at Columbia College.
Registration and refreshments are from 8-8:30 a.m., with the workshop following until 4 p.m.
Keynote speaker is Morris Glass, Holocaust survivor and co-author of “Chosen for Destruction: The Story of a Holocaust Survivor.”
Workshop sessions will be conducted by Dr. Lauren Granite, regional educator and director of the U.S. educational programs of Centropa, the first oral history project that combines old family photographs with the stories that accompany them.
Registration is $35 and includes a copy of Glass’s book. It is suggested that attendees read this before the event.
info/registration: jhssc.org/events.