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Our previous Mystery Photo
Our Nov. 23 photo, “Building with history,” shows Temple Beth Elohim on Screven Street in Georgetown.
A hat tip to these photo detectives for correctly identifying the picture: George Graf of Palmyra, Va.; Bill Segars and Don Clark, both of Hartsville; Jim McMahan of Charleston; Allan Peel of San Antonio, Texas; and Jay Altman of Columbia.
Graf shared that the temple “was established in 1904 when the Jews of Georgetown, who were worshiping in peoples’ homes and at the Winyah Indigo Society, formalized their congregation by becoming the sister temple to Charleston’s Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim. Jews arrived in the historic seaport of Georgetown, SC in the mid 1700’s and by 1800, were a small but important portion of the population. Abraham and Solomon Cohen, along with Mordecai Myers, were some of the founders of the early mercantile business in Georgetown. There is now a temple community of 43 families who are involved in the congregation. Services are held every Friday night and an Oneg (social function following services) is held the second and fourth Friday of each month. A great deal of work has been done to maintain and enhance the building and grounds, as well as to the interior.”
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