Community & Events

Signature Events

• Three Rabbi Panel

  Since 2004, the Charleston Jewish community has gathered for the only event in town where members of different congregations and denominations get to listen to rabbis other than their own. In the Three Rabbi Panel, a faculty member from the Jewish Studies Program hosts a discussion on a pertinent issue, with three rabbis present - one Orthodox, one Conservative and one Reform. The highlight of each event are those moments when the rabbis disagree and sometimes even get into an argument (all in good spirit, of course). The Three Rabbi Panel is a great learning opportunity for all and, no matter the topic, is guaranteed to be one of the best shows in town! 
  
  The Three Rabbi Panel is supported by the Stanley and Charlot Karesh Family Fund, an endowment given by the Karesh family in the spring of 2015 in support of Jewish Studies’ community outreach programming. Stay tuned for exciting changes coming to this program soon.

• Sunday Brunch Lecture Series

  One of our most beloved community programs is the Sunday Brunch Lecture Series. Grab a bagel and lox and enjoy an hour of discussion from worldwide leading figures in Jewish Studies. Established in 1994, many of the series’ past lectures are available on YouTube.

• Milton and Freddie Kronsberg Memorial Lecture Series

  The Milton Kronsberg Lecture Series was established in the Fall of 1999 as a result of a generous endowment by the Kronsberg family. Past speakers have included Linda Gradstein, James Young, Shulem Deen, and Dan Shapiro, a former U.S. Ambassador to Israel. The series honors the Kronsbergs’ lifelong commitment to Jewish ideas and values and brings leading voices in the Jewish world to Charleston every year, typically in the spring semester, for a special lecture. In the Fall of 2002, after the passing of Freddie Kronsberg (OBM), the series was renamed the Milton and Freddie Kronsberg Memorial Lecture Series.

• The Arnold Nemirow Lecture Series

  The Arnold Nemirow Lecture is the centerpiece event of each semester at the Zucker/Goldberg Center for Holocaust Studies. Now including such guests as Father Patrick Desbois and Edward Westermann, the Arnold Nemirow series brings leading and emerging voices in the study of World War II and the Holocaust to students and community members at the College of Charleston.

• The Mosse Zucker/Goldberg New Books Series

  In partnership with the George L. Mosse Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the Zucker/Goldberg Center hosts an online book discussion, response, and Q&A each semester in our Mosse Zucker/Goldberg (MZG) New Books Series. Each event supports a virtual book talk and response by a leading academic in the author’s field with audience questions to follow. Prior events are available on the Mosse Program YouTube channel.

• Chanukah in the Square

  Chanukah in the Square (CITS) is the largest annual Jewish event in South Carolina. It takes place on a Sunday afternoon during the week of Chanukah, typically at Marion Square in downtown Charleston. CITS is organized by the Yaschik/Arnold Jewish Studies Program & Chabad of Charleston and the Lowcountry.

   

• A World of Jewish Culture at Piccolo Spoleto

  A World of Jewish Culture at Piccolo Spoleto (AWOJC) began in 1998 as a public celebration of Israel’s fiftieth birthday and has brought Jewish music, film and celebration to Charleston as part of the annual Piccolo Spoleto festival. Every year, AWOJC features a concert in the historic Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim (KKBE) sanctuary with Jewish ties by the artistic director and concertmaster of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra, Yuriy Bekker.