The Jews of Charleston opened an eight-day celebration last night commemorating 200 years of peaceful and prosperous community life in this southern city. The program was opened by a coast-to-coast radio broadcast on which Mayor William Morrison congratulated both Charleston and its Jews on the Jewish bicentennial. Dr. Allan Tarshish, rabbi of Beth Elohim, the city’s oldest synagogue, also spoke.
Today bicentennial exhibits were opened of portraits of famous South Carolinian Jews at the Gibbes Art Gallery and of antique articles from Jewish homes and of Jewish interest at the Charleston Museum. Tours were conducted through the old streets of Charleston. This week, the major events of the celebration include unveiling of a plaque to Revolutionary War hero, Francis Salvador, who was a Jew, and a bicentennial banquet at which Admiral Lewis L. Strauss, U.S. Atomic Commissioner, will speak.
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