Israelite Sunday School

Israelite Sunday School is a South Carolina historical marker in Columbia, Richland County, dedicated 2008.

Richland County · dedicated 2008 · Assembly St., between Taylor and Hampton Sts., Columbia, Columbia

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Front: The Israelite Sunday School, the first Jewish religious school in Columbia, met in a building on this site until 1865. It had been founded in 1843 to give Jewish children of the city “an intimate ... and full exposition of our faith.” Supported by the Columbia Hebrew Benevolent Society, the school had 20-30 students when it was organized in a nearby building, in space donated by a member of the society. Reverse: In 1846 the Columbia Hebrew Benevolent Society built a frame building on this site for the Israelite Sunday School, which met on the first floor. The society also organized the first formal congregation in Columbia, which they named Shearith Israel (Remnant of Israel), with its synagogue on the second floor. The building burned when Gen. William T. Sherman’s Federals captured the city in February 1865.

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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
Sponsored by Beth Shalom Synagogue, the Tree of Life Temple, and the Jewish Historical Society of S.C.

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