2000 President's Welcome
 elcome to the Southern Jewish Historical Society’s Web Site. The study
of the Southern Jewish experience has come a very long way in a short time. In
1973, when Eli Evans began to research the material which would become The
Provincials: A Personal History of Jews in the South he wrote: "I
read everything I could find on the history of Jews in the South and was
startled to find how few books there were." This is no longer the case.
There are wonderful new books on the subject of growing up Jewish in the
South, whether you come from Tennessee, Mississippi, or South Carolina. Even
non-Jews are aware that not all Southern Jews are alike-there are no sweeping
generalities.
I’d like to think that the Southern Jewish Historical Society has
contributed to that awareness. As our constitution states, "The purpose
of the Society shall be the collection, preservation, exhibition, publication
and popularization of materials referring to the history and life of Jews in
the South, and the promotion of research in and the study of the Jewish
history and life of this region."
Our annual conferences encourage the exchange of information between
scholars and dedicated laymen. Our Journal publishes the best papers on our
subject. Our Newsletter, The Rambler, keeps our members and friends informed
of our activities, and also of current events of interest. And now we have a
Web Site. This is our link to the world.
We encourage students with our prizes and support research, exhibitions and
publications with our grants.
To our news friends, we invite you to join with us as a member of the
Society; and to meet with us at our annual conference this year in Cincinnati
at the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives, November
3,4,5. And to our old friends, welcome to the Web Site, and thank you for your
continuing interest and support.
Respectfully,
Catherine C. Kahn
President, Southern Jewish Historical Society
1999
Welcome from PRESIDENT-BRUCE
BEEBER
2001 Welcome from PRESIDENT-HOLLACE
AVA WEINER
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