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LocaL Happenings

Palm Beach Synagogue • Coming Street Cemetery, the oldest surviving Jewish • A private scented candle-making workshop at Candlefish
• Tour of Boone Hall Plantation, House, Cabins, Gardens, and
cemetery in the South, containing over 500 graves, many are
Women’s Trip to Charleston not marked; the oldest identifiable grave is dated 1762 Gullah Theater Performance; Boone Plantation was founded in
• Visit to Brith Sholom Beth Israel Synagogue built in 1854, 1681 when Englishman Major John Boone came to Charleston
Twenty-nine women from the Palm Beach Synagogue one of the oldest Ashkenazi congregations in America; during and established a lucrative plantation and gracious home on the
recently flew to Charleston, SC, for a two-day Jewish & the Civil War, it was the only one of Charleston’s three banks of Wampacheone Creek. In 1743, the son of Major John
Historical Tour. The group stayed at the historical Francis Marion synagogues to keep its doors open and provided kosher meat Boone planted live oak trees, arranging them in two evenly
Hotel in the heart of old Charleston. The trip was planned and and matzah on Passover to the community spaced rows. It took two centuries for the massive, moss-draped
organized by Rebbetzin Dinie Scheiner. • Shopping on King Street branches to meet overhead, forming today’s natural corridor
The jam-packed trip included all kinds of activities and • Private Carriage Tour and a scene that NBC Daytime television says is “a must see
experiences, including: • Sunset Harbor Cruise stop on any trip to Charleston, S.C.” Boone Hall has also been
• Historical & Jewish Charleston Walking Tour, including • Morning walk over the Ravenel Bridge (2.46 miles one recognized as the #1 Plantation in the Charleston Area.
a private tour of 20 South Battery, a fully restored mansion way!), a spectacular cable-stayed bridge over the Cooper The 29 women arrived back to Palm Beach International
from the 1840s where the Preservation Society of Charleston River connecting downtown Charleston to Mount Pleasant; the Airport with sore feet and happy hearts.
was founded. bridge has a main span of 1,546 feet, the third longest among
• Lunch with Robert N. Rosen, author of The Jewish cable-stayed bridges in the Western Hemisphere Photo Credit: Palm Beach Synagogue/Dinie Scheiner
Confederates, a 2001 history book about Jewish citizens
of the Confederate States of America who served in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War of 1861–1865

20 South Battery, a fully restored
Carriage Tour of Charleston’s historic neighborhoods 1840s mansion On the waterfront looking at Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor

The live oak trees at Boone Plantation Touring the slave cabins at Boone Plantation

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Thursday, January 27, 2022 • 6pm
Erin McGould, Chair

The evening will feature Coming Street Cemetery
Cocktails under the stars

An exciting auction
A delightful dinner
Dancing to live music by The Switzer Sound

A sublime performance by Ballet Palm Beach

Tickets and Tables available at
balletpalmbeach.org
For more information and sponsorship Photo credit: Janine Harris
opportunities call (561) 630-8235

Sponsored by: UBS, Legends Radio, FPL, Jimmy Choo, The Royal/UpMarkets and Bank of America. Historical walking tour of Charleston
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