[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 80 (Monday, June 11, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S6054]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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           HEBREW ORPHAN SOCIETY CELEBRATES 200TH ANNIVERSARY

 Mr. HOLLINGS. Mr. President, the Hebrew Orphan Society of 
Charleston, SC has a long, rich history that deserves to be celebrated. 
On June 24, a reception and dinner will be held at Charleston's 
Middleton Place Gardens in honor of the society's 200 years of good 
works. Founded in 1801 by a small group of Jewish men at K.K. Beth 
Elohim synagogue, the society flourished in culturally and religiously 
tolerant 19th-century Charleston. Its members reached out to widows and 
their families and to Jewish youth who could not afford a proper 
education. Membership was initially limited to 18, or ``chai,'' the 
number representing life in the Jewish faith, but has now doubled and 
includes women as well as men with a distinguished record of service in 
the Jewish community and the larger Charleston community. Today, the 
society assists Social Services clients with transportation and medical 
bills and meets requests from Hospice and Jenkins Orphanage in North 
Charleston. A quiet, yet diligent effort by The Hebrew Orphan Society 
may often go unnoticed by the public. However, rest assured of the many 
grateful citizens throughout history who have experienced its 
munificence. My wife, Peatsy, and I send The Hebrew Orphan Society our 
heartfelt congratulations on this milestone and best wishes in the 
years ahead.

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