Sumter, SC
Dedication of Historical Marker
Temple Sinai
May 22, 2009
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Stained Glass Window in Sactuary	Stained Glass Windows in Sactuary	Stained Glass Window and Bimah in Sactuary

Before Dedication Ceremony	Robert Moses, Cecil Crayton Before Dedication Ceremony	Dedication Ceremony

Rabbi Robert A. Seigel Rabbi Temple Sinai	Honorable Joseph T. McElveen, Jr. Mayor of Sumter	Ed Poliakoff, President The Jewish Historical Cociety of South Carolina

Katherine H. Richardson, Executive Director Sumter County Museum	Charles J. Broadwell, Chairman Sumter County Historical Commission	Julian G. Frasier, President Sumter County Historical Society

Wendell M. Levi, Jr, M.D.	Robert Moses	Ed Poliakoff, Ann Meddin Hellman, Robert Moses
	Front (Left) The Hebrew Cemetery Society was founded in 1874, the Sumter Hebrew Benevoent Society was founded before 1881, and the two societies agreed to merge that year. A formal merger in 1895 created the Sumter Society of Israelites, the official name of Congregation Sinai. The first synagogue, a frame building constructed by 1900, burned. It was replaced in 1913 by this Moorish Revival brick synagogue, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. Erected by the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina Back (Right) Sumter's Jewish Community dating to 1815, has long been one of the largest and most influential in inland SC. Mark Solomons, Franklin J. Moses, and Montgomery Moses brought their families to Sumter District from the old and well-established Jewish community in Charleston. Other families, from Spain, Germany, Poland, Russia, and other European nations followed. Two organizations founded shortly after the Civil War would later join to form a congregation. Erected by the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina
Temple Sinai Historical Marker		Temple Sinai Historical Marker

Reception Following Ceremony	Richard P. Moses, Katherine H. Richardson, Ed Poliakoff, Rabbi Robert Seigel	Charles J. Broadwell, Dr. Wendell Levi, Julian G. Frasier

Natalie Moses	Reception Following Ceremony

Sumter, SC Dedication of Historical Marker Temple Sinai May 22, 2009 Click on Individual Picture to Enlarge Image

Sumter, SC
Dedication of Historical Marker
Temple Sinai
May 22, 2009
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