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four cornerstones, the bases of
brass candlesticks and the
wrought-iron grille, sculptured
by skilled slaves, like the other
splendid wrought-iron grilles,
gates and fences which adorn the
city.
These artifacts were integrat-
ed into the new, existing struc-
ture, which was dedicated in
1841 and stands as the second
oldest synagogue building in the
United States (after Touro in
Newport, RI) and the oldest in
continuous use.
As the first stop in a two-hour
tour of historic Charleston, Jan-
ice Kahn, a professional guide —
and Beth Elohim congregant —
leads travelers through the ele-
gant Greek Revival structure, so
typical of the many other state-
ly, neoclassical buildings which
characterize the historic district
of Charleston.
A painting in the social hall of
the synagogue recalls an earlier
event in Charleston Jewish his-
tory, the role of the community
in the Revolution, and the tragic
death of Francis Salvador, the
first Jew to fall in the War for In-
dependence.
Salvador, member of a
Sephardic family whose descen-
dants are still Beth Elohim con-
/
gregants, had migrated from
London to Charleston shortly be-
fore the outbreak of the Revolu-
tion. He quickly joined the
revolutionary cause and in 1775,
by dint of his education and abil-
ity, was appointed to the Revo-
lutionary Congress of South
Carolina which had established
itself as the legislative body of the
newly independent state.
The young man — he was 28
at the time and already active in
the Beth Elohim congregation —
was the first Jew ever named to
a legislative body in America or
anywhere in the modern world.
When the British attacked
Charleston a year later, Salvador
joined the revolutionary army in
defending the outskirts to the
city. He was ambushed by a
British-led band of Indians and,
as the synagogue painting de-
picts, shot and scalped. Another
memorial to Salvador is a bronze
plaque in the nearby City Hall
Park.
Close to Beth Elohim, also, is
the congregation's Coming Street
Cemetery, established in 1764,
20 years before the synagogue
building itself was dedicated.
Gravestones identify the remains
of Jews who fought and died in
all the nation's wars — from the
Revolutionary War to the Civil
War to World War II.
Charleston Jews have always
been loyal citizens of the city and
the state which had given them
religious freedom. It was a loyal-
ty that extended no less to their
support of the Confederacy. A
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