@article{1355824,
      note = {Originally released as DVD.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1355824},
      title = {Land of promise the Jews of South Carolina / [electronic  resource] :},
      publisher = {Filmakers Library,},
      abstract = {Land of Promise is a fascinating, richly illustrated  documentary that explores the Jewish experience in South  Carolina from colonial days to modern times. It is a  heartwarming story of religious tolerance, economic and  political opportunity By 1800, Charleston was home to the  largest and wealthiest Jewish community in North America.  The settling of Jews in South Carolina mirrors the Jewish  immigration to the United States with Sephardic Jews in the  17th century being followed by German Jews, then Eastern  Jews and Russian Jews today.The film relates many  surprising firsts. For example: the first Jew in the  western world, (not merely in the U.S.) to be elected to a  popular assembly was a South Carolinian, Francis Salvador,  in 1774 . He was also the first Jew to have died in the  Revolutionary War. The first reform temple in America was  built in Charleston in 1841. The first Jewish Secretary of  State in the U.S. was not Henry Kissinger but Judah  Benjamin during the Confederacy.With archival material,  photographs and paintings, the film touches on all aspects  of Southern Jewish life -- their involvement with slavery,  the Civil War and civil rights, the prospering of the  cities after Reconstruction and their transition from  family businesses into the professions. It addresses the  challenges Jews face in maintaining their cultural identity  as they integrate into the broader Southern communities  where they live.},
      recid = {1355824},
      pages = {1 online resource (58 min.).},
      address = {New York, NY :},
      year = {2003},
}