About Us - Jewish Studies Center, Inc

Purpose

Jewish Studies Center, Inc. (JSC, Inc.), is an independent 501c3 corporation whose primary purpose is to support the College of Charleston’s Jewish Studies Program. We are an independent Board that finds innovative ways to support the Program through fundraising, as a sounding board, and housing. We are nimble, have the ability to act quickly and decisively to allow the program to operate more efficiently and effectively than otherwise.

Overview

JSC, INC. was created by the College of Charleston and its Yaschik/Arnold Jewish Studies Program in 1998 to build a Jewish Studies Center on the College’s historic campus. With the College’s help, JSC, Inc. raised the funds, purchased the land, designed, built, and owned the Center which opened in October 2002 on the corner of Wentworth and Glebe Streets. In 2005, roughly three years after the Center’s opening, the College of Charleston bought the building from JSC, INC. with deed restrictions guaranteeing the Jewish Studies Program significant priority in the building’s use and assuming responsibility for its maintenance. JSC, Inc. has the option to repurchase the property should those restrictions be violated, serving as a guarantor of those restrictions and continuing with its mission of benefiting Jewish Studies.