Penina Moïse
Penina Moïse was a poet and educator from Charleston, South Carolina. Even though her formal education ended at age twelve, after her father’s death, she wrote poems and sketches for Jewish and non-Jewish newspapers and was the first American Jewish woman to publish a collection of poetry. Moïse was devoted to Charleston’s vibrant Jewish community. She was the superintendent of Congregation Beth Elohim’s Sunday school and contributed hymns to the congregation’s religious services, some of which were included in the Reform movement’s Union Hymnal.
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Hymns Written for the Use of Hebrew Congregations. Charleston, Congregation Beth Elohim
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