Barnett A. Elzas

Barnett Abraham Elzas (December 7, 1867 – October 18, 1936) was a German-born American rabbi and historian.

While serving as rabbi there, he became interested in the history of Jews in South Carolina and wrote several studies on that history, most notably The Jews of South Carolina from the Earliest Times to the Present Day in 1905.

[3] Elzas graduated from the Medical College of South Carolina in 1900, although he never practiced medicine.

In 1912, he also became rabbi of Beth Miriam Congregation in Long Branch, New Jersey.

He was also chaplain of the Actors' Church Alliance, master of the local Freemason council, and deputy president of B'nai B'rith in South Carolina.