Sol Breibart was born and educated in Charleston, South Carolina, and worked there as a teacher for almost 40 years. Since 1976 he has published and spoken widely on all aspects of Charleston Jewish history. He works tirelessly to not just document history, but to save it as well, planting the seed for the creation of the Jewish Heritage Collection at the College of Charleston, one of the major Jewish archival collections in the South. An embodiment of the gentleman-scholar," Breibart is recognized nationally as the preeminent historian of Charleston Jewry."