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Natchez, Mississippi: The Place to Be for Jewish History Lovers This Fall

For me, it’s the river that won my heart.In the summer of 2007, I was traveling in a hot van ...

Re-Writing The Headlines About Hebrew Schools

As a professional Jewish educator, I try to stay current on the field of Jewish education by reading the latest ...

Opening Jewish Conversations, Opening Jewish Community

Flashback: a few weeks ago, on this very blog, a post about Jewish conferences is published… authored by yours truly ...

Sleepless in North Georgia: This Is What Happens When Jews Convene

I took a look at my cell phone clock, which read 7:05 AM. I was incredibly sleepy, but not because ...

Judaism Blooms Each Summer… In Jackson, Mississippi

You may not picture central Mississippi as central to Jewish life. But every summer, one of the most dynamic Jewish ...

Yiddish and Us

The three of us waited expectantly and somewhat nervously in the seminar room, wondering why we had been summoned by ...

Coming to Learn, Going to Teach

When you think “summer in Mississippi,” the first thing that comes to mind is the heat.But for some people, what ...