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My Southbound Story: Student Rabbi Rob

As we prepare to welcome more than a half-dozen new Jewish professionals to Mississippi for internships and fellowships at the ...

How a Jewish Summer Internship Changed My Life

Living in Jackson, Mississippi, but devoid of a Southern accent, I am often asked where I’m from. When I confess that ...

A Southern Jewish… Prosthetic Leg?

As a history intern for the Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life this summer, one of my responsibilities was to ...

Those Who Can, Teach

It’s been a nostalgic week for me. Although I defended my dissertation in June of last year and officially earned ...

My Mississippi Summer, 50 Years After Freedom Summer

As I began the long trek down to Mississippi a few weeks ago, I found my mind constantly wandering into ...

From the South to Spain: Surprising Jewish Connections

This blog post comes from Linnea Hurst, who interned in the ISJL’s Community Engagement department last summer. I wasn’t raised ...

My First Week in the Southern & Jewish World

The only Jewish person I knew of growing up was Jesus, and to be honest I had never thought much ...

My Southern Jewish Grandma

Today’s tale of Southern Jewish family, history, and a meaningful road trip comes to us from our summer history intern, ...

My Summer in the South: An Intern’s Perspective

At the little public library in Hartshorne, Oklahoma, I see a man wearing a camouflage-patterned Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. baseball ...