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Preparing for the Education Conference
Late June is a special time at the ISJL office. Education Fellows are hard at work on programs, crafts and ...
2013 New Staff Orientation
Every year, shortly after graduation season, we have the pleasure of welcoming new faces to our office: new permanent staff, Education ...
It’s a Trans-denominational, Multi-congregational, Inter-generational Havdalah Service
By Education Fellow Amanda WinerThe title of this post sounds like a Broadway song, doesn’t it?It actually describes a recent ...
From the Collection: I See / I Think / I Wonder
The image above comes from a collection of photographs and papers that belonged to Adele Marcus of Pine Bluff, Arkansas. ...
From Georgia to Jerusalem in 6 Easy Steps: Sending Prayers to the Western Wall
By ISJL Education Fellow Dan RingThe ISJL Education Curriculum addresses Israel in many ways at various grade levels. The fifth ...
From the Collection: When Life Gives You Wood, Make Ducks
I was in North Mississippi, visiting my husband’s family for the first time over Thanksgiving when I first heard about ...
The Workmen’s Circle in Birmingham
The Workmen’s Circle—Arbeter Ring in Yiddish—is a Jewish fraternal organization devoted to progressive politics, the labor movement, and Yiddish language and culture. In its ...
Scenes Around the South
As 2012 draws to a close, we thought we’d share some recent images from our staff’s travels around the South ...
“An enduring monument to the Enterprise and Liberality of Our Israelitish Citizens”: A Beautiful Kentucky Synagogue
Recently, I have started my research into the Jewish communities of Kentucky for our Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities. A ...
From the Collection: Clarksdale’s Spunky, Scrapbooking Youth
The Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience has a collection of over 3,000 objects and archival materials that tell the ...