February 2016
Becoming an Expert on Southern Jewish Cemeteries
A recent line of inquiry has led me down a research rabbit hole — a tunnel falling straight into the ...
Friendships Bud
Inclusion cultivates a warm, safe, judgment-free zone. Children, who ordinarily may not be friends, embrace each other in friendship and ...
Women’s Megillah Reading in a Small Town–Some Tips From Our 5th Year
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania — we are the capital city of the Commonwealth. No, Pennsylvania’s capital is not in Philadelphia. Several years ago ...
Persistence: Changing our World and Changing God
“Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; Genius will not; Education will not; Persistence and ...
Former Fellow Flashback: Beth, 2003-2005
This February, for the first time ever, the ISJL is hosting a reunion of all of the alumni of our Education ...
“That I May Dwell Among Them…”
In this week’s Torah portion (Parshat Terumah, Exodus 25:1-27:19), God instructs Moses how Israel should make the sanctuary. He tells Moses, “וְעָשׂוּ ...
Two Thirds A Jewish Woman
I am two thirds a woman. There are only three mitzvot uniquely, singularly, and expressly for women, making up the ...
That Time My Jewish Mother Braved New York Winter Travel to Visit Me in Mississippi
The way I see it, there are two major milestones in making a new city really feel like home. The ...
From Facebook Likes to Real-World Love
Their love was evident to everyone who was there on that beautiful day in October when Yechochanan and Aminah Perkins ...
The Gift
The day I got the email our family’s life changed. The president of our synagogue had forwarded it to me ...