The ISJL

Thoughts from Jackson, Mississippi, during the Days of Awe

On Yom Kippur, we atone; on Yom Kippur, may we be at one. From South to North, East to West, Jews ...

This week, ISJL staff have been all over… and in addition to visiting Southern Jewish communities, we’ve been serving as ...

Today’s guest post comes from Bob M. Schwartz, a member of Temple B’nai Israel in Tupelo, Mississippi. His thoughts can ...

There’s been some pretty intense facial hair around the ISJL office lately. If you stopped by in May, you might ...

Today’s guest post comes from our friend Andrea Levy, a fairly recent transplant to Jonesboro, Arkansas. Thanks for sharing your ...

Today’s blog is by Gabe Weinstein, a 2013 ISJL Summer Intern in the History Department.  He now lives in Angel Fire, New ...

We had another post for today, which we will share later, but in light of yesterday’s tragic shootings at two ...

Every year, when mid-March rolls around, the minds of so many turn to the NCAA basketball tournament and “March Madness.” ...

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