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We don't agree on politics and we don't agree on religion, and we talk about them all the time.

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

It is wonderful that we in the Jewish community are funding innovative initiatives. There are so many interesting ideas around ...

It’s Pride season, although I celebrate all year long! But recently there’s been a lot of talk about our gay ...

Last week I met one of my neighbors, an Orthodox Jewish woman. She asked what I do for a living, ...

Shabbat at camp is magical.  Shabbat at camp means time to relax with friends, guitars, singing, and of course, lots ...

Where do seasoned camp veterans go to learn more about camp? Why camp, of course! Camp Be’chol Lashon is the ...

Rabbis are rabbis in no small part by the work they do, pastoral, ritual, social justice, organizational, all informed by ...

If you ask me, Shavuot doesn’t get the attention it deserves. Judaism has a lot of holidays, and it’s understandable ...

I officiate at a lot of weddings. Many of those ceremonies are between a Jewish partner and a partner of ...

Women receiving aliyot (being called to the Torah) in Orthodox synagogues is a relatively new phenomenon. Its most prominent proponents are ...

Memorial Day is approaching, and while I’m usually swept up in the parades, beach trips and community cookouts, this year ...

What does it mean to be young, Ethiopian, Israeli and gay? Recently to of the leaders of KALA an Israeli ...

It’s pretty clear that Judaism doesn’t like the idea of gossip. In fact, the Hebrew phrase for gossip is “lashon hara,” “the ...

As our time in Mississippi as ISJL Education Fellows comes to an end, we wanted to write a final collaborative-blog-post ...