Southern & Jewish

What do you do when you have a mission to promote Southern Jewish history, but you have no physical place ...

This post continues our December series on the life and work of AIDS activist Chuck Selber.Chuck was, as his mom ...

Today’s post is from guest writer Joanna Brichetto, Experiential Educator at Nashville’s West End Synagogue, who also runs the website Bible ...

While recently driving through one of those long rural stretches that blur the lines between Midwest and South, I saw ...

Be it brie, mozzarella or feta, I, like just about everyone, love cheese.There are so many reasons to love cheese, ...

In addition to being the Director of Rabbinic Services at the ISJL, I’m a proud member of the Jewish Welfare ...

For many years, social activists and academics have pontificated on the role that anger plays in the pursuit of social ...

There’s a lot we’re thankful for at the Institute of Southern Jewish Life. We are thankful for the work we ...

As I get ready for my Southern family’s traditional Thanksgiving celebration, which this year will overlap our celebration of Hanukkah… ...

Last week, I spent an incredible three days at a conference with lots of Jewish social justice professionals, activists and ...

What is the difference between a maze and a labyrinth?A maze – as many of us know – is intended ...

In the mid-nineteenth century, thousands of Jewish immigrants from Alsace-Lorraine came to America and made new lives for themselves in ...