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Reflecting in the Rothko Chapel

Today’s reflective post comes from Education Fellow Lex Rofes.The end of summer can be a whirlwind for ISJL Education Fellows, ...

Sukkot Guest List: Will You Invite Challenging Conversations?

Sukkot offers some incredible starting points for discussion. The Sukkot holiday begins tonight and lasts for a week. Among other things, ...

My Virtual Rosh Hashanah Experience

I’m thankful for the internet everyday. I’m thankful when it guides me to a new restaurant, tells me the score ...

Yom Kippur in Vicksburg and Longview

This Yom Kippur, the ISJL’s Rabbi Marshal Klaven and Rabbi Matt Dreffin will return to the communities where they spent ...

9/11 – Where Are We, 12 Years Later?

Where were you when the planes hit the towers? It’s a question people are asking and answering all day today, ...

Shanah Tovah from the South!

Wishing y’all a year full of health, happiness, and hope, wherever you live! 

When The Big Game is on The Big Day

This special holiday post comes from guest blogger Rabbi Matt Rosenberg, Executive Director of Hillel at Texas A&M University. Thank ...

Why Do I Exercise? Two Words: “B’Tzelem Elohim”

As a Jewish professional, I am always looking for ways to connect Judaism to our lives. “Professional” Jews know that ...

The Forward Features RJM!

This week, The Jewish Daily Forward featured our very own Rachel Jarman Myers in a piece about her work sharing ...

50 Years Later: Not Just Dreaming Together, But Working Together

August 28, 2013, marks the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, and Martin Luther King, Jr.’s famous “I Have ...

My Southern Jewish Grandma

Today’s tale of Southern Jewish family, history, and a meaningful road trip comes to us from our summer history intern, ...

“Beautiful Pathologies”: An Ugly Truth?

A recent New York Times online opinion essay, Beautiful Pathologies, got me thinking about the non-profit sector as a whole, ...

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