Southern & Jewish

Today’s post is from Education Fellow Elaine Barenblat. As a young girl, I was very involved in my home congregation, ...

This is another post from one of our terrific summer interns, Caroline Kahlenberg, who completed this piece for us as ...

“Do you know a rabbi by the name of Abraham Joshua Heschel?”The question was asked of me by Jean Jackson, ...

This blog is written by Sam Gardner, who just finished his summer internship in the ISJL’s history department. The Neshoba ...

At the ISJL, we’re often asked about all things “Southern” and “Jewish” – so it was no surprise that we ...

Usually, when the phone rings at the ISJL office, Lynda (AKA “The Voice of the ISJL) answers with a perky, ...

It’s something that makes most Jewish people cringe: that moment when, in the midst of some celebrity or political or ...

Imagine for a moment that you’re strolling down the main thoroughfare of a bustling city. The year is 1946, and ...

Every summer, the ISJL office is privileged to be one of the stops on the journey of teens participating in ...

There is something about the Mississippi Delta. Known as “the most southern place on earth,” the Delta region is a ...

Studying text is one way to gather knowledge and inspiration as we seek to live meaningful lives and work to improve ...