Southern & Jewish
A Visit to the Jewish Museum of Maryland
Last week I had the pleasure of attending a museum education workshop put on by the American Association for State ...
It’s a Trans-denominational, Multi-congregational, Inter-generational Havdalah Service
By Education Fellow Amanda WinerThe title of this post sounds like a Broadway song, doesn’t it?It actually describes a recent ...
Eating on the Road
Whenever I get ready to go on a long research trip, I put together a detailed itinerary, listing each library, ...
To Plant or Not to Plant Seed: The Truth of Homosexuality in the Bible
[Editor’s Note: This post is not our typical “Southern & Jewish” fare; one of our contributors, Rabbi Marshal Klaven, wanted ...
Privilege & Oppression, Part II
Recently, the Governor of Mississippi, Phil Bryant, signed the Mississippi Student Religious Liberties Act. On Governor Bryant’s website, the student ...
Blessings for Boston
In lieu of our regularly scheduled blog post today, the staff of the ISJL all send our love, thoughts, and ...
The Scottsboro Boys Revisted
Last week, the Alabama House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill setting up a procedure to pardon the Scottsboro Boys, ...
Privilege & Oppression
We recently finished celebrating Passover, a holiday where “oppression” is an ongoing theme (and freedom, of course, is our cause ...
Yom HaShoah: Oral Histories Help Us “Never Forget”
Today is Yom HaShoah, and while the atrocities committed by the Nazis and their collaborators may seem very distant from ...
Jewish Hoops History
For those of you with teams in the tournament, or whose brackets are still alive, enjoy the weekend. I’ve been ...
Living the Dream: Remembering Dr. King
Today marks the 45th anniversary of the tragic assassination of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on the balcony of ...
Putting People in Boxes – Literally
I’d like to preface today’s post by saying that while I *wish* this were some sort of April Fool’s Day ...