Beliefs & Practices

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Becoming Southern & Jewish: Part I

Over the course of the next few weeks, I’m going to share a series of posts about my reflection on ...

Something Special About the South: Making Mississippi My Own

Here’s another in our periodic series about making a home in Mississippi, and feeling that there’s something special about the ...

Bringing Rabbis and Scientists Together

Do Jews view science differently than other religious people do? What topics are most pressing or interesting in the Jewish community? And ...

Mother and Daughter Reflect on their First Mikveh Experience

BrendaIn August last year the eldest of our three daughters was married to her long time boyfriend that she met ...

An African American Jew Journeys to Orthodoxy

Life is a journey for each of us. It’s full of twists and turns and sometimes things happen to us ...

My Southbound Story: Rachel G.

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

What Makes A Rabbi A Rabbi?

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

Holy or Horrible: Can We Force Meaningful Moments?

As a Jewish educator, I teach students of all ages about the sacred moments we will experience throughout our lives ...

Two Thirds A Jewish Woman

I am two thirds a woman. There are only three mitzvot uniquely, singularly, and expressly for women, making up the ...

Can I Hear You Now?

“When the reception goes down, the volume goes up.” These were the sage words of one of my honored teachers ...

Things Are Not Always As They Seem

Each of us is the main character in the story of our lives. We share ourselves with others by telling ...

It’s Thanksgiving, But What if One Doesn’t Feel Thankful?

Happy Thanksgiving.Now, let’s get real: Some don’t feel thankful today. We might feel like the turkeys got us down. We might feel burdened ...

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