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Interfaith Collaboration: A Southern Tradition

This past week, two of my co-workers and I attended an interesting lecture by Reverend Ben Matin at Millsaps College, ...

My sister, Chanie, and my new brother-in-law, Joel, got married this month. I’m very fortunate to have incredible co-workers who ...

My mother was born in Germany in 1939. She grew up there, emigrating to the United States in 1968, after ...

As we cross from 5774 to 5775, the Akeida (the Binding of Isaac, which is traditionally read on Rosh Hashanah) ...

We live with a practical tradition. We begin the New Year with ten days devoted to introspection. Between Rosh Hashanah and ...

Nine months ago I opened the front door of my apartment in Alon Shvut and took a 20-minute walk that ...

If you had told me five years ago that I would be making aliyah in the midst of a war ...

Sesame seems to be enjoying a moment in the spotlight recently and I couldn’t be happier. Halva was always a staple ...

I always forget, in between trips, how stunningly beautiful Israel is. When I return, it is like opening a favorite ...

What’s “new” for this historian? Well, at the moment, we are in the process of updating the Mississippi entries for ...

It’s strange but true that being a woman made me uniquely positioned to write my historical novels. Growing up a ...

I am emotionally fatigued by all the heartbreak of this past summer. I am drained by the tragedy of the ...