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Jewish Hoops History
For those of you with teams in the tournament, or whose brackets are still alive, enjoy the weekend. I’ve been ...
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 ...
Change from the Balcony
Today’s post features more Jewish history from Kentucky, the most recent state completed in our Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities. When ...
Leaving Our Mark
On a recent pit stop I made in a rural part of Tennessee, I found an unexpected statement. There, in ...
Is Reading Enough?
Jews across the world are preparing to sit down with their families and read the Haggadah this Passover. Although this is ...
From the Collection: I See / I Think / I Wonder
The image above comes from a collection of photographs and papers that belonged to Adele Marcus of Pine Bluff, Arkansas. ...
A Visit to Shushan
Purim and drama have always been passions in my family. This year they intertwined in a totally unexpected and unique ...
Follow the Talmud or a Jewish Sharia?
No American Jew could have experienced a more inspiring introduction to Israel that I did upon arriving in darkness aboard ...
Escaping Germany, Settling in McGehee, Arkansas
Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to conduct a workshop on oral history techniques at Hendrix College in Conway, ...
Religious Political Power in Israel Comes to a Halt
For many years the political power of Israel’s Orthodox minority spread as if it would never reach a limit. While ...
Legal Role Models (Or, Sometimes You Really Can Put a Face to Community Engagement)
T.A.P. (Talk About the Problems), the ISJL’s peer mediation program, trains students to help their peers resolve conflicts peacefully. The peer-led-model ...
Deciding to Forgo Research
One of the great pleasures of writing for me is researching historical events and details that help me understand and ...