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“The Power is YOURS!”
Did you grow up watching Captain Planet? (I didn’t – but that’s a long story; apparently I have some catching ...
My Problem with Martin Luther King Jr. Day
The Civil Rights Movement is one of the most compelling chapters of American history. State and federal governments were right ...
From the Collection: When Life Gives You Wood, Make Ducks
I was in North Mississippi, visiting my husband’s family for the first time over Thanksgiving when I first heard about ...
Will Travel for Food
Last week at this time my husband and I were busy scrambling to get our suitcases and 7 month old ...
Recalling a Flood and Its Aftermath
Last week, we added the final (for now) video clip to the Oklahoma section of the Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish ...
Is Freedom A Jewish Virtue?
Are you on the freedom bandwagon yet? Celebrations of the concept of freedom seem to be permeating the cultural-political zeitgeist ...
If You Could Only Save One Person…
“Because I am a Jew,” one person said. I had asked the participants of a class to tell me why ...
From Stanislawow to Beach Music
My parents left the United States in 1973 to retire in Bat Yam, Israel, the country in which they met ...
The Workmen’s Circle in Birmingham
The Workmen’s Circle—Arbeter Ring in Yiddish—is a Jewish fraternal organization devoted to progressive politics, the labor movement, and Yiddish language and culture. In its ...
Spend a Summer in the South
Devoid of a Southern accent, people often ask me where I’m from. They are surprised that I’m from Connecticut. The ...
“An enduring monument to the Enterprise and Liberality of Our Israelitish Citizens”: A Beautiful Kentucky Synagogue
Recently, I have started my research into the Jewish communities of Kentucky for our Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities. A ...
Belles of the Wall
By Education Fellow Amanda WinerI first heard about Women of the Wall as a counselor in training at Eisner Camp ...