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Kosher McDonalds and Jewish Cowboys
In 1850 two men found themselves standing under a tree near the famous Recoleta Cemetery in the center of Buenos ...
I Am “Southern & Jewish”
My name is Ann Zivitz Kimball, and I’m a proud Southern Jew.Since “Southern & Jewish” is the name of this ...
Ideas Do Matter
In my previous blog, I wrote that I hoped that The Promise of Israel might give new shape and direction to the ...
Reengage! The Legacy of the Crown Heights Riots & Civil Rights
This week marks the 21st anniversary of the Crown Heights Riots. When these riots took place in 1991, I was ...
The Nation-State
People sometimes ask: What would you like your book to accomplish? In this case, my answer is easy: I would be thrilled ...
My Summer in the South: An Intern’s Perspective
At the little public library in Hartshorne, Oklahoma, I see a man wearing a camouflage-patterned Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. baseball ...
Shofar? So Good, Y’all!
Sometimes, in a small Southern town, you might not hear the call of the shofar outside of High Holy Day ...
Mars: One Blind Leap for Mankind
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” -Genesis 1:1 … existence on this planet, a rather ...
Bind These Words
Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. ...
“Wow! I Didn’t Know I Live in Such a Progressive Country!”
Having traveled frequently to Israel for the last decade, I have many amusing stories of security interviews before boarding flights ...
The ISJL Conquers Texas
At first, it seemed crazy: writing the histories of 55 different Texas Jewish communities for our Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities. The ...
Jews and Anxiety
This past May I published an essay in The New York Times titled “Do the Jews Own Anxiety?” Not long afterward, ...