civil rights

This piece was jointly authored by Malkie Schwartz and Rabbi Jeremy Simons, reflecting on last night’s grand jury ruling in ...

Today is Veteran’s Day. A rainy November Tuesday. I began my day at my computer, appreciating the Facebook statuses honoring ...

As we prepare for the new year ahead, we’ll be sharing several Southern & Jewish posts reflecting on “how we ...

Yesterday, the ISJL hosted students from Operation Understanding, an organization whose mission is to develop a group of young African ...

Let’s make a new Jewish holiday.Wait…what?Let’s make a new Jewish holiday. When I opened a recent daily e-mail from The ...

I am coming up on my one-year anniversary of working at the Jewish Women’s Archive.  It’s a pleasant shock that ...

As I began the long trek down to Mississippi a few weeks ago, I found my mind constantly wandering into ...

All this week, we’re deeply engaged in the Mississippi Freedom Summer 50 events taking place in Jackson, Mississippi.We’ll be sharing ...

This month I made a big move. After a year spent in Jerusalem, I moved to Jackson, Mississippi to serve ...

This is my first week as the historian for the ISJL. I’ve been so warmly welcomed here—and am already finding connections ...