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All Aboard “The Health Express”!
This update comes to us from AmeriCorps member Gernelle Nelson. For her year of national service, she’s working in the Community ...
Blessings & Curses: Moments of Misunderstanding
“Jews are dogs, killers of Christ!”The shouts came from an irate woman as I was walking into one of our ...
A Minyan of Minyans Across the South
For more than a year, I’ve been working with Dr. Ron Wolfson to plan a ten-day lecture tour to visit communities ...
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 ...
Living the Legacy: Shabbat Suppers Continuing MLK’s Dream
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is two weeks from today – Monday, January 21, 2013. This year, consider celebrating Dr. ...
How Are You Feeling?
The other day, I noticed, to my amusement, that Facebook had changed the status update a bit. In place of ...
Belles of the Wall
By Education Fellow Amanda WinerI first heard about Women of the Wall as a counselor in training at Eisner Camp ...
“Shalom, Y’all”: An Arkansas Pastor’s Chanukah Wish
This blog originally appeared on Lutheran Confessions, and is re-posted here with permission from the author, Pastor Clint Schnekloth. Although ...
Shopping: A Southern Jewish Tradition
It’s that time of year again. Just when Southerners are celebrating football and the waning summer heat, the holiday shopping ...
Two Worlds
By Education Fellow Reva FrankelI grew up in a Modern Orthodox community, so when I came to work at the ...