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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 ...

“We ALL Have Work To Do”: Dr. Susan Glisson on Race, the “Riot” at Ole Miss, and Reconciliation

There it was, in the news, soon after the results of the November 6 election were announced: bigotry in the ...

Hurricane Klal

In the South, we’re pretty familiar with hurricanes. Katrina, Isaac, Camille … we’re used to pretty regular encounters with powerful ...

Interfaith, Outreach, Inclusion … Why Bother?

We hear a lot about “interfaith” and “outreach” programming. In fact, I spend a lot of my time promoting it. ...

Bowling with Jews

As I was researching the Jewish history of Tulsa, Oklahoma, I came upon a wonderful photograph in the 50th anniversary ...

Dear Sarah Silverman: You’re One of My Tribe

Dear Sarah,Hey girl! I read the open letter written to you by that rabbi in Dallas. You know, the one ...

High Holy Days: Collective Sin, Collective Success

Within the liturgy of Yom Kippur, guilt is assumed to be collective, as we communally recite the sins. That being ...

Mazel Tov to Temple Kol Tikvah

Last Wednesday morning, a beautiful photograph of Jerusalem stone appeared in my Facebook newsfeed. The picture shows a large wall ...

It Takes a Community: Katrina, Recovery, Resilience

Hurricane Katrina (and the man-made disaster of the levee breaks) struck Louisiana and Mississippi seven years ago today, with devastating ...