History
Jews Celebrating Halloween in Small Town 1930s Texas: A Southern Jewish History Treat
Halloween has always been a part of my life. Maybe it’s because I’m a theater person, so the costume element ...
Jewish History in Ruleville, Mississippi (Bonus: Early Example of Photobomb!)
Ruleville is a small town in the Mississippi Delta. Most famously known as the birthplace of legendary organizer of the ...
How “Hamilton” Will Help Me Teach About Jewish History
Hamilton, a new musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda, has captivated my nerdy history-and-Broadway-musical-loving-heart in a big way. That’s not surprising — ...
Before There Was Google, There Was Whitman’s Answer Book
Do you have desk toys? Like a magnet set, koosh ball, maybe the ever-popular drinking bird?No? Well, you should. Along with ...
Brotherhood of Erstwhile Enemies
We were two Christian Palestinians, four Muslim Palestinians and six Jewish Israelis. The Christians were from Bethlehem, both veterans of ...
How to Build a Movement: A Conversation with Shelly Weiss Part 3
Part 3 in this series features Shelly Weiss, the queer, Jewish, genderfluid lifelong political activist and founder of OUTmedia, as ...
A Southern Jewish… Prosthetic Leg?
As a history intern for the Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life this summer, one of my responsibilities was to ...
How to Build a Movement: A Conversation with Shelly Weiss Part 2
Shelly Weiss, an iconic self-defined queer, Jewish, genderfluid lifelong political activist and founder of OUTmedia, is the subject of this ...
How to Build a Movement: A Conversation with Shelly Weiss
Given the rise of today’s growing youth-led LGBTQ movements, there seems to be a divide between where we have been ...
Seeking Justice for Leo Frank
The sanctuary of Temple Kol Emeth is completely filled. Judges, lawyers and rabbis who will address the crowd sit on ...