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My Southbound Story: Student Rabbi Rob
As we prepare to welcome more than a half-dozen new Jewish professionals to Mississippi for internships and fellowships at the ...
How a Jewish Summer Internship Changed My Life
Living in Jackson, Mississippi, but devoid of a Southern accent, I am often asked where I’m from. When I confess that ...
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 ...
Those Who Can, Teach
It’s been a nostalgic week for me. Although I defended my dissertation in June of last year and officially earned ...
My Mississippi Summer, 50 Years After Freedom Summer
As I began the long trek down to Mississippi a few weeks ago, I found my mind constantly wandering into ...
From the South to Spain: Surprising Jewish Connections
This blog post comes from Linnea Hurst, who interned in the ISJL’s Community Engagement department last summer. I wasn’t raised ...
My First Week in the Southern & Jewish World
The only Jewish person I knew of growing up was Jesus, and to be honest I had never thought much ...
My Southern Jewish Grandma
Today’s tale of Southern Jewish family, history, and a meaningful road trip comes to us from our summer history intern, ...
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 ...