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2013 marks the ISJL’s thirteenth year of existence.Our B’nai Mitzvah Year.*We will go through many of the same things any ...

Devoid of a Southern accent, people often ask me where I’m from. They are surprised that I’m from Connecticut. The ...

From all of us at the ISJL to all of y’all …

Many of the Jewish communities that I research and write about for our Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities are quite ...

This blog originally appeared on Lutheran Confessions, and is re-posted here with permission from the author, Pastor Clint Schnekloth. Although ...

Since the 1940s, the Jews of Seminole, Ada, Nowata, and Shawnee, Oklahoma, have met at the Seminole Hebrew Center for ...

By Education Fellow Benjamin ChaidellThe weekend after Thanksgiving I had the opportunity to speak about my experience as an Education ...

What do Yiddish-speaking chickens, screaming latkes, and a pig who really, really wants to be kosher have in common?They’re all ...

Most of us are hitting the road for the Thanksgiving holiday. With gratitude on our minds, we are grateful to ...

In Little Rock, Arkansas, ISJL Education Fellow Erin poses with students who participated in a special program called “There’s No ...