Jackson

The way I see it, there are two major milestones in making a new city really feel like home. The ...

If you ever want to visit the ISJL office, make sure not to come on a Friday. Chances are, you ...

When I tell people that I live in Jackson, Mississippi, they often remark on how “different” it must be from ...

The summer before my Bat Mitzvah, I was sitting with my family at our home in Oakland, California. I remember ...

“Did you hear about the rabbi getting thrown out of a Jackson restaurant?”Everyone at our office has been asked that ...

As we prepare for the new year ahead, we’ll be sharing several Southern & Jewish posts reflecting on “how we ...

Jackson, Mississippi has one of the largest St. Patrick’s Day parades in the country. This Saturday, 70,000(!) people will line ...

We’ll probably be ringing in 2014 in as many different ways as we spent December 25, from watching the Catfish ...

This blog post was written by ISJL Education Fellow Missy Goldstein. It is almost without fail that calling my Bubbe leads ...

I’ve been thinking a lot about race lately. Many others have, too, in the aftermath of George Zimmerman’s acquittal – ...