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As The Holidays Approach…
It’s that time of year. The holidays are on my mind, and in my heart.The sound of the Shofar for ...
A Historian’s First Trip to the Jewish Delta
What’s “new” for this historian? Well, at the moment, we are in the process of updating the Mississippi entries for ...
Mishkan in Mississippi
The last thing I imagined to find when I moved to Mississippi? A tabernacle.Over the years, I’ve learned a lot ...
It’s a Small [Jewish] World After All!
Like many people, I’m easily distracted. I once spent the entire duration of a service at the Spanish Synagogue in ...
Blessings Over Burdens
This year, I decided to give the #BlogElul challenge a try. I am mostly posting Facebook statuses to explore each ...
Why We Came South
As we prepare for the new year ahead, we’ll be sharing several Southern & Jewish posts reflecting on “how we ...
“It’s The Thought That Counts” Isn’t Good Enough
“‘It’s the thought that counts’ is not a Jewish concept. What you do matters more than what you just think ...
Seek Stories, Not Stereotypes
There’s one page I follow obsessively on Facebook: Humans of New York.Brandon, the photographer and author behind HONY, approaches total ...
Team Jewish
Jews get lumped together a lot. Polls refer to “the Jewish vote.” We hear about the “Jewish response.” Labels of Jewish are ...
A Different Kind of Jewish “Movement”
“Do you live in the same place where you were raised?”The ISJL’s founder, Macy B. Hart, likes to ask people ...