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Brisketless in Blacksburg

On keeping kosher in the small-town South

Kosher Money?

Judaism obligates us to call out our fellow’s unethical behavior and encourage them to change it.

The Making of A Modern Kosher Baker

An African-American woman converts to Judaism and opens the only kosher bakery in town.

The Week I Eat Along With The Rest of The Tribe

Is there any topic more Jewish than food? I feel like a pretty strong argument can be made that food ...

The Missed Kitniyot Opportunity

Passover 2016 hasn’t even begun, and I’m already frustrated with so much talk about food. Well, this year it’s not ...

Not Your Grandfather’s Manishewitz: My Mission to Bring Good Wine to Your Seder

At this time of year, I have a mission… to save Jews from bad wine. Now, I know that some ...

“If One’s Means Do Not Suffice”: Confronting the High Price of Doing Jewish

Judaism and justice go hand in hand. The Jewish value of tzedakah (charity, from the Hebrew word for “justice”) underscores that ...

A Kosher Jew, BBQ and Community

For more on Southern Jewish life, check out MyJewishLearning’s Southern & Jewish blog.What makes Southern Jews, Southern Jews? According to ...

Pigging Out … Or Not

So there’s this website called Pork Memoirs.Dedicated to sharing “personal stories about a complicated meat,” the site explores personal identity ...