Museum
Vinyl for Hipsters vs. Vinyl for High Holy Days: Or, “Old School Columbia Records”
This blog post was written by Anna Stusser, a summer intern currently working in the Museum Department at the ISJL.Vinyl ...
An Artistic Eruv in Jackson, Mississippi
I’m involved with a wonderful collection of people in Jackson who work hard to put on Figment, a participatory arts ...
Putting People in Boxes – Literally
I’d like to preface today’s post by saying that while I *wish* this were some sort of April Fool’s Day ...
From the Collection: I See / I Think / I Wonder
The image above comes from a collection of photographs and papers that belonged to Adele Marcus of Pine Bluff, Arkansas. ...
Prozdor Heads South: Teens Tour the Southern Jewish World
Over the last few months, I had the pleasure of working to put together a Southern Jewish Heritage tour for a ...
The Department Store Museum
I was working on an activity for the Texas Jewish Immigrant Experience Traveling Trunk when I came across a gem ...
From the Collection: When Life Gives You Wood, Make Ducks
I was in North Mississippi, visiting my husband’s family for the first time over Thanksgiving when I first heard about ...
Spend a Summer in the South
Devoid of a Southern accent, people often ask me where I’m from. They are surprised that I’m from Connecticut. The ...
Shopping: A Southern Jewish Tradition
It’s that time of year again. Just when Southerners are celebrating football and the waning summer heat, the holiday shopping ...
From the Collection: High Water
As stated in one of our last posts about the hurricane, we are familiar with what the devastation of hurricanes ...