Snapshots from Southern Road Trips

“Is That A Cross On Your License Plate, Rabbi?”

“Um, Rabbi? Don’t you feel a little bit weird with a cross on the back of your car?”I fielded this ...

Operation Oneg: A Southern & Jewish Soldier Story

Last week was my first adventure on the road as an Education Fellow. I went to Montgomery and Auburn, Alabama, ...

How To Have Your Own Southern Jewish Experience

It’s been a busy few months here in Jackson. We’ve welcomed Jewish visitors from all over the country, arranging experiences ...

Southern & Jewish Hospitality

What began years ago has now become a very common event in our Delta community of Greenwood, Mississippi: we host ...

Welcome to Palestine… Texas

When I see the word “Palestine,” a number of images come to mind: questions regarding borders, refugees, the city of ...

Shab-bark Shalom, Y’all!

For over 20 years at my home synagogue, Temple Sinai of New Orleans, Rabbi Edward Cohn has presided over a ...

Labyrinth: Going Green (Hint: It’s Not What You’re Thinking…)

Today’s post was written collaboratively by Education Fellows Elaine Barenblat, Dan Ring, and Allison Poirier This February, the ISJL launched the ...

Shalom Y’all, Baby!

There are two words powerfully associated with the Southern Jewish experience: Shalom Y’all. In just two little words, so much ...

“Only” Christmas Here? Bah Humbug, Billboard!

While recently driving through one of those long rural stretches that blur the lines between Midwest and South, I saw ...

The Golfing Rabbi, Counting Cars

Golf. A sport usually reserved for the hoighty toighty, and/or generally older crowd. A sport where people ride in little ...