Snapshots from Southern Road Trips
Transmission of Torah: For Jews Only?
According to the National Jewish Population Survey, there are approximately 1.5 million non-Jews helping to raise Jewish families in the ...
It’s a Trans-denominational, Multi-congregational, Inter-generational Havdalah Service
By Education Fellow Amanda WinerThe title of this post sounds like a Broadway song, doesn’t it?It actually describes a recent ...
Eating on the Road
Whenever I get ready to go on a long research trip, I put together a detailed itinerary, listing each library, ...
Leaving Our Mark
On a recent pit stop I made in a rural part of Tennessee, I found an unexpected statement. There, in ...
Escaping Germany, Settling in McGehee, Arkansas
Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to conduct a workshop on oral history techniques at Hendrix College in Conway, ...
Delta Deli Day 2013!
This week, we have a special “Snapshots from the Southern Jewish Road” collection of pictures to share with you, from ...
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 ...
Small Town Field Trip for Fort Worth Teens
One of the foundational ideas behind the ISJL is that mid-size and large congregations should build connections to smaller Jewish ...
A Minyan of Minyans Across the South
For more than a year, I’ve been working with Dr. Ron Wolfson to plan a ten-day lecture tour to visit communities ...
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 ...