South
My Southbound Story: Student Rabbi Rob
As we prepare to welcome more than a half-dozen new Jewish professionals to Mississippi for internships and fellowships at the ...
My Mississippi Road Trips
Where I grew up in Connecticut, “road trip” typically meant a trip to New York City or to Boston – both being ...
That Time My Jewish Mother Braved New York Winter Travel to Visit Me in Mississippi
The way I see it, there are two major milestones in making a new city really feel like home. The ...
Getting More Comfortable With the Culture of Prayer in the South
In the South, people pray a lot. It’s all around us: on TV, on billboards, at football games, even at ...
Discovering My Southern Jewish Family… After I Moved Down South
At first blush, I might not seem like a very “Southern” Jewish girl: I grew up in Chicago, after all. ...
How a Jewish Summer Internship Changed My Life
Living in Jackson, Mississippi, but devoid of a Southern accent, I am often asked where I’m from. When I confess that ...
A Southern Reunion… In Israel!
Hi there! Remember me? Just last year, I was traveling all over the South serving wonderful communities as an ISJL ...
What If Martians Were Religious?
I heard an interesting discussion on the radio the other day, about water being found on the surface of Mars. ...
We Don’t Count People… Because All People Count
Every few months, I receive a tentative “cold call” from a congregation interested in using the services of the ISJL ...
What Makes This Lulav So Southern?
In elementary school, the Jewish holidays were never an issue — I went to a Jewish day school, so school ...