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“What is Rosh Hashanah?”
As the only Jewish kid in his middle school in suburban Mississippi, my youngest son Eric will be telling his ...
A Southern Twist on Apples & Honey
The “Apples & Honey (Bourbon)” Challah Bread Pudding recipe I devised a few years ago has become my Rosh Hashanah ...
Mazel Tov to Temple Kol Tikvah
Last Wednesday morning, a beautiful photograph of Jerusalem stone appeared in my Facebook newsfeed. The picture shows a large wall ...
Texas and Illegal Jewish Immigrants
While illegal immigration has become a hot button issue in recent years, it is not a new phenomenon. In fact, ...
Pilgrimage
Pilgrimage: “a journey to a place associated with someone or something well known or respected” (The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of ...
Southern & Jewish: Pride, or Prejudice?
There’s an article that’s been going around a lot this past week, about being Jewish in the South. Naturally, the ...
I Am “Southern & Jewish”
My name is Ann Zivitz Kimball, and I’m a proud Southern Jew.Since “Southern & Jewish” is the name of this ...
My Summer in the South: An Intern’s Perspective
At the little public library in Hartshorne, Oklahoma, I see a man wearing a camouflage-patterned Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. baseball ...
Shofar? So Good, Y’all!
Sometimes, in a small Southern town, you might not hear the call of the shofar outside of High Holy Day ...
Coming to Learn, Going to Teach
When you think “summer in Mississippi,” the first thing that comes to mind is the heat.But for some people, what ...