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Pigging Out … Or Not

So there’s this website called Pork Memoirs.Dedicated to sharing “personal stories about a complicated meat,” the site explores personal identity ...

How to Ship a Torah

A new congregation in Savannah, Georgia was looking forward to celebrating the high holidays together for the first time, but ...

The High Holiday Research Method

With Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur just behind us, I thought I would share a little bit about the significance ...

Holiday Wishes

In advance of Yom Kippur, the entire ISJL staff would like to wish all of our friends and readers a ...

“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 ...