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Thanksgiving 2020: New Traditions for a New World

While we're mourning the loss of time spent with friends and family in person, we're making new (southern and Jewish) Thanksgiving memories.

A Bar Mitzvah in the Mississippi Delta During A Global Pandemic

Even during times like these, small southern Jewish communities find a way

The NeverEnding Story

What a cult classic movie can tell us about Judaism

Bethany’s Brilliant (Mississippi Delta) Bat Mitzvah

Late this past fall, I received a special invitation in my inbox. Surrounded by bright pink, blue and yellow polka dots, ...

Knit One, Purl One, Connect Two

For as long as I can remember, my Nana has been making things for her six grandchildren. There were the ...

How Having a Baby Has Changed This Rabbi’s Blessings

This summer, my wife and I welcomed our first child into the world in Jackson, Mississippi. Ever since, the birth ...

Stitching Tradition: Southern & Jewish Fiber Art Judaica

I come from a family of talented women—women who are “makers,” who always seemed to have a needle in their ...

A Few Facts About Fasting in Jewish Tradition

This summer, two things happened at once, making me think about fasting in a whole new way—and as Yom Kippur ...

The Week I Eat Along With The Rest of The Tribe

Is there any topic more Jewish than food? I feel like a pretty strong argument can be made that food ...

The Missed Kitniyot Opportunity

Passover 2016 hasn’t even begun, and I’m already frustrated with so much talk about food. Well, this year it’s not ...