2013

“Do you know a rabbi by the name of Abraham Joshua Heschel?”The question was asked of me by Jean Jackson, ...

A colleague who I trust and admire recently shared with me a New York Times piece she wrote about sending ...

I’m just afraid that history will repeat itself. On October 15th, 1965, the first person to be arrested for burning ...

This blog is written by Sam Gardner, who just finished his summer internship in the ISJL’s history department. The Neshoba ...

Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as  parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. ...

It is one month until Rosh Hashannah, the Jewish New Year. That sentence strikes fear in to the heart of ...

Traditional Jewish thought sees the whole world as a laboratory for learning. On the one hand, everything has value in ...

ALEXANDRA & ERIC SPITZ When/how/where at camp did you meet? We attended Camp JCA Shalom in Malibu, CA as kids ...

At the ISJL, we’re often asked about all things “Southern” and “Jewish” – so it was no surprise that we ...

Folks — As much as I literally feel my heart pounding every time I hear a story about crazy fear-mongering, ...