Ava Pomerantz
Ava Pomerantz is a 2018-2020 Community Engagement Fellow at the Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life (ISJL) in Jackson, Mississippi.
Articles by Ava Pomerantz
The Story of “Noshama”
How one small Jewish organization's mindfulness group is filling employees' bowls with soul
CommuniTEA Engagement
Tea can be soothing, connecting, and maybe even revealing...
Does Judaism = Ambiversion?
On Judaism, Southern pace, and different kinds of interaction
Chesed Challenge: 40 Days of Mindful Kindness
Focusing on kindness in a Southern Jewish setting
Southern & Western & Complicated
Sometimes even writers we admire miss the mark on the places we know
ASK, L’Dor v’Dor
We recently took a weeklong road trip through Alabama and Georgia, presenting Jewish Social Justice modules from the ISJL Community ...
Southern Judaism & Liminal Spaces
Sometimes being between two words is just the place to be