Bethany Berger
Bethany Berger is a 2014-2016 ISJL Education Fellow.
Articles by Bethany Berger
Mississippi is My Valentine
In honor of Valentine's Day, a love letter to the state I call home
Deep South Departures: Fellows Say Farewell
As our time in Mississippi as ISJL Education Fellows comes to an end, we wanted to write a final collaborative-blog-post ...
How Did This Nice Northern Catholic Boy Become Part of The Southern Jewish World?
My roommate Peter is neither Southern nor Jewish… and yet he somehow found himself an active part of Mississippi’s Southern ...
Post-Passover, These Nice Jewish Girls Want a Burrito Badly…
In our Southern and Jewish blog, we usually focus on topics that are… well, Southern and Jewish. This one might ...
The 5 Remaining Southern & Jewish Items on My Fellowship Bucket List
With three months left of my time as an Education Fellow at the ISJL, the final countdown of this Southern ...
Is Living in Jackson, Mississippi “Different”? Yes, It Is…
When I tell people that I live in Jackson, Mississippi, they often remark on how “different” it must be from ...
An Overdue Apology to Santa from a Nice Jewish Girl
“ December Dilemma” is the perfect way to describe the mixture of emotions I feel during the holiday season.I like ...
Getting to Know Yom Kippur
Making the holiday meaningful when you didn't grow up with it.
Operation Oneg: A Southern & Jewish Soldier Story
Last week was my first adventure on the road as an Education Fellow. I went to Montgomery and Auburn, Alabama, ...