Josh Parshall
Dr. Josh Parshall is the Historian at the Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life.
Articles by Josh Parshall
One Of Mississippi’s “Most Endangered” Sites Is A Synagogue
Natchez, Mississippi, is home to one of the most beautiful - and endangered - houses of worship you've ever seen
Preserving the Past In The Wake of a Storm
When a hurricane hit Houston, this historian got to work
Welcome Back to Mississippi
The ISJL's new historian isn't new to the Jewish south
Oral History in Ashland, Kentucky
As many people know, I’ll be leaving my post at the ISJL next week to pursue a Ph.D. in American ...
Remembering Medgar Evers
June 12 marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Medgar Evers, the first NAACP field secretary for the state ...
Kveller’s God Month
Full disclosure: Kveller.com is a partner site of our host, MyJewishLearning.In a recent blog post on the Jewish parenting site Kveller, ...
Video Excerpt from My Recent Kentucky Adventure
Last month, I had the pleasure of visiting Ashland, Kentucky, to conduct a series of oral history interviews. The trip ...
Yom HaShoah: Oral Histories Help Us “Never Forget”
Today is Yom HaShoah, and while the atrocities committed by the Nazis and their collaborators may seem very distant from ...
Jewish Hoops History
For those of you with teams in the tournament, or whose brackets are still alive, enjoy the weekend. I’ve been ...
Escaping Germany, Settling in McGehee, Arkansas
Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to conduct a workshop on oral history techniques at Hendrix College in Conway, ...