Southern & Jewish
Southern & Jewish celebrates the stories, people, and experiences – past and present – of Jewish life in the American South. Hosted by the Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life, posts come from educators, students, rabbis, parents, artists, and many other “visitors-to and daily-livers-of” the Southern Jewish experience. From road trips to recipes to reflections, we’ll explore a little bit of everything – well, at least all things Southern and/or Jewish. Shalom, y’all!
Pigging Out … Or Not
So there’s this website called Pork Memoirs.Dedicated to sharing “personal stories about a complicated meat,” the site explores personal identity ...
How to Ship a Torah
A new congregation in Savannah, Georgia was looking forward to celebrating the high holidays together for the first time, but ...
Repairing Our World, Starting in the South
Tikkun olam has long been a hallmark of Jewish life – and that’s certainly true here in the South. Southern ...
The High Holiday Research Method
With Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur just behind us, I thought I would share a little bit about the significance ...
Holiday Wishes
In advance of Yom Kippur, the entire ISJL staff would like to wish all of our friends and readers a ...
Finding Joy
The following thoughts come to us from Education Fellow Erin Kahal.A few weeks ago, another Education Fellow, Sam Kahan, and ...
High Holy Days: Collective Sin, Collective Success
Within the liturgy of Yom Kippur, guilt is assumed to be collective, as we communally recite the sins. That being ...
Streaming Judaism: Dreams to Deeds Podcast Debuts
A few weeks ago, Rachel Stern wrote about the real blessings technology can bring, particularly when you’re outside of a ...
“What is Rosh Hashanah?”
As the only Jewish kid in his middle school in suburban Mississippi, my youngest son Eric will be telling his ...
A Southern Twist on Apples & Honey
The “Apples & Honey (Bourbon)” Challah Bread Pudding recipe I devised a few years ago has become my Rosh Hashanah ...