Southern & Jewish

The holiday spirit is here, and I’ll be celebrating Hanukkah this week to its fullest. My family will pause to ...

I’ve lived in big cities like Los Angeles, and small towns in the Mississippi Delta. I’ve been part of communities ...

Thanksgiving 2015: We had a full house down here in Jackson, Mississippi, with all of our kids home for the ...

Many of you will be hitting the roads for holiday travel this time of year, and will have ample time ...

I like to think of myself as open-minded. I will try most things (that don’t involve throwing myself out of ...

For as long as I can remember, I’ve been a big Oprah Winfrey fan. From Oprah’s Book Club to the ...

Walking by the seasonal decorations already set up at stores around Jackson, I was quickly drawn into the glitz and glimmer of the ...

Black Friday gets kind of a bad reputation these days. Especially with some stores making employees work on Thanksgiving Thursday ...

If you lived in Jackson, Tennessee, in the 1950s, a trip downtown was a treat — especially if you were a ...

When it comes to technology … I’m not exactly a prodigy. I silently cheer when my computer turns on without any ...

In honor of Jewish Book month, each ISJL Education Fellow submitted a list of his or her favorite Jewish authors for ...

News flash: In Greenwood, Mississippi, Jewish religious school has officially been deemed “cool.” And it’s thanks in large part to ...