Southern & Jewish
They Just Don’t Get It? Who’s “They”?
Over and over again, I have noticed that when someone says “ugh, they don’t get it” when talking about someone ...
On Making A Difference, Together
“I don’t speak because I have the power to speak; I speak because I don’t have the power to remain ...
The Steampunk Coffee… Synagogue
Editor’s Note: This is the blog we had scheduled to run today: a lovely piece about any gathering place becoming ...
Singing Her Way South: A “California Hippie” Comes to Mississippi
The summer before my Bat Mitzvah, I was sitting with my family at our home in Oakland, California. I remember ...
Graduation 2015: A [Jewish] Family Affair
This graduation season, my family is celebrating not one, not two, but three graduations.Our oldest, Alana, graduated from Indiana University. Our middle child, ...
Fellow Farewell: Some Say Goodbye, I Say Hello!
In December of 2012, I was six months away from graduating college… and I needed what every graduate is looking ...
The Soul You Have Given Me (And The Spirits, Too)…
I grew up and live now in New Orleans. When people think of religion in New Orleans, they might think ...
Fellow Farewell: Lex Found the Torah He Was Looking For in The South
We 21st century Jews like mentioning Hillel the Elder a lot. The man is one of few individuals on the ...
My Jewish Camp Group’s 27-Year-Reunion (Or, “How My Husband Finally ‘Got’ My Jewish Camp Obsession”)
Growing up in Texas, I started attending Greene Family Camp in 1980. I was one of those camp kids: Greene ...
Fellow Farewell: Allison’s Adventures
This is the second in a series of four farewell posts from the ISJL’s 2013-2015 Education Fellows, who will all begin ...
Sharing Jewish Journeys: A Simple & Sweet Shavuot Program
Two years ago at the ISJL Education Conference, there was a wonderful program about diversity and inclusion in our Jewish ...
Shavuot & Social Justice
As we are approach the end of the Counting of the Omer, the 49-day period between Passover and Shavuot, I’m ...