Southern & Jewish

Spotlight On: Midland/Odessa, Texas (31.9425° N, 102.2019° W)Welcome to the first installment of Spotlight.A lot of us think the subject ...

We live in a world dominated by social media, and for an increasing number of us it’s how we get ...

There’s a slight curve to the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. The curve means that you can’t see what’s ...

Little girls don’t usually dress up as Vashti for Purim. Esther is the heroine, after all, and those poofy princess ...

Like so many others, I was very saddened to hear about the passing of Leonard Nimoy last week.One of my friends, ...

I’ve been thinking about numbers lately. Not in a Jewish, gematria-type way, but in a way that kinda makes me wish I ...

My family lives in Greenwood, Mississippi. Nestled in the heart of the Delta, we are proud of our small-but-vibrant shul; ...

As a recently-engaged twenty-something, I’m learning with each passing day the importance of compromise. I don’t always get my way, ...

“So how long have you been a singer?”It’s a question I’ve been asked from time to time, and one that ...

I’m a historian, and a native Texan, and Jewish; I love food and especially food history. So when those interests ...

Today’s post was written jointly by Arielle Nissenblatt and Lonnie Kleinman – two young Jewish professionals who also happen to ...

Today’s blog post is from Doug Smith, a member of one of the ISJL’s partner congregations, Temple Israel in Columbus, Georgia. ...