Southern & Jewish

When Helping A Community, Follow Their Lead

Today’s post is from Caitlin Brooking, who recently attended a “Service in Mississippi” summit hosted by the ISJL, and then ...

My family flew to Los Angeles two weeks ago to attend the funeral of my father-in-law, z’’l. We had been ...

This Friday, I will be giving a lecture about my dissertation, Choice Among the Chosen: The School Choice Movement and ...

If you’ve never lived in the South, you might not be familiar with King Cakes. The brightly colored yellow-green-and-purple treats ...

Playing an active role in our local communities is a long-standing Southern Jewish tradition. Our community, Temple Israel in Columbus, ...

At my congregation in New Orleans, I teach an adult beginner Hebrew class. There are many different types of students ...

We use the phrase “transplants” often down here—referring to the “Yankees” who for one reason or another found themselves down South. ...

I recently came across this list of the “most and least Jewish states.” The list is derived from a study by ...

In the South, college football is king. Adjusting to the world of Saturday morning tailgates (after shul, of course) and ...

This piece was written jointly by Lonnie Kleinman and Lex Rofes. An article about the soon-to-be-released film Selma recently appeared ...

I never thought of the traditional Southern dishes eaten for luck at the New Year as particularly Jewish– certainly not ...

Happy 2015! This year starts on a Thursday, which means the first Shabbat of 2015 is only a day away! ...