Southern & Jewish

Now that the Jewish fall holidays have been celebrated, I have had some time to reflect on some of the ...

The Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life (ISJL) is honored to be in the 2013-2014 Slingshot class, and selected again ...

Below, Michele Schipper explains why she lets her kids trick-or-treat. To hear from another Jewish mom with a different perspective, ...

I usually write posts about topics like challenges facing our community, and my work in engagement and social justice. But ...

Students at Temple Beth-El in Birmingham, Alabama, listen in rapt attention to The Rabbi and the 29 Witches . We love everything ...

This blog post was written by ISJL Education Fellow Missy Goldstein. It is almost without fail that calling my Bubbe leads ...

On Yom Kippur this year, the few remaining families of the 161-year old congregation of B’nai El in St. Louis, ...

This piece is by Education Fellow Amanda Winer. As I was flying home from a recent trip to one of ...

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Since a peer-led health initiative is one of the programs I help coordinate, I ...

A week ago, a woman named Deb took her life in New Jersey. I learned about her death in an ...

I was listening to National Public Radio on the way into work this morning, hearing more and more details of ...

This week, my Facebook news-feed is filled with outrage about the fact that Hobby Lobby won’t carry Hanukkah decorations. Many ...