Southern & Jewish

Today’s blog comes to us from Michael Goodman at Goodman Writes, another “Southern & Jewish” voice. Reprinted with permission of the ...

I was working on an activity for the Texas Jewish Immigrant Experience Traveling Trunk when I came across a gem ...

In celebration of the completion of the Kentucky section of our online Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities, we bring you ...

One of the foundational ideas behind the ISJL is that mid-size and large congregations should build connections to smaller Jewish ...

By ISJL Education Fellow, Sam KahanDuring the annual ISJL Education Conference, Education Fellows traditionally present some sort of “ schtick ...

What’s Jewish about… The N’awlins phrase “Where Y’At?” Eating cheese grits soufflé in Alexandria, Louisiana? Cheering “Roll Tide” on Wednesday, ...

This update comes to us from AmeriCorps member Gernelle Nelson. For her year of national service, she’s working in the Community ...

“Jews are dogs, killers of Christ!”The shouts came from an irate woman as I was walking into one of our ...

You may have noticed we’ve had a few B’nai Mitzvah-related posts lately.  We are at the start of celebrating our ...

Few places in America are more remote than southeastern Kentucky.  Back in the early 20th century, a handful of Jewish ...

By ISJL Education Fellow Dan RingThe ISJL Education Curriculum addresses Israel in many ways at various grade levels. The fifth ...

For more than a year, I’ve been working with Dr. Ron Wolfson  to plan a ten-day lecture tour to visit communities ...