Southern & Jewish
Yiddish Chickens, Screaming Latkes, and a Pig Who Wants to Be Kosher
What do Yiddish-speaking chickens, screaming latkes, and a pig who really, really wants to be kosher have in common?They’re all ...
“The Guthrie Incident”: An Episode of Anti-Semitism in Oklahoma
The idea of a Jewish conspiracy to control the world has long been a canard of anti-Semites. Its most infamous ...
Happy Thanksgiving!
Most of us are hitting the road for the Thanksgiving holiday. With gratitude on our minds, we are grateful to ...
Two Worlds
By Education Fellow Reva FrankelI grew up in a Modern Orthodox community, so when I came to work at the ...
There’s No Place Like a Jewish Home
In Little Rock, Arkansas, ISJL Education Fellow Erin poses with students who participated in a special program called “There’s No ...
The Accidental Slurrist
It’s happened twice in the last four years: I’ve been in the middle of a lovely conversation with someone, and ...
“We ALL Have Work To Do”: Dr. Susan Glisson on Race, the “Riot” at Ole Miss, and Reconciliation
There it was, in the news, soon after the results of the November 6 election were announced: bigotry in the ...
From the Collection: High Water
As stated in one of our last posts about the hurricane, we are familiar with what the devastation of hurricanes ...
At Home on the Road
By 2nd year Education Fellow Rachel Blume.It’s the height of the fall season. Football is in full swing, Barack Obama ...
How did they get here?
When I tell people about Jewish families in the small towns I’ve visited, they often ask, “How did they get ...
Hurricane Klal
In the South, we’re pretty familiar with hurricanes. Katrina, Isaac, Camille … we’re used to pretty regular encounters with powerful ...
Interfaith, Outreach, Inclusion … Why Bother?
We hear a lot about “interfaith” and “outreach” programming. In fact, I spend a lot of my time promoting it. ...