Southern & Jewish

A new congregation in Savannah, Georgia was looking forward to celebrating the high holidays together for the first time, but ...

Tikkun olam has long been a hallmark of Jewish life – and that’s certainly true here in the South. Southern ...

With Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur just behind us, I thought I would share a little bit about the significance ...

In advance of Yom Kippur, the entire ISJL staff would like to wish all of our friends and readers a ...

The following thoughts come to us from Education Fellow Erin Kahal.A few weeks ago, another Education Fellow, Sam Kahan, and ...

Within the liturgy of Yom Kippur, guilt is assumed to be collective, as we communally recite the sins. That being ...

A few weeks ago, Rachel Stern wrote about the real blessings technology can bring, particularly when you’re outside of a ...

As the only Jewish kid in his middle school in suburban Mississippi, my youngest son Eric will be telling his ...

The “Apples & Honey (Bourbon)” Challah Bread Pudding recipe I devised a few years ago has become my Rosh Hashanah ...

Last Wednesday morning, a beautiful photograph of Jerusalem stone appeared in my Facebook newsfeed. The picture shows a large wall ...

While illegal immigration has become a hot button issue in recent years, it is not a new phenomenon. In fact, ...

Pilgrimage: “a journey to a place associated with someone or something well known or respected” (The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of ...