Southern & Jewish

For me, it’s the river that won my heart.In the summer of 2007, I was traveling in a hot van ...

Here’s another in our periodic Something Special About the South series! When I first moved to Jackson, Mississippi, I never ...

This post is the second in my three-part-series on “Becoming Southern and Jewish.”Over the course of my next two years ...

There is some irony in the observance of “Labor Day” in our country: It is a holiday acknowledging the achievements ...

I’ve been active on Facebook since 2004. Right before I started college, Brandeis University was added to the then-still-exclusive site, ...

In March of 2013, I volunteered to swab people’s cheeks for a bone marrow registry drive at a National Council ...

Over the course of the next few weeks, I’m going to share a series of posts about my reflection on ...

Here’s another in our periodic series about making a home in Mississippi, and feeling that there’s something special about the ...

In college I was tasked with writing a “This I Believe” essay about my guiding beliefs and values. This assignment wasn’t ...

 Each year all of the religious schools that make up our ISJL education network gather in Jackson, MS for our ...

Today’s post comes from Rabbi Bruce Elder, who brought congregants from his suburban-Chicago congregation down South earlier this year.The North ...

Every person has a different way of dealing with grief; some cry, shout, pray, fast, or choose to celebrate and remember ...