Southern & Jewish
Summer Sun = Jewish Fun
In the Jewish world, summers are an incredible time for Jewish identity to blossom in children. Jewish summer camps are ...
My Southbound Story: Student Rabbi Rob
As we prepare to welcome more than a half-dozen new Jewish professionals to Mississippi for internships and fellowships at the ...
Playing Jewish Geography in the Deep South
Jewish geography is a game often played when Jews meet each other for the first time and try to identify ...
In The Small Town South, Honoring Orlando Victims Is An Interfaith Experience
Communities across the nation have been gathering to honor and memorialize the Orlando victims. In Alexandria, Louisiana, community organizers chose ...
Orlando, Or-Anywhere
In the South, we often joke that central and southern Florida are just a little south of Manhattan – i.e., ...
Reflecting On A Year of Southern Jewish Life
Another school year has come and gone, and the ending of the school year just so happens to coincide with ...
My Southbound Story: Shira
As we prepare to welcome more than a half-dozen new Jewish professionals to Mississippi for internships and fellowships at the ...
Giving Gelt: Starting A Family Giving Circle (Part 2)
Around Hanukkah this past year, my family decided to start our own giving circle. Sitting around the kitchen table, armed with ...
My Southbound Story: Leah
As we prepare to welcome more than a half-dozen new Jewish professionals to Mississippi for internships and Fellowships at the ...
A Shout-Out to Shavuot
If you ask me, Shavuot doesn’t get the attention it deserves. Judaism has a lot of holidays, and it’s understandable ...
Deep South Departures: Fellows Say Farewell
As our time in Mississippi as ISJL Education Fellows comes to an end, we wanted to write a final collaborative-blog-post ...
How Did This Nice Northern Catholic Boy Become Part of The Southern Jewish World?
My roommate Peter is neither Southern nor Jewish… and yet he somehow found himself an active part of Mississippi’s Southern ...