Southern & Jewish
A Small-World Story from the Small Southern Town of El Dorado, Arkansas
Nestled in South Arkansas, El Dorado is a small town with a big history. Recently, this small town reminded us ...
Last Year in the Deep South, This Year in Jerusalem
Hi! Remember me? It’s Missy! Last May I was finishing up my ISJL Education Fellowship with visits to two different ...
Holy or Horrible: Can We Force Meaningful Moments?
As a Jewish educator, I teach students of all ages about the sacred moments we will experience throughout our lives ...
A Painting of Pain & The Responsibility of Remembrance
As we prepare to commemorate Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Memorial Day, I’ve been thinking about my father- in- law, Leon Schipper, ...
Post-Passover, These Nice Jewish Girls Want a Burrito Badly…
In our Southern and Jewish blog, we usually focus on topics that are… well, Southern and Jewish. This one might ...
No Sub For You: The Hardest Part of the Passover Pilgrimage
I’m a Florida native. I’ve been described as a fish, spending so much time in the water, swimming and splashing ...
The Week I Eat Along With The Rest of The Tribe
Is there any topic more Jewish than food? I feel like a pretty strong argument can be made that food ...
My Mississippi Road Trips
Where I grew up in Connecticut, “road trip” typically meant a trip to New York City or to Boston – both being ...
At Passover & Always: On Freedom, Religion… And Welcoming Everyone
Sometimes, being Southern and Jewish means raising our voice. The Board of Directors of the Institute of Southern Jewish Life ...
A Timely Poetic Discovery
We live in exciting times – but also trying times. Over the last year, in particular, I have observed and ...
When You’re The First Jewish Friend
“You were my first Jew, you know,” a friend reminded me the other day.What she meant was, I’m the first ...
It Tried To Kill Me, We Won, Let’s Eat: My Very Jewish Approach to Diabetes
“They tried to kill us; we won; let’s eat.”This is, according to my father, the theme of every major Jewish ...