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The Non-Jewish Rabbi? The Problem of Patrilineal Descent
Two articles posted earlier this week made reference to an individual who had been born to a Jewish father and ...
Heschel’s Host: “Don’t Tell Me Religions Can’t Get Along!”
“Do you know a rabbi by the name of Abraham Joshua Heschel?”The question was asked of me by Jean Jackson, ...
Sorry About The Calls, Y’all
Usually, when the phone rings at the ISJL office, Lynda (AKA “The Voice of the ISJL) answers with a perky, ...
Bad News Jews
It’s something that makes most Jewish people cringe: that moment when, in the midst of some celebrity or political or ...
Operation Understanding
Every summer, the ISJL office is privileged to be one of the stops on the journey of teens participating in ...
THIS Is Mississippi
This post is written by Education Fellow Allison Poirier. I live in Mississippi now, but I remain a very proud native ...
Race Matters: Reflections from a White Southern Jewish Mother
I’ve been thinking a lot about race lately. Many others have, too, in the aftermath of George Zimmerman’s acquittal – ...
Gorillas, Bananas, Jewish Education
Sometimes, being a Jewish organization in the Deep South means being perceived as an “outsider”– outside the major metropolitan areas, ...
Where does God fit in?
We have to bring more Jews into Jewish Life. We have to keep the Jewish community strong. We have to ...
Oral History in Ashland, Kentucky
As many people know, I’ll be leaving my post at the ISJL next week to pursue a Ph.D. in American ...