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7 Things I’ve Learned in Mississippi
Today’s post comes from Linnea Hurst, the ISJL’s Community Engagement Department intern this summer. I am from Portland, Oregon, and ...
Vinyl for Hipsters vs. Vinyl for High Holy Days: Or, “Old School Columbia Records”
This blog post was written by Anna Stusser, a summer intern currently working in the Museum Department at the ISJL.Vinyl ...
Fitting in
I recently read an essay published earlier this year on xoJane that a woman wrote as a paean to her ...
Summer Camp is a Southern Jewish Tradition
This past Thursday, my wife and I got up early, packed our car with trunks, suitcases, plastic drawers, and sleeping ...
Transmission of Torah: For Jews Only?
According to the National Jewish Population Survey, there are approximately 1.5 million non-Jews helping to raise Jewish families in the ...
Are today’s Americans really wimps?
Recently there has been a rash of articles declaring how stupid American parents have overcoddled their children in all sorts ...
2013 New Staff Orientation
Every year, shortly after graduation season, we have the pleasure of welcoming new faces to our office: new permanent staff, Education ...
In Our Own Backyard: Pursuing Justice, Fighting Fundamentalism
Jay Michaelson, a contributing editor to The Forward, recently wrote an article about the dangers of fundamentalism within Judaism. In my ...
How can one make moral decisions?
A few weeks ago, an acquaintance of mine gleefully forwarded a link to a study that asserted that atheists and ...
Answering the Call: Responding to Suicide and Depression in Our Communities
“Crisis Line. May I help you?” This is how I answer the phone at a local crisis center here in ...