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When I tell people about Jewish families in the small towns I’ve visited, they often ask, “How did they get ...

As I was researching the Jewish history of Tulsa, Oklahoma, I came upon a wonderful photograph in the 50th anniversary ...

Sometimes oral history interviews yield interesting clips that don’t have a clear home among our current history resources. Fortunately, this ...

This post is by second year Education Fellow Ben Chaidell.ISJL Education Fellows often work with our communities on how to ...

A new congregation in Savannah, Georgia was looking forward to celebrating the high holidays together for the first time, but ...

Tikkun olam has long been a hallmark of Jewish life – and that’s certainly true here in the South. Southern ...

With Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur just behind us, I thought I would share a little bit about the significance ...

The following thoughts come to us from Education Fellow Erin Kahal.A few weeks ago, another Education Fellow, Sam Kahan, and ...

Within the liturgy of Yom Kippur, guilt is assumed to be collective, as we communally recite the sins. That being ...

While illegal immigration has become a hot button issue in recent years, it is not a new phenomenon. In fact, ...