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Change from the Balcony
Today’s post features more Jewish history from Kentucky, the most recent state completed in our Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities. When ...
Happy Passover, Y’all!
Sending wishes for joyful seders and a sweet Pesach , whether you’re celebrating in the South, North, East, or West! ...
Shopping for a Southern Seder
Shopping for Passover items can be challenging in small Southern towns – and I’m sure there are others around the ...
Leaving Our Mark
On a recent pit stop I made in a rural part of Tennessee, I found an unexpected statement. There, in ...
Escaping Germany, Settling in McGehee, Arkansas
Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to conduct a workshop on oral history techniques at Hendrix College in Conway, ...
Delta Deli Day 2013!
This week, we have a special “Snapshots from the Southern Jewish Road” collection of pictures to share with you, from ...
Somebody’s Getting Married… Under the Chuppah!
Only this Jewish woman – this devoted, active, works-in-the Jewish community Jewish woman! – would meet and marry a man named ...
Prozdor Heads South: Teens Tour the Southern Jewish World
Over the last few months, I had the pleasure of working to put together a Southern Jewish Heritage tour for a ...
The Whipping Man
By Education Fellow Reva FrankelTomorrow brings the end of Black History Month. Most often when we discuss the Jewish connection ...
Wrestling with History in an Old Cemetery
Since moving to Mississippi ten years ago, I have been continually struck by the state’s rich but complicated history. One ...