Personal Reflections

“Why Would You Move From California to Mississippi?”

I’ve been settling in to my new home in Jackson, Mississippi, for just over a month now, and it seems ...

I was moved by a story I heard on NPR last week. Krista Tippet, host of NPR’s show “On Being,” ...

What makes our home Southern and Jewish? If you were blindfolded and brought into my home, it wouldn’t take you ...

Today’s post comes from Linnea Hurst, the ISJL’s Community Engagement Department intern this summer. I am from Portland, Oregon, and ...

This past Thursday, my wife and I got up early, packed our car with trunks, suitcases, plastic drawers, and sleeping ...

This post is from a new staff member, 2013-2015 ISJL Education Fellow Lex Rofes.A few weeks ago, I listened intently ...

When we brought our baby son home from the hospital nearly 27 years ago, we imagined many things for his ...

June 12 marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Medgar Evers, the first NAACP field secretary for the state ...

I saw a post on my Facebook feed yesterday that confused me. The post was from a friend who happens ...

I’m involved with a wonderful collection of people in Jackson who work hard to put on Figment, a participatory arts ...