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Singing Her Way South: A “California Hippie” Comes to Mississippi
The summer before my Bat Mitzvah, I was sitting with my family at our home in Oakland, California. I remember ...
Graduation 2015: A [Jewish] Family Affair
This graduation season, my family is celebrating not one, not two, but three graduations.Our oldest, Alana, graduated from Indiana University. Our middle child, ...
Fellow Farewell: Some Say Goodbye, I Say Hello!
In December of 2012, I was six months away from graduating college… and I needed what every graduate is looking ...
Fellow Farewell: Allison’s Adventures
This is the second in a series of four farewell posts from the ISJL’s 2013-2015 Education Fellows, who will all begin ...
Sharing Jewish Journeys: A Simple & Sweet Shavuot Program
Two years ago at the ISJL Education Conference, there was a wonderful program about diversity and inclusion in our Jewish ...
Shavuot & Social Justice
As we are approach the end of the Counting of the Omer, the 49-day period between Passover and Shavuot, I’m ...
Missy’s Farewell: Timehopping Through Two Southern & Jewish Years!
This is the first in a series of four farewell posts from the ISJL’s 2013-2015 Education Fellows, who will all ...
A Southern Jewish Woman’s Story from 1879 Asks Questions Still Lingering Today
I recently came across a short story titled Miss Magdalena Peanuts, published in the Atlantic Monthly in September, 1879. It ...
Those Who Can, Teach
It’s been a nostalgic week for me. Although I defended my dissertation in June of last year and officially earned ...
The Mikveh: Bringing Purity (Even To Tazria-Metzora Sermons)
This time of year, we read a very infamous Torah portion: Parashat Tazria-Metzora, a double Torah portion, which is widely ...