Southern

I moved to North Carolina about eight months ago after living most of my life either above or well above ...

Where I grew up in Connecticut, “road trip” typically meant a trip to New York City or to Boston – both being ...

Sometimes, being Southern and Jewish means raising our voice. The Board of Directors of the Institute of Southern Jewish Life ...

“They tried to kill us; we won; let’s eat.”This is, according to my father, the theme of every major Jewish ...

A recent line of inquiry has led me down a research rabbit hole — a tunnel falling straight into the ...

This February, for the first time ever, the ISJL is hosting a reunion of all of the alumni of our Education ...

Planning a wedding is quite a feat. A fun, exciting, thrilling, crazy feat…but a feat nonetheless. Especially when you’re planning ...

I recently received an email from my local synagogue‘s Brotherhood, asking for volunteers to help with some much-needed upkeep work ...

In the South, people pray a lot. It’s all around us: on TV, on billboards, at football games, even at ...

At first blush, I might not seem like a very “Southern” Jewish girl: I grew up in Chicago, after all. ...