Southern

Living in Jackson, Mississippi, but devoid of a Southern accent, I am often asked where I’m from. When I confess that ...

As a rabbi on staff at the ISJL, I travel around the South quite a bit. Recently, I had the ...

Hi there! Remember me? Just last year, I was traveling all over the South serving wonderful communities as an ISJL ...

Walking by the seasonal decorations already set up at stores around Jackson, I was quickly drawn into the glitz and glimmer of the ...

Black Friday gets kind of a bad reputation these days. Especially with some stores making employees work on Thanksgiving Thursday ...

As ISJL Education Fellows, we spend a lot of time in the car, driving to our communities. More to the ...

Every few months, I receive a tentative “cold call” from a congregation interested in using the services of the ISJL ...

There are many stereotypes about Jewish mothers. Some of them are positive, some less so. But we all know them ...

For more on Southern Jewish life, check out MyJewishLearning’s Southern & Jewish blog.What makes Southern Jews, Southern Jews? According to ...

The week is bracketed by two parades.  The first is on the holiday of Simchat Torah, when we complete the ...