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Friday Night Lights Vs… Friday Night Lights
“Where’s your family?” A friendly “old timer” asked me at Friday night services a couple of weeks ago. When you’re ...
What Makes This Lulav So Southern?
In elementary school, the Jewish holidays were never an issue — I went to a Jewish day school, so school ...
Throwback Thursday: Texas for the Holidays
After the end of my two-year term as an ISJL Education Fellow, I moved back to Massachusetts to begin rabbinical ...
Southern Hospitality, Southern Sukkah
When you live in the Deep South — and especially when you have to travel a lot for work — ...
Focusing on the “Philo” in Philo-Semitism
Last week, Kveller, a partner site of MyJewishLearning, published a provocative piece about one woman’s experience being Jewish in the ...
Is Living in Jackson, Mississippi “Different”? Yes, It Is…
When I tell people that I live in Jackson, Mississippi, they often remark on how “different” it must be from ...
How Skype Helps This Southern Jewish Family Stay in Sunday School
Our family recently relocated to Greene County, Georgia, leaving our longtime home of Marietta. One of the hardest things to ...
10 Things All Southern High Holiday Service-Goers Will Understand
Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur have a special flavor in the South.
Our Mississippi Rosh Hashanah Table
Our table was once too big for us, then we became too big for it, and now we fit almost exactly in its seats… and in future years, with grandkids and the ongoing cycle of celebrations, we will outgrow it again.
A Southern Jewish… Prosthetic Leg?
As a history intern for the Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life this summer, one of my responsibilities was to ...