summer
How Jewish Camping Got Me To Move To Mississippi
My family and friends back home were baffled when I announced that, upon graduating from college, I would be moving ...
To Find God – Take the Summer Off
Why is it that synagogue and church attendance drops in the summer? For years, churches and synagogues have noticed what ...
Why We Came South
As we prepare for the new year ahead, we’ll be sharing several Southern & Jewish posts reflecting on “how we ...
Camp Connections Across The South
This week, ISJL staff have been all over… and in addition to visiting Southern Jewish communities, we’ve been serving as ...
Summer Camp Circle Game
“And go round and round and round in the circle game…”The words of Joni Mitchell’s classic folk song have been ...
My Mississippi Summer, 50 Years After Freedom Summer
As I began the long trek down to Mississippi a few weeks ago, I found my mind constantly wandering into ...
Judaism Blooms Each Summer… In Jackson, Mississippi
You may not picture central Mississippi as central to Jewish life. But every summer, one of the most dynamic Jewish ...
50 Years Out, A Bishop and A Rabbi Reflect on the March On Washington
Now that the Jewish fall holidays have been celebrated, I have had some time to reflect on some of the ...
From Utica, NY to Utica, MS: How A Rabbi Spent His Summer Vacation
Today’s guest post comes from Rabbi Hank Bamberger of Utica, New York, who spent some time traveling in the South ...
My Summer in Mississippi: A New Yorker Reflects
This blog is written by Sam Gardner, who just finished his summer internship in the ISJL’s history department. The Neshoba ...