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Tag: Southern Jews

0 Culture Jewish Law

How My Southern Interfaith Family Pulled Together the Perfect Bat Mitzvah

Sara Blancke in Kveller · 29 Nov 2024

In a touching personal narrative, Sara Blancke shares how her Southern interfaith family crafted a meaningful bat mitzvah for her daughter within a unique setting—a Presbyterian church in South Carolina.

0 Antisemitism History

Alfred Uhry won’t let antisemites rain on his ‘Parade’

Matthew Kassel in Jewish Insider · 23 Feb 2023

Alfred Uhry, a renowned playwright, revisits the historical tragedy of Leo Frank through the revival of his musical "Parade," spotlighting the antisemitism surrounding Frank's 1915 lynching in Atlanta.

0 Television/Film Culture

Comedian who went viral for having beer thrown at her makes a very Jewish TV debut on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’

Caleb Guedes-Reed in Forward · 25 Oct 2022

Ariel Elias, a Jewish comedian known for a viral incident involving a beer can thrown by hecklers at a New Jersey club, made her television debut on "Jimmy Kimmel Live."

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An Israelite with Egyptian Principles

Paul Finkelman in Jewish Review of Books · 28 Dec 2021

Judah Philip Benjamin was the first American Jew to serve in a president's cabinet.

0 Culture History

We Are Family: Ep. 105

Unorthodox · 14 Sep 2017

This episode of Unorthodox delves into diverse Jewish and broader cultural themes, exploring personal narratives of identity and belonging.

0 Communities Culture

You Can Pay Jews To Live in Dothan, Alabama. But Will They Stay?

Forward · 18 Aug 2014

Dothan, Alabama, a small town with a dwindling Jewish population, embarked on a unique plan to revitalize its Jewish community in 2008.