Jewish History of the Civil War
Local communities in both the North and South mobilized efforts to organize and equip the armies of the Civil War. In August, 1862, the Jewish community of Chicago met in a series of meetings at the Concordia Club to organize a Jewish company for a new Illinois...
Confederacy a Con Job on Whites?
I’ve lived 55 years in the South, and I grew up liking the Confederate flag. I haven’t flown one for many decades, but for a reason that might surprise you. I know the South well. We lived wherever the Marine Corps stationed my father: Georgia, Virginia, the...
News From Around the South 2/27 to 3/6
LOUISIANA: New Orleans Can Remove Three Confederate Monuments After a long and tough fight, it seemed Monday that Confederate General Robert E. Lee would be moving out of New Orleans. A federal court ruled this week that a statue of Lee standing proudly atop a...
How South Shaped Jewish Cuisine
The American South has influenced Jewish culinary traditions for more than 100 years. From combinations like pastrami biscuits to matzoh ball gumbo, the South is creatively reinterpreting centuries of Jewish foodways. Host Frank Stasio talks with Marcie Cohen Ferris,...
Undermining Academic Achievement
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said in a statement, “The president’s decision to ask Betsy DeVos to run the Department of Education should offend every single American man, woman, and child who has benefitted from the public education system in...Obiter Dicta
We’ve seen masked government agents roughing people up, shouting obscenities at them, trapping them on freezing cold roofs, smashing their Read More
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VIRGINIA: Mobile museum bringing Virginia history across the Commonwealth CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — It is a truck on a mission to teach young students and families about Virginia history. While Read More