Posts tagged Sabbath
Cultures of Jackson: The Power of Light & the Celebration of a Miracle
Cultures of Jackson: The Power of Light & the Celebration of a Miracle

On a sunny afternoon in the fall Melissa and I found ourselves outside, sitting at a black metal table with a red umbrella, and discussing ideas for “Cultures of Jackson.” As I perused through the calendar looking for some hidden inspiration, my eyes fell upon the dreaded finals week in December, but something else also caught my eye. With a mischievous grin I looked up at Mel and said, “Hey . . .did you know Hanukkah is in December this year?”

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Stories, EventsCultures of JacksonJackson TN, Tennessee, Melissa Hardman, Kimberly Chavers, Cultures of Jackson, Hanukkah, Jewish, Judaism, holiday, holidays, Sol Bee Park, David Cohen, B’nai Israel, National Register of Historic Places, synagogue, Hannah Clayton, Latkes, cantor, rabbi, John Kaplan, event, tradition, history, religion, Chanukah, Greek, Syrians, Israel, Greece, Syria, Maccabees, temple, menorah, miracle, light, shamash, Jo Anne Smith, Sabbath, Bethany Berger, Institute of Southern Jewish Life, Jackson MS, dreidel, Hebrew, Peter Yarrow
The Southern Snow Day: An Institution
The Southern Snow Day: An Institution

The Snow Day is a Southern Institution. Annually it affects our lives spent together in dramatic fashion. Schools close, milk is scant, and manufacturers of bread become wealthy overnight. As a life long Southerner the Snow Day is a cultural attribute of Southern life that I have come to adamantly defend.

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EssaysLuke PruettTom Meiners, snow day, Sabbath, the South, KKK, Ku Klux Klan, work, America, tradition, snow, Jackson TN, Tennessee, Luke Pruett, Josh Garcia, Kevin Adelsberger, Anthony Kirk