Posts tagged miracle
Winds of Change
Winds of Change

The Wizard of Oz. That’s my earliest memory of the power of a tornado. From the time I saw that witch riding a bicycle in the air with that house spinning out of control, the power of a tornado had me under its thumb. As a five-year-old, I had no idea how close I would come to that dominance that struck so much fear in me as a child. West Tennessee, and Jackson in particular, is no stranger to tornadoes. As much as we think tornadoes are an indiscriminate act of nature, they’re not. 

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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