History Department

The Institute of Southern Jewish Life offers a guide book for self-guided tours or group excursions to sites of southern Jewish history throughout the region.  The "Cultural Corridor" road trips series interlaces the South's fascinating history with its significant but relatively unknown Jewish story.

Tours I and II take visitors from New Orleans to Memphis along the Mississippi River, with stops at historic synagogues and cemeteries, a Civil War military park, old Jewish stores, the Delta Blues Museum, and other interesting sites.

Tours III and IV take visitors from Atlanta to Dallas along Interstate 20 and Highway 80. With stops throughout central Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, these two new tours promise to offer travelers exceptional opportunities to explore Jewish history along an east-west route.

Tours I and II are available free of charge with the purchase of Tours III and IV.  You may purchase the Cultural Corridors booklets for $7.50 plus shipping from this site or by calling (601) 362-6357 or by email at information@isjl.org.