A House of David in the Land of Jesus, by Robert Lewis Berman
A compelling story about what was once a relatively large Jewish community in the rural town of Lexington, Mississippi, their remarkable achievements, and great relationships with the Christian community – both black and white – that has lasted for over 150 years. Filled with heart-warming stories, it includes a chapter about Henry S. Jacobs Camp, the Museum and the Institute, and their Lexington connection – all with a suspenseful ending. It is a “History of Goodness” that deserves to be emulated.

Paperback Price (autographed): $18.50

Hardcover Price (autographed): $26.50

You Never Call! You Never Write! A History of the Jewish Mother, by Joyce Antler
"You Never Call! You Never Write! A History of the Jewish Mother” is Antler’s latest scholarly investigation. Heralded as “the definitive study of Jewish motherhood in the popular imagination,” the book delves not only into the historical and intellectual underpinnings of “Jewish mothers,” but also provides insights into the broader trends of the American experience. As Antler points out within this book, even those who do not have a Jewish mother might well have an Italian mother, an Irish mother, or exposure to women whose overlapping roles of mother-and-member-of-an-ethnic-group merge into a new iconic paradigm. The Jewish mother here becomes a lens into the phenomenon of the developments of cultural lore, stereotype, and the influence of society on groups and groups on society. In this way, the topic readily establishes a rapport and common reference among participants and program leaders.

Price: $25.00

A Southern Cooking Special
What better way to be inspired in the kitchen than a gift set of Marcie Cohen Ferris’ Matzo Ball Gumbo, a Shalom Y’all apron and a set of Jewish cookie cutters?  Give it to your favorite cook and bring a little southern Jewish spice to any kitchen, regardless of location!  Start cooking up those bagels and grits today!

Set will be gift wrapped if requested.

Price: $50.00

Jewish Roots in Southern Soil: A New History, edited by Marcie Cohen and Mark I. Greenberg
For more than a century, historians have wrestled with the story of southern Jews.  What is the southern Jewish experience? Is southern Jewish culture distinctive from that of other regions of the country, and if so, why? Jewish Roots in Southern Soil addresses these questions through the voices of a new generation of scholars of the Jewish South, including ISJL Historian Dr. Stuart Rockoff.  Essays address historical issues from the colonial era to the present and in every region of the South. Topics include assimilation and American Jewish identity, southern Jewish women writers, the Jewish Confederacy, Jewish peddlers, southern Jewish racial identity, black/Jewish relations, demographic change, the rise of American Reform Judaism, and Jews in southern literature. Softcover.

Price: $30.00

Lone Stars of David: The Jews of Texas, edited by Hollace Ava Weiner and Kenneth D. Roseman
Lone Stars of David is an essay collection of lively written, lavishly illustrated, and well-documented narratives on the history and culture of Texas Jews written by historians, journalists, and rabbis who have experienced Texas firsthand, including ISJL Historian Dr. Stuart Rockoff. They tell the stories of Jews who ventured to Texas before the battle of the Alamo, who fought for the Confederacy, who herded cattle up the Chisholm Trail, who drilled for oil, and who forged Jewish communities far from New York’s Lower East Side. Jews make up only 0.6 percent of the state’s residents, yet their impact has been widespread. This anthology explores the resiliency, diversity, and adaptability of Jews in the Lone Star State, a place with its own powerful sense of identity.

Hardcover Price: $35.00

Marcie Cohen Ferris : Matzoh Ball Gumbo
Since early colonial times in America, Jewish southerners have been tempted by delectable regional foods, though some of these, such as pork and shellfish, have been traditionally forbidden to Jews by religious dietary laws. In a culinary journey through the Jewish South, Matzoh Ball Gumbo explores how southern Jews embraced, avoided, and adapted southern food and, in the process, have found themselves at home. Featuring a trove of photographs, Matzoh Ball Gumbo also includes anecdotes, oral histories, and more than thirty recipes to try at home.

Hardcover Price: $30.00

Chicken Dreaming Corn, by Roy Hoffman

In 1916, on the immigrant blocks of the Southern port city of Mobile, Alabama, a Romanian Jewish shopkeeper, Morris Kleinman, is sweeping his walk in preparation for the Confederate veterans parade about to pass by. "Daddy?" his son asks, "are we Rebels?" "Today?" muses Morris. "Yes, we are Rebels." Thus opens a novel set, like many, in a languid Southern town. But, in a rarity for Southern novels, this one centers on a character who mixes Yiddish with his Southern and has for his neighbors small merchants from Poland, Lebanon, and Greece.

At turns lyrical, comic, and melancholy, this tale takes inspiration from its title. This Romanian expression with an Alabama twist is symbolic of the strivings of ordinary folks for sustenance, for the realization of their hopes and dreams. Set largely on a few humble blocks yet engaging many parts of the world, this Southern Jewish novel is, ultimately, richly American.

Hardcover Price: $25.00

Cultural Corridors: Discovering Jewish Heritage Along Interstate 20

This self guided tour book written by David Sampliner and edited by Dr. Mark I. Greenberg explores the culture and history of Jewish communities between Dallas and Atlanta. Sampliner recounts the tales and sites in lively detail. But he also provides excellent routes and directions so you can experience the Jewish heritage in these towns as well.

From abandoned synagogues to peg-legged tight rope walkers, Cultural Corridors offers an enlightening peek into our past and the people you'll meet along the tour provide a glimpse into the future.

Price: $7.50

The Jewish Community of Shreveport
This is a pictorial history of one of Louisiana's oldest and most significant Jewish communities. Written by historian Eric J. Brock, archivist of Shreveport's B'nai Zion Temple, the book chronicles the progress of Shreveport Jewry from the first settlers in the 1820s to the present day. Illustrated with over 200 photographs.

Paperback Price: $20.00

The Jewish Confederates
Written by Robert N. Rosen, this is "an eye-opening, myth-shattering, stereotype-breaking work of originality, elegance, and wisdom. A must-read for Civil War buffs, Jewish history fans, and all Americans interested in learning."

Hardcover Price: $40.00

Jews in Early Mississippi, by Leo E. Turitz and Evelyn Turitz
This one-of-a-kind volume includes more than 400 photographs depicting the history of Mississippi Jewry between the 1840s and 1900. A must have if your family history includes Mississippi.

Paperback Price: $25.00

The Jew Store: A Family Memoir, by Stella Suberman
This vividly told and captivating story tells of Stella Suberman's father's dry goods store in a tiny Tennessee town in the 1920s. With artful fondness and a fine dry humor, the author turns the clock back to a time when rural America was perhaps more peaceful, but no less prejudiced, and when the Klan threatened all outsiders. In that setting, she brings both townspeople and her family members to life.

Paperback Price: $14.00

Judah P. Benjamin: The Jewish Confederate
Eli Evans's brilliantly illuminates one of the most extraordinary lives in American and Jewish history.

Paperback Price: $17.00

Kosher Southern Style Cookbook, by Mildred L. Covert and Sylvia Gerson
For more than 100 years, Jewish women in the South have used their talents to prepare traditional southern dishes that do not violate kashruth. Adapting their "Yankee" ingenuity to the South's rich culinary heritage, Jewish cooks created kosher versions of grits, fried chicken, corn fritters, and other southern favorites.

Hardcover Price: $16.00

The Lonely Days Were Sundays
Eli Evans combines knowledge of his region and his Jewish heritage into a complex and subtle mixture of insights that intertwine autobiography with observation and information. He brings to his writing the unique perspective of one who has grown up Jewish in the Bible Belt.

Paperback Price: $16.00

Clara Lowenburg Moses: Memoir of a Southern Jewish Woman
In this first MSJE Historical Publications Series offering, author Wendy Machlovitz expertly portrays the life and times of Natchez native and free spirit Clara Lowenburg Moses. Chapters detail Natchez Jewish history, Clara's trials and tribulations through adolescence, married life, and widowhood. Her world includes a "wicked" stepmother, a deeply troubled husband, numerous brushes with death, and many happy days with family and friends.

Sale Paperback Price: $12.00

The Peddler's Grandson
Edward Cohen's story is a search through his past to find his identity in the present. He always wished to be a "M.O.T." (Member of the Tribe), but what tribe, and where? His quest for belonging and identity as a Jew and Southerner are two things that seem to him, and to the world, as discordant dualities. How Cohen comes to terms with his identities makes for fascinating reading.

Paperback Price: $13.00

Hardcover Price: $25.00

The Provincials: A Personal History of Jews in the South, by Eli Evans
This classic portrait of Jews in the South takes readers inside southern and Jewish histories from the earliest immigrants to the present day. Fully updated with 100 new pages, it brilliantly evokes the rhythms and heartbeat of southern Jewish life. Evans intertwines his life growing up in Durham, North Carolina, with stories of communities, individuals, and events on this unfamiliar American landscape.

Paperback Price: $25.00

Shalom Y'all: Images of Jewish Life in the American South
This book tells the unique story of the Southern Jewish Experience through three distinct voices: Bill Aron's evocative photographs, a narrative woven into descriptive captions, and person stories, memories and anecdotes told by Southern Jews. The book covers all aspects of Southern Jewish life from chopped liver to bagels and grits, from synagogue to civil war cemeteries, from towns named for their Jewish forbearers to the vibrant communities which exist today. A fitting gift for anyone who has southern Jewish roots. Photos by Bill Aron. Special edition for the Institute of Southern Jewish Life.

Hardcover Price: $25.00

Troubled Memory: Anne Levy, the Holocaust, and David Duke’s Louisiana; by Lawrence N. Powell
This publication dramatically reveals how Holocaust survivor Anne Levy turned the horrors of her childhood into a passionate and ultimately successful mission to defeat David Duke’s 1991 bid for the Louisiana governorship.

Hardcover Price: $35.00