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encountered: Local farmers would
ask his grandfather for blessings in
the original Hebrew. His mother's
advice was to stand tall as a Jew —
and to be prepared for inevitable
questions about what church he
belonged to, and whether he
believed in Jesus. "It's your moment
to teach," she'd say, and to promote
respect for all religions.
Evans, who was the first Jewish stu-
dent body president at the University
of North Carolina, believes that Amer-
ican Jews can learn a lot from the way
An Excerpt
I believe that no one born and
raised in the South can escape
its hold on the imagination. I
was touched in childhood by its
passions and myths, by its lan-
guage and literature, by the
heartbeat of its music, by the
rhythm of its seasons and the
beauty of its land, by the menac-
ing fear of violence, by the com-
plexities of race and religion, by
the intensity of its history and
the turbulence of its politics, by
its sunlight and its shadows,
illusions and mysteries. With
such entanglements, a native son
remains irredeemably and
endurably Southern. So it has
been for me immersed in the
endless fascination and dense
matrix of Southern history
entwined with Jewish roots, res-
onating in my soul forever.
Southern Jews relate to each other,
and other groups. "In the South
there's something different," Evans
explains, "There's a sense of living in a
minority within a majority culture. It
keeps Jews open to each other."
The same is true in relation to
other minorities, like the blacks.
"We're all in this together."
In a new chapter, "Atlanta 2000,"
Evans describes the city as an emerg-
ing Jewish center — the "leading edge
of the Southern Jewish revival." When
he began his research 30 years ago,
there were 16,500 Jews in the city,
with four congregations. Now, with
77,000 Jews and 24 congregations, it's
the fastest-growing Jewish community
in the country, he writes. Aside from
demographics, he describes the
"dynamic upswing" in mood, oppor-
tunity, self-confidence and quality of
Jewish life. Atlanta is a "reassuring
model that says to Jews everywhere: In
the American South of the future,
there is promise."
Evans includes poignant chapters
about the death of his mother in 1986
and his father last year. For the author,
this new material— along with a
chapter on a family reunion in 1995
bringing together 50 members of the
clan to visit the sites that are the back-
drop of this book — is a "closing of
the circle" opened when he began The L:\
Provincials.
Evans' next book
is about
American Jews
and slavery.
Also new to this edition is Evans'
recipe for kosher grits; a key ingredi-
ent is pastrami and the suggested
Implement is an old light bulb, used
to make the perfect indentation into
the pile of grain for poaching an egg.
In Manhattan-, Evans and his wife
Judith (who grew up in a kosher
home in Montgomery, Ala.) try to
raise their 12-year-old son Joshua
with a sense of his Southern Jewish
heritage. When Joshua was born,
Evans brought some North Carolina
dirt into the delivery room to ensure
that his son wouldn't be born alto-
gether on Northern soil. For Evans,
it was also a way to create a new
family tale, which would be retold."t -`
believe in storytelling as a craft that
molds character," he says.
Last summer, Joshua attended a
Jewish summer camp outside of
Atlanta and came back, as his father
happily reports, singing the Hebrew
grace after meals with a Southern
accent.
If you're interested in learning
more about the Southern Jewish
experience and plan to travel
through the South this summer,
check out an exhibit at the Muse-
um of the Southern Jewish Experi-
ence in Jackson, Miss. "Alsace to
America: Discovering a Southern
Jewish Heritage" chronicles the
story of Jewish pioneers who left
France and Germany for life in the
Mississippi River Region in the
19th century. Through Aug. 31.
For more information, call (601)
362-6357.