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This Jewish farmer is harvesting corn — and planting a synagogue — in the Illinois prairie

Near his family’s Illinois farm, Nik Jakobs is replanting Jewish life — turning a cornfield into a synagogue and a museum of small town Jewry.

We followed Elvis from Tupelo to Graceland. It wasn't far but the distance was great.

Memphis where the life of the King of Rock ‘n Roll ended on Aug 16, 1977, is vast ‒ epic, historic, immeasurable.  ...