Mississippi

In honor of Valentine's Day, a love letter to the state I call home

As a Mississippi transplant, Rabbi Matt Dreffin loves sharing his Jewish story—even when it's sometimes misunderstood.

Even during times like these, small southern Jewish communities find a way

Okay, maybe it's celebrated elsewhere - but there's something special about our Delta holidays, and we draw quite a crowd...

These Education Fellows will never forget their time in the Deep South

This is the third installment in my three-part series on “becoming Southern and Jewish.”After “coming out” as Jewish in the ...

For me, it’s the river that won my heart.In the summer of 2007, I was traveling in a hot van ...

Here’s another in our periodic Something Special About the South series! When I first moved to Jackson, Mississippi, I never ...

This post is the second in my three-part-series on “Becoming Southern and Jewish.”Over the course of my next two years ...

Over the course of the next few weeks, I’m going to share a series of posts about my reflection on ...