We met with two Jewish people in Mississippi. One is Dr. Howard Katz, we met him at his office, in the Baptist Medical Center. Dr. Katz put on Teffilin, and spoke with us for a few minutes, before he looked through our collection of books for sale. He did buy $52 worth of books, before he rushed out. On our way out we bumped into Dr. Katz's wife who was waiting for him at the entrance, we offered her the Spice and Spirit cookbook when she informed us that she already has it. We spoke for a few minutes and I found out that she knows some people I know, being that she works on the Jewish Film Festival. After we met with Dr. Katz and his wife we left for Meridian.

Dr. Katz in Teffilin

Dr. Katz's Place of Work

In Meridian we met with Josephine Hughes, and her housemate Joseph. Josephine is Jewish and Joseph is not. She keeps kosher to the best of her ability traveling to Birmingham, Alabama a few times a year for kosher meat and chicken. We spent about two hours in her home, talking and discussing Judaism, as well as different aspects of our lives, as well as hers. It was a very interesting experience. Joseph told us about his military life and how he was in the service for more than thirty years, and he's been retired almost 30 years... So he's been around for a while. Josephine told us about how her nephew in Israel sends her kosher food and wine. Josephine told us that she waits all year for the "summer rabbis" to come to her house. She bought almost one of every book we had, with the exception of about four, because she already had those. She also left us a nice donation, which will help us pay for the trip including the rental car, that we had to argue with Rabbi Ciment to get. That was our trip to Mississippi.

Joseph, Josephine, and myself (if you look closely you can notice the pictures of rabbi's behind us)