Rabbi Matt Dreffin
Rabbi Matt Dreffin, MAJE, is Director of Education at the Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life (ISJL) in Jackson, Mississippi.
Articles by Rabbi Matt Dreffin
A Former Seminarian in Seminary, Mississippi
As a Mississippi transplant, Rabbi Matt Dreffin loves sharing his Jewish story—even when it's sometimes misunderstood.
A Seret (Film) for Each of the Aseret Makot (Ten Plagues)
Some things are truly epic.
Fast Food for Break-The-Fast?
A rabbi shares how and why his family made different holiday culinary choices
Two Rabbis In Mississippi Separated by Twenty Years
A surprising connection brings even more meaning
4 Jewish Driving Lessons
How Judaism can (and should!) shape our behavior on the road.
Why I Wear My Kippah More Now
On outwardly religious apparel in the post-Charlottesville world.
An Interfaith Ambassador… Even At The Pediatrician’s Office
Around Thanksgiving, my baby girl had the first continuous cough we had ever experienced (thanks, daycare!) and, just to be ...