Although they have been meaning to think up a more exotic story, Hillel and Josh actually met through Josh’s mom, at a birthday party in Connecticut. They didn’t talk too much at the party, as Josh was intent on impressing Hillel’s friend Walter with his supposed knowledge of Latin American history. Over the next few weeks, they met again at various community events and at Jeremiah House, the Catholic Worker house Hillel shared with his friend Steve in Bridgeport.