Author Archive for Evan Stern

Local author, advocate and consultant Evan Stern serves delicious scratch meals and frosty home-brewed beer at Granite City Food and Brewery in St. Louis Park. Evan also serves on the University of Minnesota Hillel Foundation board of directors and J Street Minnesota's steering committee. Contact Evan at evan.a.stern@gmail.com.

Win Tickets to Semitic Idol VII: Hillel’s Magical Musical Mystery!

Win Tickets to Semitic Idol VII: Hillel’s Magical Musical Mystery!

Submit your favorite Hillel memory for a chance to win two free tickets to this one of a kind community event.

Making History: the Future of Pro-Israel at J Street

Making History: the Future of Pro-Israel at J Street

“We are the future of pro-Israel,” says Minnesotan Evan Stern as he heads off to J Street’s national policy conference in Washington, DC this weekend.

Israeli Knesset Member Yoel Hasson to speak at Adath February 8

Israeli Knesset Member Yoel Hasson to speak at Adath February 8

Continuing to foster open community dialogue, J Street Minnesota and the JCRC invite you to a conversation with Member of Knesset Yoel Hasson, “Why the Future of Israel is the Two-State Solution.”

Pro-Israel? According to Whom?

Pro-Israel? According to Whom?

2/3 of American Jews want active American leadership to resolve the conflict. So why are Republicans fighting this? Because their playbook is drastically out of date; & their talking points disconnected from facts on the ground and the will of American Jews.

J Street Supports Veto, Warns Against Cutting Aid

J Street Supports Veto, Warns Against Cutting Aid

In open letter, J Street seeks to mobilize American Jewish community in a different direction: to speak out for the two-state solution.

J Street Delivers Urgent Message to Congress

J Street Delivers Urgent Message to Congress

The message in a nutshell: Most American Jews support a two-state solution, U.S., get involved!

The author with other Minnesota J Street members lobbying on Capitol Hill.

Inspiring. Empowering. A Local Take on J Street’s National Conference

Inspiring speakers, pluralistic, passionate discourse, and a day on the hill lobbying Senators and Congressmen. Whew!

Movies Spark Discussion—And My Personal Call to Action on Israel

Movies Spark Discussion—And My Personal Call to Action on Israel

Finally, with J Street, Evan writes that he can “show my support for Israel w/o checking my progressive, Jewish values at the door.”

8 Weeks in Israel? = Lifelong Passion for Jewish Community

8 Weeks in Israel? = Lifelong Passion for Jewish Community

In Israel I found a circle of Jewish friends. Israel means a lot to me, but my sustaining Jewish identifier is really the community.