What the Top 50 Rabbis List Says About Us
With no apologies, Newsweek issued its Top 50 Rabbis list this week. What can we learn from the list, and what does it say about Judaism today? Or, in other words, what makes a sexy Rabbi?
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With no apologies, Newsweek issued its Top 50 Rabbis list this week. What can we learn from the list, and what does it say about Judaism today? Or, in other words, what makes a sexy Rabbi?
Dr. Yoel Finkelman was supposed to write about the ultra-Orthodox community for Beinart’s Daily Beast blog “Open Zion” about “Israel, Palestine, and the Jewish future.” He quit after several weeks. Read why.
Jewish Community Action’s Haggadah Insert for your Passover Seder, including a creative reinterpretation of the “Four Children” and a “Fifth Cup” calling us to action on the Minnesota Marriage Amendment.
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Minneapolis Jewish Federation CEO Steve Silberfarb is in Paris, France. His thoughts on the murder Monday of three children and a teacher at the Jewish school in Toulouse, France.
Join JFCS NextGen for bocce, bowling, noshing, drinking, socializing and more. This Thursday starting at 5pm at Pinstripes. Be there!
As Macalester Student Rebecca Hornstein listened to Israeli, American, and Palestinian activists taking risks for peace at J Street, she asked herself, “What’s my excuse for not taking action?”
Visual artists of any background are invited to submit work that responds in an imaginative way to Jewish traditions (based in language, imagery, or praxis) of sustaining the environment.
Want to go to Israel? Want to make a difference? Check out this great volunteer opportunity through the UJFC this May!
Feeling helpless watching the death and destruction caused by the recent tornadoes? Join Federation in making a difference. Donate your money, or your time, to Jewish Federation and/or NECHAMA.