Eurovision Song Contest: In Tune with What’s Right
The Eurovision Song Contest is all about music, cultural exchange and joyful competition. Its inclusiveness stands as in sharp contrast to the “Boycott Israel” crowd.
Author Archive for Sally Abrams
Sally chairs the Speakers Bureau of the Jewish Community Relations Council. She has presented the program “Israel and the Middle East: the Challenge of Peace” at hundreds of churches, schools and civic groups throughout the Twin Cities and beyond. She also teaches a Hebrew language course for the University of Minnesota's College in the Schools program at the Talmud Torah of Minneapolis.
Idan Raichel and Vieux Farka Toure: Fusion Music Magic Coming to Minneapolis
TCJ interviews Israeli superstar Idan Raichel in advance of his upcoming 4/16 Dakota Jazz Club concert with Mali’s virtuoso guitarist, Vieux Farka Toure.
Apr 12, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
Israeli Teen Ambassadors Visit the Land of the “Not-So-Frozen” Chosen
As teen representatives for the State of Israel they came to the Twin Cities to meet, to teach, to connect. Read on for what they did – and learned – in their first visit to the US.
Apr 04, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
When it’s “Snowing” Rockets
When heavy snow forces schools to close, Minnesota kids react with delight. Schools have been closed in southern Israel but it’s not snow that’s been falling but rockets. Details, and what you can do to help.
Mar 14, 2012 | 4 comments | View Post
Traveling “Hand in Hand” Toward a Better Future
The tireless work to build something good in Israel deserves at least as wide a hearing as the evil acts of “price-tag” extremists, whose actions violate every value of normative Judaism.
Feb 28, 2012 | 2 comments | View Post
“Whoever Saves a Life, Saves an Entire World”- the Talmud
Arabs in need of a bone marrow transplant, but with no suitable genetic match in the family, have one last – and unexpected – place to turn for hope.
Jan 30, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
For Those Who Love Israel, Enough is Enough
Today, in Israel, the ultra- secular and the ultra-Orthodox are locked into a vicious cycle which brings out the worst in each. The question isn’t whether a group has radicals, but what the non-radical majority intend to do about it.
Jan 08, 2012 | 6 comments | View Post
Gingrich Claims Palestinians are an “Invented People”…and Therefore What?
History matters, but so does reality, and perhaps a nuanced understanding matters most of all.
Dec 13, 2011 | 5 comments | View Post
