Thanksgiving: A Jewish Holiday After All
Even without turkey and cranberry sauce, this vestige of Jewish influence on the religious mores of the U.S. is worth our acknowledgment and contemplation—and, of course, our thanksgiving.
Category: What’s Nu?
Top 10 Signs You’re at a Jewish T-Giving Dinner
9. “The turkey is served!” line is followed by someone cracking open an expired Empire deli pack.
Three Ways to Prepare for Christmas…If You’re Jewish
Effective strategies Jews can use now to make Christmas a little less intrusive this year.
Nov 16, 2011 | 5 comments | View Post
The Fascinating, Inspiring, Unfathomable Life of a Boy Named Gilad
Gilad Shalit was released 18 October, 2011. You knew that, but what don’t you know?
Nov 13, 2011 | 3 comments | View Post
As an Israeli: Remembering Yitzhak Rabin
St. Paul shlicha remembered where she was 16 years ago, the night of November 4, whenYitzhak Rabin, the Israeli prime minister, was assassinated.
Nov 10, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
America’s Holy Haunted Houses
Halloween? Not Jewish. But America’s holy haunted houses post-Yom Kippur? A bit too real, says Allan Nadler of Jewish Ideas Daily.
Oct 31, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
A World Away: Minnesota Politicos Reflect on Their Trip to Israel
From El Al security to midnight bike rides, Galilee spirituality to high-level political meetings, our elected officials got a taste of what the Holy Land has to offer.
Oct 23, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
As an Israeli: Thoughts About Our Lost Brother Gilad Shalit
I graduated, worked, rented an apartment and bought a car. Gilad stayed 19. A soldier who was unknown suddenly became the brother of us all.
Reagan vs. the Jews: 30 Years Later
When arms deals to Saudi Arabia get ugly. 30 years ago, and today.
Oct 13, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
On Yom Kippur: A Different Way to Look at Steve Jobs, z”l
AISH MN Rabbi Da-vid Rosenthal ponders what we should REALLY be thanking Steve Jobs for. And what our thanks says about us.
Oct 07, 2011 | 2 comments | View Post
In the Cellar
Mordecai Specktor interviews MN Twins rookie player (and MOT) Danny Valencia about the team’s drastic turnabout from first to worst.
Taking a Stand for Israel: Netanyahu at the UN
On UN speeches, standing in support and against a homeland, and wishful thinking. Thoughts from a UMadison student in Jerusalem.
Sep 28, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Standing as a Jew for Marriage Equality
Why one community organizer thinks marriage for all is a Jewish family value.
Sep 27, 2011 | 7 comments | View Post
The DREAM Act Shabbat. Pray. Reflect. Act.
Jewish Community Action is supporting DREAM Act Shabbat, now thru Oct. 9, to raise awareness of this important immigrant rights issue.
Sep 22, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Settling for Palestinian Statehood: The United Nations Countdown Begins
Are the Palestinians serious enough to make concessions for statehood? With the clock ticking at the UN, it’s time for a bit of perspective.
Sep 19, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
