Why Jew Go Hunting II: Lawyers, Guns, and Schmaltz
This Jew makes his return to Heron Lake in search of a duck asking to be blasted out of the sky.
Tag: "Minnesota"
One Less Shul for St. Jewish Park? Future is Uncertain for Bnai Emet
Put two Jews in a room, you will get three opinions. This held true at a meeting at Bnai Emet. They can no longer afford to stay in the building they own.
Jun 09, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
A Few Words with AIPAC’s Student Delegation (including one from the U of M)
Student activism and student activists at AIPAC Policy Conference (including one of Minnesota’s very own!)
Mar 22, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
On Sukkot: Celebrating the Secret Holiday
Like the house Anne Frank lived in when she and her family were in hiding from the Nazis, Sukkot is a secret holiday, translated literally, as booths. Sukkot is a pilgrim’s holiday, honoring those who wandered forty years in the desert and those who made arduous journeys to the holy temple of Jerusalem while living in temporary dwellings along the way. A symbol of life’s fragility, it is made of branches and beams with ample space for the intrusions of sun and rain.
Sep 29, 2009 | 8 comments | View Post
My New Year’s resolution: volunteer with Nechama, the Jewish response to disaster
This Rosh Hashanah, I am renewing my commitment to Tikkun Olam, to repairing the world. My New Year’s resolution is to sign up to volunteer with Nechama, the Jewish response to disaster.
Sep 16, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
Russian Jews in Israel hold illegal marriage ceremony
Here in Minnesota, we think dancing to hip hop during a wedding processional is sensational and shocking, and the rest of the country joined us in alternatively laughing and aplauding Jill and Kevin’s famous Minnesota wedding dance video last month. On erev Tu B’Av in Israel, another couple had a shocking wedding. Their political statement? [...]
Aug 07, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
