During an informal brainstorming session I asked, why not document the stories of Soviet Jews in Minnesota? A year later we have 25 hours of raw video footage and a 60-minute documentary premiering on June 8th.
May’s events calendar has some pretty cool Twin Cities Jewish events. Check out the Alef List for the best of them.
Plenty of great things to do in the next two weeks – highlights include Yom Ha’atzmaut celebrations (of course!), some great jazz and another awesome Young Leadership happy hour.
TC Jewfolk has your chance to win a pair of All-Festival passes. Ten days of Jewish film, exploring and celebrating Jewish culture and identity.
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The Sabes JCC, Saint Paul JCC, and Minneapolis Jewish Day School are teaming up to get shoes from Jews (say that 3x fast) to donate to families in Haiti through a charity called Soles4Souls.
On February 27th and 28th, award-winning New York native-turned-Winnipegger Alix Sobler will be performing at the Minneapolis Jewish Humor Festival. TC Jewfolk caught up with Alix in advance of her show.
If joining a gym and getting fit, losing weight, or building muscle is on your New Year’s Resolution list, become a member of the JCC. The Jewish Community Centers of Minneapolis and Saint Paul are offering deals to get you in their doors this January.
Want to be inspired? Find a time this week to listen to the former Israeli Ambassador Asher Naim tell the incredible story of the dramatic mass emigration of 14,000 Ethiopian Jews from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital city, to Israel, in what is known as Operation Solomon, and his role in making that journey possible.
If you’ve ever thought, “Oh God, how am I going to do this?” about entertaining for the holidays — any holiday at all — there’s a new cookbook you might be interested in: Jewish Cooking Boot Camp: The Modern Girl’s Guide to Cooking Like a Jewish Grandmother.
Here are my picks for hot happenings 4 hip Jews in the Twin Cities from November 3rd to November 16th.
Don’t miss out on these hot opportunities (with upcoming deadlines) for Minnesota Jewish artists to hone artistic skills, exhibit art in the Twin Cities, and travel to deepen the understanding of the creative process, enhance current work, or create new work.
Want to be the next Sarah Silverman or Lewis Black? Submit your proposal this week to perform at Minneapolis’ first-ever Jewish Humor Festival this Spring. The 2010 Minneapolis Jewish Humor Festival will combine one-act plays, one-person shows, music performances, stand-up routines, improvisational comedy, story-telling, film, visual art and more – all celebrating the Jewish contribution [...]
The largest kosher U.S. restaurant chain is quite a shocker. Subway, the “Eat Fresh” sandwich chain with 22,000 non-kosher stores around the country, is at the top of the list for kosher restaurant chains in this country, according to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, with 9 kosher sandwich shops in bustling Jewish hubs like the local [...]
