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.
MinnPost's Eric Black dishes on Helen Thomas and lsrael's Right to Exist
Eric Black dishes on Israeli/Palestinian politics – from his Jewish, pro-Israel perspective – on MinnPost.com. Don’t miss it.
Shocking Updates on Gaza Flotilla Situation
Gaza flotilla activists tells IDF soldiers to “go back to Auschwitz,” Turkish daily publishes photos of beaten IDF soldiers, weapons cache is found on Gaza ship, and Joe Biden speaks out on Gaza blockade.
In Hiding: Orthodox Lesbians Stay Silent
Lesbian and bisexual women in Orthodox communities often have to choose between remaining a part of their tradition and being true to themselves.
What Does Professor Erlinder's Rwandan Imprisonment Mean for Jews?
Denial is common, denying genocide is not. A Minnesota lawyer is in a Rwandan prison for denying genocide. How do we as Jews respond?
Let's Kibbitz: on Defending (or not) Israel
Israel’s in the news again. Oy! Have all your friends been asking “your opinion” about the Gaza Flotilla crisis because you’re Jewish? How did you respond?
diaTribe: There’s Nothing Strange About This “Fruit!”
Our review of The Wailing Wall/Jesse Rifkin’s new album “The Low Hanging Fruit,” with its crystalline, soulful lyrics, spirituality and just plain trippy soundscapes.
What the Bleep?! This week's hot Jewish news
Don’t miss these stories on: Yuri Foreman’s boxing loss; Egypt denies visas to Jew-lovers; White House reporter tells Jews to ‘go home to Germany’; the hard stats on interfaith marriages; a satire on Israel in 2015, and more.
Minnesota Mamaleh: High Love, High Control
So much of parenting is based on love. And, admittedly, that’s the easy stuff. But some of it, like teaching your kids about drinking and drugs, is based on fear. And that’s the hard stuff.
Noshin': Sharing Summer's Bounty
It’s all well and good to talk about saving money and eating organically by growing your own vegetables, but it’s impossible to do if you’ve just lost your housing.
The good news? There are a number of ways you can help.