Michelle Horovitz Honored For Social Entrepreneurship
Michelle Horovitz’s social entrepreneurship is well known in the Twin Cities for co-founding Appetite For Change, the non-profit she is the executive director of. Now that work will get some […]
JCCs Quickly Adapting To Virtual Programming
As the two Twin Cities JCCs closed their doors in mid-March due to the coronavirus, programmers at the two buildings realized that there was no playbook in place for how […]
JFS Receives Emergency Funding
Jewish Family Service of St. Paul (JFS) has received a $15,000 emergency grant from the Otto Bremer Trust through the Community Benefit Financial Company Emergency Fund to be used to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. JFS will distribute the funds through its Emergency Financial Assistance program, normally funded through individual donations.
Minneapolis Jewish Federation Responds To COVID-19 Crisis
When COVID-19 hit in Minnesota and synagogues and agencies started closing their doors, everyone was hopeful that it would be a short-term solution. Quickly, however, Minneapolis Jewish Federation began to […]
Remembering Beloved Teacher Bella Porter Smith
Smith remembered as a kind, patient, and enthusiastic educator.
Who The Folk?! Alisha Baines Simon
This week we talk to Minnesota Department of Health’s Alisha Baines Simon about some of the COVID-19 data modeling that she has been apart of. We talk about what her […]
Determining Our Own Reunification Rituals
The more observant or clergy-identifying folks in our readership are about to roll their eyes hard, but it is truly incredible how often the Torah and its wise guidance match […]
The Crate: Online Author Talk with Deborah Levison
Writer Debbie Levison joined us on the day after Yom HaShoah 2020 to discuss her multi-award-winning debut book, The Crate; the saga of how her parents survived the Holocaust; and […]
JCA To Lead Teaching: Does Torah Call For Rent Holiday?
Housing justice has been part of the Jewish Community Action program for almost all of the organization’s 25 years. But in the COVID-19 crisis, with skyrocketing unemployment rates in the […]
Doing Good Deeds From Home
Good Deeds Day is still taking place – this time at your home.