What’s In A Word? Plenty
Let me ask you this: Have you ever witnessed a case where someone calling someone else a racist did any good? Oh, I know it helped the person using the […]
In The Heat Of This Season
Words build worlds.
Talmudic Wisdom Shows Up As Minnetonka Passes Mask Ordinance
Minnetonka City Councilmember Deb Calvert kept some Talmudic wisdom in mind Monday night “He who saves one life saves the world entire.” With that, Calvert was part of the unanimous […]
Minnesota Rabbinical Association Advocates For Mask Mandate
My eyes pine away from affliction; I call to You, O LORD, each day; I stretch out my hands to You” (Psalm 88:10) The Minnesota Rabbinical Association calls on our […]
Who The Folk?! Candida Gonzalez
This week I talk with artist and art consultant Candida Gonzalez. We talk about the importance of art in the coronavirus era, the intersectionality of being a queer, Russian/Puerto Rican […]
NECHAMA Helping Locally In Powderhorn Park, On Lake Street
It’s hurricane season, and for Dorothy Maples that means she’s usually anywhere but Minnesota. As the operations director for NECHAMA: The Jewish Response To Disaster, She had spent two years […]
Some Local Orthodox Synagogues Slowly Reopen
Moshe Kalatsky was always going to be prepared to read the whole Torah portion at his recent Bar Mitzvah. But he wasn’t counting on having to the blessings for each […]
New Board President Elected
Steve Levin became president during the June 22 meeting of the JFS Board of Directors. Before becoming president, he served JFS as vice president, treasurer and served on or chaired the IT, programming, finance and executive committees. Steve succeeds Tom Frishberg who served as president from June 2018 to June 2020.
AJC Opening Office In The Twin Cities
As a longtime resident of the Twin Cities, I have seen both the best and worst of Minnesota. At our best, we boast a diverse community that consistently ranks at […]
Cantor Audrey Abrams Starts Her Third Act
Beth El’s first female clergy retired June 30.