While Minnesota Hillel has been a fixture in Dinkytown since the mid-1950s, there has been one very notable absence from the building: accessibility. While the building’s unique brickwork stood out, […]
It was last Purim exactly that we stepped into the Adath Purim Carnival with much excitement and a little worry. It was March and there was news of the first […]
Sarah Nathan has bounced from West Coast to East Coast before settling into Minnesota a few months ago. And like every stop before this, she’s found a way to get […]
This week, we read the section of the Torah called ‘Mishpatim,’ a word generally understood to mean ‘laws.’ In modern Hebrew, the phrase ‘ma’arechet ha-mishpatim’ means the legal system, and […]
Rabbi Avi Olitzky, who started at Beth El Synagogue fresh out of rabbinic school, announced Wednesday morning that he has given notice that he’ll be leaving the synagogue. The resignation […]
When Mara Clawson was an 11-year-old summer camper at their neighborhood JCC, the family went to an end-of-session art show that Mara had a piece of work in. “You looked […]
Sophie* loves board games. She loves to cook. She loves lighting the Shabbat candles on Friday night, and she loves it when her monthly invitation from Friends ‘N Fun comes in the […]
What’s it like when your February has been built around traveling the country each year? For Shelly Christensen, it has been thinking about this year’s Jewish Disabilities Awareness, Acceptance and […]
In our home, we have a game that we play several times a day, called Click-Pow. The premise is pretty simple. Our toddler is really into clicking the fasteners on […]
The mayors of Minnesota’s two largest cities are among the seven Minnesotans who have signed on to a new statement to combat antisemitism. Mayors Jacob Frey and Melvin Carter of […]