How Do We Get Through A Brutal Cold-and-Flu Season?
Got a question? Fill out this form to submit your anonymous question to be answered in a future column. Dear Miriam, This winter has been the worst! Every other week, […]
Adar Brings Joy, and a Call To Continue Helping Those In Need
This week, the Hebrew month of Adar arrived…just when we needed it. Adar is associated with joy, and we can use an extra measure right now. But where might we […]
A Prayer for the Country and Guiding Ethics
Diaspora Jews have for centuries added a special prayer to our prayerbooks for the monarchs, leaders, and institutions that provided us safe haven as an oft-persecuted minority. When those institutions […]
Do I Want To Know a Co-Worker’s Gossip?
Got a question? Fill out this form to submit your anonymous question to be answered in a future column. Dear Miriam, In casual conversation, a casual friend mentioned a major […]
Making a Comeback? Mutual Aid Organizations Then and Now
This article was originally published in ‘Ramsey County History’ in the Fall of 2021 and, given the recent increase in mutual aid efforts in the Twin Cities, it is reprinted […]
BernBaum’s: A New Cookbook Brings Fargo’s Beloved Nordic-Jewish Deli Back to Life
As a Jew-by-choice who identifies strongly with my Finnish heritage, it often feels like my identities are two non-overlapping circles: the Jewish part and the Finnish-American part. Although there is […]
Mel Brooks Is The Subject Of A New, Deeply Affectionate And (Of Course) Funny HBO Documentary
At nearly 100, Mel Brooks has been such a lasting fixture in comedy, television, theatre and movies, that fans could hardly be blamed for not knowing that at one point, […]
Letter from Minnesota Jewish Clergy Regarding ICE Presence
.וַאֲהַבְתֶּם אֶת־הַגֵּר כִּי־גֵרִים הֱיִיתֶם בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם Love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt (Deuteronomy 10:19) As rabbis and cantors across Minnesota, we write out of […]
Learn About the Hebrew University Pre-College Teen Summer Program
For decades, American Jewish teens and their families have faced a fork in the summertime road. On one side is the Academic Summer resume builder – pre-college programs at prestigious […]
The Forgotten Jewish History of Minnesota’s Iron Range
Walk through Virginia, Minn., today and you’ll pass right by the remains of what was once the most beautiful synagogue on the Iron Range. Most people have no idea that […]