Resources To Help Ukraine
One week into its war with Ukraine, Russia bombed civilians, hospitals, and historic city centers, reducing entire areas to rubble and creating a humanitarian crisis. One million refugees had already […]
One week into its war with Ukraine, Russia bombed civilians, hospitals, and historic city centers, reducing entire areas to rubble and creating a humanitarian crisis. One million refugees had already […]
In August 2021, tens of thousands of Afghans left behind homes, belongings, and family members to flee from the Taliban. The terrorist organization re-conquered Afghanistan after the U.S. withdrew from […]
For much of my life, I hated Ukraine. As the son of Soviet Jewish immigrants, I grew up with stories of antisemitism, discrimination, and the Holocaust that gave the rationale […]
The weekend before Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a staff member at the Newman School — Talmud Torah of St. Paul’s K-5 Jewish day school — tested positive for COVID-19. […]
Just 48 hours after surviving a hostage situation at Congregation Beth Israel, Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker has been speaking out about his ordeal. He spoke to CBS in an interview posted […]
לְ֭מַעַן אַחַ֣י וְרֵעָ֑י אֲדַבְּרָה־נָּ֖א שָׁל֣וֹם בָּֽךְ׃ For the sake of my friends and companions, I pray that peace be yours. (Psalm 122) From the events of this past Shabbat, once again […]
Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), a student group at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, is hosting Palestinian activist and poet Mohammad El-Kurd for a Jan. 21 discussion on campus. […]
Fresh into the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the omicron variant of the virus breaking records for spread in Minnesota, Twin Cities Jewish institutions are continuing a careful […]
On Dec. 1, when the Supreme Court heard arguments about a Mississippi law that bans nearly all abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, Naomi Silber was surprised. Mississippi’s law conflicts […]
When COVID-19 first spread in early 2020, Ravid Kahalani was getting ready for a series of tour dates in Europe with his fusion Israeli jazz and funk group, Yemen Blues. […]