Why The U Wouldn’t Change Its Rosh Hashanah Start Date
Earlier this year, Minnesota Jews felt relief as more than 20 school districts changed their Sept. 7 start dates to avoid conflicting with Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. To […]
A Sukkah Sleep-In Journal
September 23, 2021 I scanned my weather app. A week of nearly perfect September weather lay ahead. I spotted one night that predicted temperatures in the fifties. SOLD! With an […]
Gravestones Knocked Over In St. Paul Jewish Cemetery
St. Paul police and the FBI are investigating the desecration of a Jewish cemetery near the border of St. Paul and Maplewood, where 32 headstones were knocked down some time […]
Institutions Stand In Solidarity, Increase Security, As Beth El Faces Threat
A number of synagogues and Jewish agencies have released statements standing in solidarity with Beth El synagogue after a “specific threat of violence” was directed against the St. Louis Park […]
Who Are U.S. Jews? New Pew Study Takes Deep Dive
In 2013, the Pew study “A Portrait of Jewish Americans” shocked Jewish communal leaders and prompted a mad dash to rework institutional priorities and engage more Jews. The study showed […]
New Site Takes Deep-Dive Into Important Jewish Issue
Nowadays, the easiest ways to read up on ideas circulating in the Jewish zeitgeist are to skim tweets; skim catchy headlines on op-eds; or occasionally skim the op-eds themselves. But […]
U Students Vote to Adopt IHRA’s Antisemitism Definition
In a win for the campus Jewish community, University of Minnesota students voted to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism during this year’s all-campus election, held […]
Zoom Event Revisits Jewish, Black Relations On The Northside
For an hour on Jan. 28, Minneapolis’ old Northside came back to life on a Zoom call. Theartrice “T” Williams, a longtime civil rights activist and community leader, recalled how […]
For Recent Grads, Job Search A Long Slog
Somewhere in the black hole of the 2020-that-could’ve-been is a year of opportunity for recent college graduates; the long-awaited reward for over 16 years of classes, projects, tests, and grades. […]
How Do We Move Past History?
Part 4: Navigating the reconciliation process will mean going beyond the typical collaboration of Black and Jewish organizations.