Some Jewish Highlights From This Year’s Tribeca Film Fest
The 23rd annual Tribeca Film Fest, which took place in June, offered a number of Jewish-themed movies and documentaries, on subjects ranging from fashion to a late in life Bat […]
Hosting An IDF Major Injured on Oct. 7 In Our Krav Maga Community
Nine months after over 2,900 militants entered Israel, Israelis continue to live with the scars of October 7th. IDF Major Doron Balahcan shared with a group gathered in Edina how this day […]
Can I Poll Rural Americans About Kosher Pickles?
Got a question? Fill out this form to submit your anonymous question to be answered in a future column Dear Miriam, My family recently traveled to a rural part of […]
Teachers Find Inspiration In Prague With Son Of Kindertransport Hero
PRAGUE – In a quiet voice, Nick Winton prompted the group of 16 teachers to step into the shoes of Jewish parents in 1939 Europe. “Imagine what it must be […]
How Holocaust Education Took Jodi Elowitz From MN To Cincinnati To Working For Ohio
As Jodi Elowitz puts it, the field of Holocaust education has a habit of choosing people, whether they intended to work in it or not. For her, that moment of […]
In Berlin, Teachers Grapple With Inner Workings of Nazi Machine
BERLIN – Walking around Sachsenhausen, the Nazi concentration camp located outside of Berlin, Kirsten Croone was struck by the camp’s sheer size. “What I didn’t expect was the vastness…because you’re […]
NCJW Minnesota Celebrates 130 Years With National Leaders
Sheila Katz, national CEO of the National Council of Jewish Women, is not a Minnesotan. But that didn’t stop her from being drawn into the Minnesota Culture Club – started […]
Facing Nazi Atrocities, Teachers Trace Path From Warsaw To Treblinka
TREBLINKA, Poland — In 1998, after visiting the Treblinka death camp site on a Holocaust education trip to Poland for teachers, Aimee Ross vowed she would never come again. “I […]
A Mezuzah Imprint, A Chance Encounter, And A JCRC Holocaust Education Trip In Warsaw
WARSAW, Poland — Kristin Thompson wasn’t expecting to encounter the story of her close friend, Holocaust survivor Aaron Elster, mere hours after landing in Warsaw on Tuesday. But late afternoon, […]
Macalester Committee Recommends Divesting Endowment From Israel
A Macalester College committee recommended earlier this month that the board of trustees consider divesting the college’s endowment from companies doing business with Israel, and will soon issue a report […]