Midday on May 22, in a convention hall inside the Hyatt Regency Minneapolis, a man in a suit, kippah, and wearing a folk singer’s combo of guitar and harmonica tested […]
This weekend, as Twin Cities Jews and Israelis prepare to commemorate Yom HaZikaron and Yom Ha’Atzmaut – the Israeli Memorial and Independence days – in the backdrop is a grim […]
Student voters in last week’s University of Minnesota campus elections approved a referendum targeting Israel by a margin of 4125 to 856, with 523 abstentions. The referendum, authored by the […]
The Duluth City Council rejected a non-binding resolution “supporting a permanent ceasefire to prevent loss of human life in the Middle East” at its March 25 meeting. The vote was […]
Uri Koppel, age 85, of St. Louis Park, MN passed away on March 10th, 2024 after a long battle with heart disease. He was preceded in death by his parents, […]
Over the course of its Wednesday meeting, several St. Paul City Council members harshly criticized Israel and its war against Hamas in Gaza before unanimously passing a non-binding resolution calling […]
Got a question? Fill out this form to submit your anonymous question to be answered in a future column. Dear Miriam, I have three weddings coming up this spring/summer. I […]
Minnesota State House Representative Frank Hornstein (DFL-Minneapolis), a 22-year veteran of the Minnesota Legislature and a key Jewish political voice in the state, announced on Feb. 16 that he will […]
Since 2015, when he moved to the Twin Cities from Chicago, David Hirsch was working 80-hour weeks with little time to connect with the Jewish community here. Then, the COVID-19 […]
Onstage in the main sanctuary at Beth El Synagogue, multi-award-winning Black-Jewish author and chef Michael Twitty recalled how hard it was to convince publishers that his books should include his […]