A small anti-Israel protest of about 20 people targeted Minnesota Hillel on Oct. 7, as University of Minnesota students were gathering inside for a program to commemorate the one year […]
One year ago, Jews around the world welcomed the Hebrew calendar year of 5784, reflected on their actions and sins, and wished for a sweet near year over apple slices […]
A crowd of roughly 250 members and friends of the Twin Cities Jewish community – along with another 250 people who watched the livestream – gathered on the sports field […]
In the late 1970s, Jim Wardlow, working in Michigan, saw an advertisement for available positions at the Hodroff funeral home in the Twin Cities. Though not Jewish, Wardlow had worked […]
In early June, professor Bruno Chaouat resigned from the advisory board of the University of Minnesota’s Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies to protest an attempted hire for the center’s […]
Naomi Petel Adler had always wanted to live on a kibbutz, the Israeli socialist-inspired towns known for their tight-knit communities. “Kids get to run around until it’s dark, and then […]
Joni Sussman has an encyclopedic memory of the books she worked on for 20 years as the head of Kar-Ben Publishing, the oldest publisher of exclusively Jewish children’s books in […]
Got a question? Fill out this form to submit your anonymous question to be answered in a future column Dear Miriam, Political conversations have had a remarkable tone shift in […]
A few years ago, Laura Zelle was seeking out Holocaust education trips to Europe for Minnesota K-12 teachers when she realized that there weren’t many options. “This wasn’t being offered […]
Got a question? Fill out this form to submit your anonymous question to be answered in a future column Dear Miriam, I read a lot of advice columns (including this […]