A Reconstructionist Pilgrimage Towards Racial Justice
In March, I had the good fortune to travel to the Deep South with 200 other Reconstructionist Jews from congregations around the country on a sobering yet uplifting journey that […]
Holocaust Survivor Dora Zaidenweber Passes Away At 99
Dora Zaidenweber moved to Minneapolis in 1950, just a few short years after being liberated after surviving the Radom forced labor camp, Birkenau and Bergen-Belsen, and for 74 years after, […]
Is It Disrespectful To Read Books During Services?
Dear Miriam, During Rosh Hashanah, I noticed a few people who were reading books other than the machzor during services. It seemed both like a great idea to have something […]
John Zorn@70: Kvelling Into a New Decade
Earlier this month, the Walker Art Center celebrated the 70th birthday of avant-garde Jewish composer and saxophonist John Zorn with a 12-hour concert cycle of chamber music featuring 20 musical […]
Who The Folk?! Ian Rosenthal
During the 2008 financial crisis, Ian Rosenthal nearly saw first-hand what it would be like to be unhoused. Watching their family nearly lose their house helped lead Rosenthal to their […]
Beekeepers Help To Ensure A Sweet New Year
On a sweltering late July morning, everyone’s tempers were short – those of the people and the roughly 80,000-plus honey bees in the hives maintained by the staff at Adath […]
Renowned Cookbook Author Adeena Sussman Brings ‘Shabbat’ Tour To Minneapolis
Adeena Sussman has co-authored 15 cookbooks, including three with model-turned-cookbook author Chrissy Teigen. Four years after her first solo effort, Sababa, hit the shelves Sussman had doubts as her newest […]
Who The Folk?! Rabbi Joey Glick
Rabbi Joey Glick had once said in a social media post that his socks got wet once in “mud season” and what followed was Shir Tikvah congregants concerned about whether […]
Quiet Your Soul
Part One of a Three-Part Series on Shabbat The celebrated author, Aldous Huxley, published The Perennial Philosophy in 1945. He called his era, “the age of noise,” and railed against […]
Is Being Invited To An Aufruf Worthy Of A Gift?
Got a question? Fill out this form to submit your anonymous question to be answered in a future column. Dear Miriam, I was invited to a friend’s aufruf but not […]
