Remote Jewish Learning, 1980s Style
Back-to-school stories are beginning to kick-in throughout the news and social media. Few and far between, however, are the stories focused on five ways to decorate your locker, or what […]
A Call to Action: Join TCJMS Alumni in Supporting Racial Justice
In the weeks after George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police, a group of Twin Cities Jewish Middle School alumni came together to talk about how we could take action […]
Wabasha County GOP Links Nazis, Mask Ordinance; Board Member Resigns
After claiming Monday night that the Wabasha County Republican Party Facebook page had been hacked, Minnesota Republican Party Chairwoman Jennifer Carnahan tweeted that an anti-Semitic post that compared the Holocaust […]
Who The Folk?! Meyer Weinshel
Is Yiddish a dying language, or is it making a comeback? This week we talk to Meyer Weinshel, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Minnesota who is teaching Yiddish […]
Sharing The Mic To Amplify Voices
This year has been an interesting one, and Jasmine Brett Stringer means that in the most Minnesotan of ways. But out of the despair from COVID-enforced quarantine to the killing […]
St. Cloud Councilman Uses Holocaust Reference In Mask Debate
St. Cloud City Councilmember Paul Brandmire said that COVID-positive individuals should be marked with a yellow star on their lapel at that city’s meeting on Monday. “If we can mandate […]
Who The Folk?! Aly Jones
What brings someone from a small Jewish community in the Southwest to the Upper Midwest? This week we hear from Aly Jones, the new coordinator of JFCS NextGen. We talk […]
Talmudic Wisdom Shows Up As Minnetonka Passes Mask Ordinance
Minnetonka City Councilmember Deb Calvert kept some Talmudic wisdom in mind Monday night “He who saves one life saves the world entire.” With that, Calvert was part of the unanimous […]
Minnesota Rabbinical Association Advocates For Mask Mandate
My eyes pine away from affliction; I call to You, O LORD, each day; I stretch out my hands to You” (Psalm 88:10) The Minnesota Rabbinical Association calls on our […]
Who The Folk?! Candida Gonzalez
This week I talk with artist and art consultant Candida Gonzalez. We talk about the importance of art in the coronavirus era, the intersectionality of being a queer, Russian/Puerto Rican […]