Who The Folk?! Lily Smith
Lily Smith says that when she was a kid, she was asked what she wanted to do when she grew up. Her response: famous; she just wasn’t sure how. Maybe, […]
Statements From Local, National Organizations On Iran’s Attack On Israel
On Saturday night, Israel announced that it had detected a significant number of attack drones launched from Iran aimed at its territory. This incident marks the first direct assault on […]
How To Find Graditude In Cloudy Disappointment?
Got a question? Fill out this form to submit your anonymous question to be answered in a future column. Dear Readers, In place of a question from one of you, […]
Minnesota’s Largest Synagogue Gets Rare Energy Certification
There are nearly 200,000 projects worldwide that are certified by Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, a program of the U.S. Green Building Council. One of the newest LEED Gold-certified […]
New Documentary, ‘Remembering Gene Wilder,’ Is A Rich Portrait Of An Unlikely Comedic Master
If not for fate stepping in, in the guise of actress Anne Bancroft, Gene Wilder might never have had a career. She was the lead in the 1963 Broadway production […]
Trailblazing Bat Mitzvah Aria Tackles Superior Hiking Trail
This past summer, bat mitzvah Aria Silberglitt embarked on her trailblazing mitzvah project with the Superior Hiking Trail Association. Embodying the Jewish values of conservation and environmentalism, Aria tackled hard […]
Who The Folk?! Julie Dean
Julie Dean’s passion for Mussar – the thousand-year-old Jewish tradition centered on character traits – led her to start Twin Cities Mussar, an organization that is devoted to facilitating groups […]
Hebrew Type Symposium Merges Old Art Form, New Applications
Last summer local artists Noam Sienna and Robyn Awend went to upstate New York for the Hebrew Type Intensive, and said the energy was off the charts. “We literally all […]
Navigating Tricky Israel Interactions At Synagogue
Got a question? Fill out this form to submit your anonymous question to be answered in a future column. Dear Miriam, I just learned that someone who works at my […]
Experts Bring Reason, Nuance To Israel-Palestine Discussion At MN Hillel
With Passover on the horizon, David Makovsky took a slight detour when it came to the annually repeated line from the seder: “Why is this night different from all other […]