In deciding to rebrand its 50-plus-year-old preschool program, Minnesota JCC CEO Stephanie Chauss said two significant data points helped inform their decision making: a survey that showed that if people […]
Got a question? Fill out this form to submit your anonymous question to be answered in a future column. Dear Miriam, In our congregation, kids are required to invite all […]
If asked to call to mind a Jewish immersion, you might think mikveh. This September, the Minnesota JCC will be launching another kind: a new Hebrew Language Program at the […]
On Sunday mornings for the better part of the past 20 months, a group of Twin Cities Jews have been walking while holding signs of hostages who are held in […]
As a food writer for the St. Paul Pioneer Press, Jared Kaufman merges two of his passions: journalism and food. But those two things just scratch the surface of his […]
The Hebrew word for Pride is Ga’avah. The interpretation is about standing tall and publicly rising up in majesty. This June, it’s definitely time for some Ga’avah. I’m a cis […]
Prior to the start of Shavuot on Sunday, June 1, a dozen people were injured at a Run for Their Lives event in Boulder, Colo., when a man yelling “Free […]
When Melissa (Lissie) Rappaport Schifman and her husband Jim Schifman started the Project Hive Pet Company, they wanted to create a socially conscious company that also lives up to their […]
Three weeks after Israel was attacked on Oct. 7, 2023, Mijal Bitton wrote a piece titled That Pain You’re Feeling Is Peoplehood, in which she attempts to explain what many […]
The eighth-grade graduates at Heilicher Minneapolis Jewish Day School will be the last under the current name of the school. Thanks to a multi-million dollar gift from the family of […]