Connecting The Community In Song

Song has always played a central role in Jewish life, both secular and religious. From niggunim (wordless melodies) to piyutim (liturgical poems set to music), Yiddish labor movement songs to Ladino folksongs, Jewish singing traditions carry the […]

Who The Folk?! Bob Nemer

Bob Nemer was a college student at the University of Minnesota when he and a few friends dragged some of their artwork to the corner of Lake and Hennepin in […]

My Mother’s Unconventional Memorial

When the rabbi agreed to come for my mother’s pizza party memorial, my sister, father, and I were surprised. Mom’s untraditional wish to be cremated and surrounded by pizza, something […]