Introducing Miriam’s Advice Well!
Hello Jewfolk! I am so excited to be joining your community as your new advice columnist! Each week, I’ll be answering one of YOUR questions with a mix of practicality, […]
Natan Sharansky Headlines Upcoming Cardozo Society Event
Thirty-five years ago, Natan Sharansky was freshly released from Soviet gulags and traveling the United States trying to encourage the organized Jewish community to support a march on Washington, D.C., […]
Who The Folk?! Robert Dorfman
Robert Dorfman has acted for some of the undisputed greats of American theater. But his newest undertaking marks a transition from the stage to a “power broker” role that could […]
Jewish Song of the Week: “Tov L’hodot” by Todd Herzog
It’s good to give thanks! That’s what Psalm 92, which we most often sing on Shabbat, tells us. My buddy Todd Herzog has a beautiful song interpreting this idea in […]
New Play ‘Echoes of the Holocaust’ To Feature Survivor Recollections
Steven Katz had been looking to reprise an older, Yiddish play at St. Paul’s Legacy Musical Theatre. But seeing the alarming rise nationwide, and locally, of antisemitism and hate crimes, […]
Who The Folk?! Kate Dietrick
Meet the archivest from the Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Jewish Song of the Week: “Ashrei” by Abbie Strauss
Thanksgiving is a time of year when many folks ‘come home,’ whether you define that as a place or the people you’re with. The prayer “Ashrei” begins with the words […]
Southside Shtetl Chanukah Market Set For Nov. 27
11/26/2023 Editor’s note: TC Jewfolk learned in the summer of 2023 that this group was actively recruiting artists in support of BDS. We have been made aware that the 2023 […]
‘Armageddon Time’ Has Stars, But Is Otherwise Unsatisfying
For his 8th feature film, director James Grey, doing double duty as writer and director, leaves outer space (Ad Astra) and Brooklyn (Little Odessa; Two Lovers) for Queens, where he […]
Out of a Literal Melting Pot Comes a Literally Stellar Chicken Soup
In ‘Home is Where the Eggs Are,’ Molly Yeh draws on Jewish, Chinese, Midwestern and Scandinavian influences.