Who The Folk?! Shahar Cohen
What leads a proud Israeli to drop everything and move to St. Paul for the year? For Shahar Cohen it’s to help spread her love of her homeland to the […]
TCJFF Celebrates ‘A Serious Man’ 13th Anniversary With Screening, Bar Mitzvah Party
Oscar-award-winning filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen grew up in St. Louis Park, and their film was shot in and around Minneapolis.
Simon Wins Third Term On Good Night For Jewish Candidates
Steve Simon, Minnesota’s first Jewish constitutional official, is on course to win a third term as Secretary of State, as projected by the Associated Press. Simon leads Republican candidate Kim […]
A Prayer For Voting
Shared by Beth El Synagogue’s Kesher daily email. This prayer is not a prayer about winning or getting other people on your side. It’s a prayer that we learn to […]
Who The Folk?! Eric Rice
Two years ago, Eric Rice started taking on a legal defense for a client that would change the way he practices law: defending Jaleel Stallings against the Minneapolis Police Department. […]
Jewish Song of the Week: ‘Challa-lalala’ by Mister G
We’re in the Hebrew month of Cheshvan, which means no Jewish holidays! Well, with one BIG exception… Shabbat! I thought Cheshvan would be the perfect time to give a little […]
Kindertransport Hero To Be Remembered at Kristallnacht Commemoration
The late Sir Nicholas Winton, a British stockbroker from a Christianized German-Jewish family, is best known for organizing the rescue of 669 Czechoslovakian children, most of them Jewish, as the […]
‘Seriously,’ Dan Israel’s New Album Is A Fun Listen
As Dan Israel sings in the final song of his new album “I don’t care anymore if I was ever in style,” but the hearty following that he’s built up […]
Replete With Biblical References, Bob Dylan’s Latest Book Showcases The Artist’s Jewishness and His Brilliance
‘The Philosophy of Modern Song’ turns out to be more Talmudic than philosophical.
A Rabbi’s Plea To Vote Between Now And Nov. 8
On the secular anniversary of the horrific shooting at Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh four years ago, I write as a rabbi who has stayed out of partisan politics […]