How Does My Child Pick A Good BMitzvah Project?
Got a question? Fill out this form to submit your anonymous question to be answered in a future column. Dear Miriam, What is your advice about BMitzvah projects? What’s the […]
Venezuelans At Jewish-Owned Business Facing Down Immigration Fight
Rebecca Schwengber views herself as a first stop for the highly-educated person who comes to Minnesota and doesn’t speak a lot of English. Her business, Language Sprout, works with schools […]
Remembering Shlomo Mansour
Every night I wake up sometime between 2:11 a.m. and 3:14 a.m. to check my phone for news from Israel, news about the hostages. It’s been my habit since October […]
Who The Folk?! Henry Karpovas Lisak
Henry Karpovas Lisak was a regular at Minnesota Hillel last year as a freshman, when he saw there was an opening for a board position — vice president for campus […]
How Do I Find Joy Amid The Awfulness?
Got a question? Fill out this form to submit your anonymous question to be answered in a future column. Dear Miriam, I have noticed a disconnect amongst my Jewish friends […]
Passover Seder Matching 2025
The annual holiday tradition we all love! TC Jewfolk’s holiday matchmaking is live to help you find a Passover Seder in your area or to let you invite guests to […]
Trump Admin Investigating UMN For Antisemitism While DEI, Deportation Threats Loom
Editor’s note: This story was updated at 12:20 pm on Feb. 4 with a statement from the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas. The University of Minnesota […]
Who The Folk?! Sara Lynn Newberger
Sara Lynn Newberger didn’t think she wanted to become a teacher after college, but her love of learning and Jewish texts drove her to it. But what got a Chicagoan […]
How Do We Settle Our Thermostat Differences?
Got a question? Fill out this form to submit your anonymous question to be answered in a future column. Dear Miriam, The longer that winter drags on, the more apparent […]
Minnesota Native’s Matzah Plate Survives LA Wildfire
Minnesota natives Curt and Adele Brown stood in the charred rubble of their daughter and daughter-in-law’s home in Altadena, Calif. – one of the thousands destroyed in the Eaton fire […]