Passing On Holocaust Knowledge In Small Gatherings Makes A Big Impact
Shai Avny is Mount Zion Temple’s engagement director and an Israeli, and one way he’s merged those facets was when he helped bring Zikaron BaSalon to the Twin Cities. Zikaron […]
New Market Lets You Support Israel By Shopping From Home
Elianna Mintz Perez didn’t set out to volunteer for what she calls “Etsy for Israeli goods” for an organization run by older Jewish women. After all, she was working as […]
Who The Folk?! Asya Mikhailenko Sturgell
Asya Mikhailenko Sturgell could’ve been in Kyiv visiting her family this past weekend and celebrating her grandmother’s 93rd birthday. Instead, she’s home in Minnesota worrying about their safety. We talk […]
Don Samuels Mounting A Challenge Against Ilhan Omar
Two years ago, Rep. Ilhan Omar faced an upstart, centrist Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate in a primary election for Minnesota’s Fifth Congressional District. This time around, in Don Samuels, she faces a […]
Mount Zion’s Solomon Retiring After 12 Years
After a dozen years as the executive director of Minnesota’s oldest synagogue, Mount Zion Temple’s Larry Solomon quietly announced last month to the synagogue community that he would be retiring […]
Who Did The Better ‘Encanto’ Themed Purim Parody?
With Purim this week it’s officially “Purim Parody Season,” and this year there are at least three (that we found) that use one of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s earworms from Disney’s Encanto. […]
Who The Folk?! Alexandra Sakurets
What drives someone to go towards a war zone and work with refugees? This week we talk to Alexandra Sakurets, a Ukraine-born Minneapolis resident and registered nurse. She’s currently in […]
Bipartisan Russian Divestment Bills Announced At Capitol
In fairly short order, the four leading caucuses in Minnesota’s legislature have come together to produce two bi-partisan, bi-cameral bills that would divest an estimated $53 million of state pension […]
Jewish Legislators To Face New Constituents After Redistricting
State Sen. Ron Latz has the perfect combination of longevity and name recognition, not to mention a very safe seat to run for re-election from. But when the Minnesota courts […]
Who The Folk?! Sara Greenhalgh
Growing up a Jew of Color in Minneapolis, Sara Greenhalgh experienced more than her fair share of racism in Jewish spaces. Those experiences have helped direct her to the variety […]