JCCs Quickly Adapting To Virtual Programming
As the two Twin Cities JCCs closed their doors in mid-March due to the coronavirus, programmers at the two buildings realized that there was no playbook in place for how […]
Minneapolis Jewish Federation Responds To COVID-19 Crisis
When COVID-19 hit in Minnesota and synagogues and agencies started closing their doors, everyone was hopeful that it would be a short-term solution. Quickly, however, Minneapolis Jewish Federation began to […]
Who The Folk?! Alisha Baines Simon
This week we talk to Minnesota Department of Health’s Alisha Baines Simon about some of the COVID-19 data modeling that she has been apart of. We talk about what her […]
JCA To Lead Teaching: Does Torah Call For Rent Holiday?
Housing justice has been part of the Jewish Community Action program for almost all of the organization’s 25 years. But in the COVID-19 crisis, with skyrocketing unemployment rates in the […]
Doing Good Deeds From Home
Good Deeds Day is still taking place – this time at your home.
Who The Folk?! Ron Rabinovitz
What’s it like to be friends with Jackie Robinson? In honor of the 73rd anniversary of Robinson breaking baseball’s color barrier, we talk with Ron Rabinovitz, author of the book […]
Anti-Semitic TikTok Draws Rebuke From Superintendent
An anti-Semitic TikTok video posted and taken down Wednesday afternoon from a high school student in rural Nicollet, Minn., has drawn a swift rebuke from the Jewish Community Relations Council […]
Jew Review: ‘Fauda’ Season 3 Doesn’t Disappoint
Season 3 of the hit Israeli TV show now on Netflix.
‘B-List Seder’ To Raise Money In Coronavirus Fight
Last Saturday night, a bunch of A-list celebrities – some Jewish, some not – helped raise millions of dollars for the CDC Foundation with the Saturday Night Seder. Lea Kalisch […]
Volunteer Opportunity: Friendly Remote Visitors
JFS is launching a special component of our service to community members who especially need human connection over the phone.