Every year on the High Holidays, police officers sit outside our synagogue to protect our community and building from harm.
I understand why the police are there. I know the risk that comes with openly celebrating Judaism. And I appreciate their presence…until all their eyes are on me, a man wearing a kippah (head covering) and a gold Star of David necklace who also happens to be a person of color.
Temple of Aaron surprised their congregants during Thursday’s Rosh Hashanah services by bringing out The Voice’s Nicholas David to play three songs to end services.
The Jewish Federation of Greater St. Paul is seeking people to serve on research and recommendation panels to address the first two priority issues the community chose from the Community Planning Listening Session process.
Dragonfly, a locally produced film with all major roles filled by women, seeks to change the discussion in Hollywood and around the country about the role of women in film, both on-screen and off.
Dori Weinstein’s ‘Sliding Into the New Year’ tells a Rosh Hashanah story for contemporary tweens.
Herzl Camp put on a benefit concert: Music and Musings at the Mercaz, with Grammy and Emmy nominated artist Peter Himmelman. This article is so much more than that.
Just in time for Rosh Hashanah!
I’m a horrid over-sharer and I’m wondering, when it comes to conversion, is that okay, or do I need to rein it in?
The Jewish Federation of Greater St. Paul Annual Gala is coming up on Sunday, September 21! A special Young Leadership cocktail hour and meet & greet with Miss Israel will take place before the Gala.
Mount Zion Temple is partnering with Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation – a cooperative registry with Be the Match – and the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism and over 72 congregations around the country in hosting a bone marrow/peripheral stem cell donor recruitment drive on Yom Kippur.