November 25, 2022
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It’s good to give thanks! That’s what Psalm 92, which we most often sing on Shabbat, tells us. My buddy Todd Herzog has a beautiful song interpreting this idea in […]
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Jewish themes are having a moment at the cinema this Fall.
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teven Katz had been looking to reprise an older, Yiddish play at St. Paul’s Legacy Musical Theatre. But seeing the alarming rise nationwide, and locally, of antisemitism and hate crimes, […]
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Robert Dorfman has been named the Director of Wellsprings and New Play Development at Six Points Theater in St. Paul, Minnesota, formerly Minnesota Jewish Theatre Company. He is an actor/director/producer who’s […]
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Thanksgiving is a time of year when many folks ‘come home,’ whether you define that as a place or the people you’re with. The prayer “Ashrei” begins with the words […]
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here’s an eclectic nature to south Minneapolis’ Jewish community that has led a group of artists and artisans in the area to conclude that they were living in a shtetl […]
Continue readingNovember 16, 2022
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For his 8th feature film, director James Grey, doing double duty as writer and director, leaves outer space (Ad Astra) and Brooklyn (Little Odessa; Two Lovers) for Queens, where he […]
Continue readingNovember 11, 2022
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It’s the season of gratitude, and the first thing that comes to mind when I think of what I’m grateful for each year is — people! My sweet family, friends […]
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Oscar-award-winning filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen grew up in St. Louis Park, and their film was shot in and around Minneapolis.
Continue readingNovember 10, 2022
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ven if you don’t know what a piyyut is, if you’ve attended a Jewish worship service, it’s more than likely you’ve heard one before. While piyyutim are historically written as […]
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