Liz Palmer Helping Reshape TTSP As New Executive Director
Liz Palmer, who was named the interim executive director of Talmud Torah of St. Paul last fall, accepted the position on a full-time basis last month after a unanimous vote […]
April 26, 2024
April 25, 2024
Keren Or Celebrating Milestone With 20th Year Of Teen Arts Contest
When it comes to the Keren Or Teen Arts Contest, David Siegel has seen it all. His parents, the late Jerry and Eileen Siegel started the contest in memory of […]
April 16, 2024
Mandy Patinkin Talks Career, Tikkun Olam, and TikTok Ahead Of St. Paul Concert
In 1980, Mandy Patinkin won a Tony Award for his role as Che in the Broadway musical Evita. And while being a “theater rat” is how he got his start, […]
April 14, 2024
‘Irena’s Vow’ is a Harrowing Tale of Heroism
Filmed on location in Poland, Irena’s Vow tells the true story of Irena Gut Opdyke, who is honored by Yad Vashem as a Ger Tzaddik (Righteous Among the Nations) for […]
April 10, 2024
New Documentary, ‘Remembering Gene Wilder,’ Is A Rich Portrait Of An Unlikely Comedic Master
If not for fate stepping in, in the guise of actress Anne Bancroft, Gene Wilder might never have had a career. She was the lead in the 1963 Broadway production […]
April 5, 2024
Hebrew Type Symposium Merges Old Art Form, New Applications
Last summer local artists Noam Sienna and Robyn Awend went to upstate New York for the Hebrew Type Intensive, and said the energy was off the charts. “We literally all […]
April 3, 2024
Passover-Friendly Black and White Cookies
Editor’s Note: The recipe is from the cookbook ‘Nosh: Plant-Forward Recipes Celebrating Modern Jewish Cuisine,’ by Jewfolk Food Podcaster Micah Siva. The recipe is used with her permission. A New […]
April 1, 2024
Who The Folk?! Daniel Rubinyi
Daniel Rubinyi has dabbled in art since was a child, but particularly in the past few years, he’s taken it a different level. Rubinyi, who also works at Bet Shalom’s […]
March 29, 2024
Hopkins Leads Great Cast In Powerful ‘One Life’
Nicholas Winton is an ordinary person. That’s how he describes himself and the efforts he and his colleagues are undertaking. It’s 1938, a month after Kristallnacht, and less than a […]
March 27, 2024
A Multi-Faceted, Multicultural Memoir
I have always loved memoirs, ever since I read Marley & Me in fifth grade, which has remained my favorite book ever since. In particular, I love celebrity memoirs, having […]