April 22, 2025
My Mt. Rushmore of singer-songwriters is Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, John Mellencamp and of course Paul Simon. The main thing that binds these four together is that their music takes […]
April 2, 2025
After 30 years of being a project of the Minneapolis Jewish Federation, Rimon: The Minnesota Jewish Arts Council, starts its transition to become a program of the Minnesota JCC. In […]
December 23, 2024
Sara Shiff had taken her shot in the Minnesota Sings, a statewide singing competition, three times in the past – with a second-place showing in 2021. While she was pleased […]
December 10, 2024
At some point in most of our lives, whether as women or girls, we’ve been told to be ladylike, to not be so emotional, to cede leadership roles to men. […]
November 19, 2024
Ezra Wolfe wasn’t looking to start a business – as a junior at Hopkins High School who is in the school musical and on the wrestling team, could he really […]
November 5, 2024
Getting art displayed at a gallery is usually a lengthy process with a lot of waiting on a response – which in Sandra Felemovicius’ experience, is often a “no.” But […]
November 1, 2024
David Harris, a nationally touring, Midwest Emmy Award-winning comedian, is headlining the Comedy Night Fundraiser for Bet Shalom on Nov. 9 at the Hopkins Center for the Arts. He will […]
November 1, 2024
Zibby Owens, an acclaimed podcaster, author, and founder of Zibby Books, has released a new anthology titled On Being Jewish Now, a collection of essays from 75 Jewish authors with […]
October 28, 2024
“Hi, I’m Alex Edelman,” the first line of Just For Us, was uttered by Edelman roughly 500 times when he performed his one-man show. On Saturday, with Edelman covertly in […]
October 28, 2024
Barbara Brooks came across a survey in 1992 that said two-thirds of Jewish families in St. Paul had no affiliation with any Jewish institutions, and she recognized that her family […]