Who The Folk?! Sheree Curry
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A trailblazing journalist, Sheree Curry has had a long and varied career. But much of her work has happened at the intersection of race and Judaism. The former Jewfolk board […]
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Who The Folk?! Phil Raskin
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Phil Raskin thought he was taking a blow-off class at St. Louis Park High School when he picked pottery. Instead, he found a pathway to a career. Raskin, a ceramic […]
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Who The Folk?! Kara Rosenwald
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What leads a long-time educator to take on the role of trying to herd nearly 250 Minneapolis Jews through Israel? That was Kara Rosenwald’s responsibility as the mission coordinator of […]
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Who The Folk?! Ambassador Thomas Nides
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TEL AVIV – The great part of being from Minneapolis and having the American ambassador to Israel being a Minnesotan? If the right people ask, you get a few minutes […]
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Who The Folk?! Miriam Monasch
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Miriam Monasch is a veteran of working at Six Points Theater, and is back as the director of the upcoming Six Points Theater show The Wanderers, running April 29-May 14. […]
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Who The Folk?! Dave Schwartz
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A year ago, Dave Schwartz went from being a well-known television sports anchor to working for the State of Hockey’s hockey team, the Minnesota Wild, where he became the senior manager […]
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Who The Folk?! Myrna Marofsky
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After Myrna Marofsky’s husband passed away in 2019, she hadn’t planned on writing a book about the experience of his dementia. After all, she says, the reader knows how it […]
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Who The Folk?! Rabbi Ricky Kamil
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Rabbi Ricky Kamil had been a pulpit rabbi in the Chicago suburbs while also working as a community organizer on social justice issues. So when he moved to Minneapolis, it […]
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Who The Folk?! Jennifer Glickstein
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As a pediatric occupational therapist, Jennifer Glickstein used weight to help a child calm down. And after weighted blankets started becoming en vogue, Glickstein had an idea: why not put […]
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Who The Folk?! Rabbi Tamar Magill-Grimm
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Tamar Magill-Grimm had a pretty good thing going as a rabbi and educator at Beth Jacob Congregation. But recently, she decided to focus on the education and moved over to […]
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