Who The Folk?! State Rep. Sandra Feist
After one of the most productive legislative sessions in recent Minnesota history, how does one of the most productive legislators celebrate? Going back to her day job. Second-term State Rep. […]
May 29, 2023
May 22, 2023
Who The Folk?! Sheree Curry
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 […]
May 15, 2023
Who The Folk?! Phil Raskin
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 […]
May 8, 2023
Who The Folk?! Kara Rosenwald
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 […]
April 24, 2023
Who The Folk?! Ambassador Thomas Nides
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 […]
April 17, 2023
Who The Folk?! Miriam Monasch
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. […]
April 10, 2023
Who The Folk?! Dave Schwartz
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 […]
April 3, 2023
Who The Folk?! Myrna Marofsky
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 […]
March 27, 2023
Who The Folk?! Rabbi Ricky Kamil
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 […]
March 20, 2023
Who The Folk?! Jennifer Glickstein
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 […]