DUGRI Bringing Their Straight Talk To Twin Cities
Israeli educator Uriya Rosenman had an idea for a project, and he thought he was going to have a 30-minute meeting with a skeptical Sameh “Saz” Zakout, a Palestinian rapper […]
March 21, 2023
March 8, 2023
YALA Partners With JDC Entwine On Innovative Travel Program
JDC Entwine has been leading Insider Trips for American Jewish young adults to see and interact with Jewish communities all over the world. But even with that success and history, […]
February 23, 2023
Future Work
I find my myself constantly saying goodbye. It feels like as soon as one change has been completed, another is waiting in the wings. Just when I get my feet […]
February 1, 2023
Blind Musician & Disability Advocate Charlie Kramer At Adath For JDAIM
This year, Adath Jeshurun’s Inclusion Committee is spearheading an Artist-In-Residence for the weekend, welcoming musician and coach Charlie Kramer, in partnership with Minneapolis Jewish Federation and Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Minneapolis.
January 26, 2023
Why I Love Klezmer
Ahead of next week’s Klezmer on Ice, learn more about the klezmer in the Twin Cities. Today, the series author, TC Jewfolk’s New Voices intern Miri Verona, on how Klezmer […]
January 20, 2023
Klezmer On Ice Festival Uniting Musicians, Fans
When people started coming out of their COVID bubbles in early 2022, Josh Rosard went to the Portland Klezmer Festival and came away with an idea: Why couldn’t something like […]
January 6, 2023
Local Musicians Debut New Blues-Rock ‘Shavua Tov Song’ For Havdalah
Local Jewish musicians have released new music for Havdalah titled “The Shavua Tov Song,” a brainchild of musician Lea Kalisch and Temple Israel’s Rabbi Tobias Moss. The blues-rock jam […]
December 25, 2022
‘Christmukah’ from the Perspective of an ‘Interfaith’ Jew
It’s the most wonderful time of the year – Christmas. It’s the time when we watch our Hallmark movies, pull out the festive wrapping paper, and weave through the line […]
December 22, 2022
The Soviet-American Hanukkah
Although Chanukah is technically a minor Jewish holiday, there is no denying that its importance has been inflated for Jews living in the United States. Considering its proximity to Christmas, […]
December 14, 2022
Tzipporah Johnson Explores Her Judaism In Upcoming Album
After releasing an EP in early 2020, Tzipporah Johnson knew that she wanted to put out a full-length album, and the pandemic, forcing many people to curtail their activities, gave […]