Who The Folk?! Dudley Deshommes-Kohls
On this week’s Who The Folk?! Podcast, we talk to Dudley Deshommes-Kohls, a black, gay, Jew who is also a nurse in the time of a global health pandemic. Mostly […]
June 8, 2020
October 7, 2019
Who The Folk?! Jess Braverman
What takes an attorney from public defender to women’s advocacy work? For Jess Braverman, it very much aligns to why she wanted to become a lawyer in the first place. […]
September 3, 2019
September 2019 Get the Folk Out!
Sorry, this one’s a little late & after the long weekend, friends. I’m guessing (hoping?) I’m not alone in September sneaking up on me. Last night, I saw the first […]
June 24, 2019
Who The Folk?! Noam Sienna
Why, in the midst of working on your doctorate dissertation, would you go and write a book that has nothing to do with your dissertation topic? That’s a question Noam […]
June 21, 2019
Jew Review: ‘A Rainbow Thread’
When I was in college in the late 1980s, I devoured the work of Jewish feminists like Ellen Umansky and Judith Plaskow. They unearthed for me the previously hidden voices […]
June 19, 2019
Cheers Minneapolis Faces Eviction
Cheers Minneapolis, the LGBTQ bar that was set to open on June 21, now looks unlikely to open at all. According to online records, the 1933 Lyndale LLC, the owners […]
June 12, 2019
June 7, 2019
6 Jewish Diversity & Inclusion Books To Read To Your Kid In Honor Of Pride
Kids are never too young to learn about inclusivity. While there are no specifically Pride-themed books from PJ Library, they have a great selection of books with diversity/inclusion/uniqueness as themes. […]
June 4, 2019
Owner Of Cheers Minneapolis LGBTQ Bar Called Out For Anti-Semitism
The anti-Semitic Facebook posts of the owner of a yet-to-open LGBTQ bar in Uptown has caused an uproar among Minneapolis’ Jewish and gay communities. “It’s been the Titanic today: slowly […]
May 31, 2019
June 2019 Get the Folk Out
What a great month to get out and celebrate, friends. June means we’re officially starting summer, complete with Shavuot and Pride! We’ve got tons of good times coming for both, […]