Who The Folk?! Dylan Singer
For Dylan Singer, starting as the new assistant director at Minnesota Hillel was a lot like coming home. The University of Minnesota graduate was active at the campus institution in […]
June 15, 2026
April 29, 2026
UMN Gymnast Lacie Saltzmann Earns All-America Honors
University of Minnesota freshman gymnast Lacie Saltzmann earned post-season First Team All-America status by finishing fourth in the uneven bars at the NCAA semifinals on April 16. The effort on […]
December 25, 2025
Schools Need To Police Antisemitism Better
In eighth grade, I was walking to recess, and one of my friends laughingly said to me, “I feel bad for all the Jews who died in the Holocaust, but […]
November 14, 2025
BBYO In Minnesota Celebrating 100 Years
It wasn’t long ago that Minnesota teens on a bus ride to a Mid-America Region BBYO convention had plenty of room to stretch out and take up as much space […]
October 7, 2025
Adi’s Story
Early in the summer, our age group at Camp Ramah in Wisconsin — Eidah — gathered in our very own Moadon Nivonim. Surrounded by all my friends, we sat together […]
September 16, 2025
RAJMN Now An Independent Non-profit
Russian American Jews of Minnesota (RAJMN) is proud to announce its return as an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit, a major milestone for the only organization in Minnesota solely dedicated to the […]
September 9, 2025
Facing Antisemitism at Catholic School
(Editor’s note: For reasons of safety, the author’s name is being withheld) We were told to be quiet while we shuffled through the forest, ice cracking under our feet, no […]
September 5, 2025
Chabad On UMN Campus Celebrates 15th Anniversary
Growing up as a high schooler in Toronto, Rabbi Yitzi Steiner had been keeping an eye on the work Chabad was doing, and that interest kept growing through rabbinic school. […]
September 2, 2025
An Invitation to Grow: Why the JCRC Youth Fellowship Is Exactly What Our Teens Need Right Now
We’ve spent years teaching about Jewish identity, community, and the challenges—and joys—of raising proud Jewish children in a complex world. One thing we know for sure: the teen years are […]
July 4, 2025
Tree Planting In Southern MN Keeps Anne Frank’s Legacy Alive
FAIRMONT, Minn. – When Anne Frank was hiding from the Nazis in a secret annex in Amsterdam, she dreamed of freedom. One symbol of that longing: An old chestnut tree, […]