May 15, 2025
On the University of Minnesota’s Twin Cities campus, the spring of 2024 was difficult for Jewish students: antisemitic graffiti, pro-Palestinian encampments, terrorist flags being waved, and a general unease in […]
January 13, 2025
Alyssa Engleson was active in youth groups as a teen but didn’t think that would be a path she’d turn to professionally. But after looking for a change from her […]
November 19, 2024
Ezra Wolfe wasn’t looking to start a business – as a junior at Hopkins High School who is in the school musical and on the wrestling team, could he really […]
November 11, 2024
Emily Boskoff was on her way to her career as an opera singer when there was an intriguing job opening at the University of Houston Hillel, where she was a […]
November 8, 2024
The holiday classic Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas! has returned to the Children’s Theatre Company for its 12th run, and will be marked by opening night on Sunday, […]
October 8, 2024
It’s always fun for high school students to get to pick the brain of a college student – even when it’s about the decidedly not-fun topic of antisemitism on campus. […]
September 10, 2024
The 2024-25 academic year brings added anxiety for Jewish college students, faculty, and staff after anti-Israel hostility spilled into the collective and individual targeting of Jews across U.S. campuses in […]
September 6, 2024
After a summer-long search, Emily Boskoff is the new executive director of Minnesota Hillel, the organization announced Friday morning. Boskoff replaces Benjie Kaplan, who left to become the Campus Support […]
August 20, 2024
The Mercury Club announced softball player Rose Neuman and hockey player Branson Appelman this year’s recipients of the Mercury Award, an award gifted yearly to two outstanding high school students […]
July 22, 2024
Berit Rosenstiel, a recent graduate of St. Anthony Village High School, recently had two great honors: speaking at high school commencement, and presenting at the state speech competition. Rosenstiel, with […]