May 13, 2026
At NCJW Minnesota’s annual breakfast fundraiser Tuesday morning, civil rights attorney Irina Vaynerman talked about her family fleeing the former Soviet Union, coming to the U.S. as refugees, and how […]
May 1, 2026
Throughout May and June, the Violins of Hope – a collection of Holocaust-related instruments restored by master violin maker Amnon Weinstein – will be featured in exhibitions and performances presented […]
April 30, 2026
Sunday’s Ramsey County Commissioner District 5 endorsing convention was marred by claims of antisemitism as neither St. Paul City Councilmember Rebecca Noecker, who is Jewish, nor State Rep. Maria Isa […]
April 29, 2026
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 […]
April 29, 2026
Yedidya Harush took the stage at the annual JNF Breakfast for Israel – Twin Cities on Tuesday morning, which was something Harush wasn’t expecting to be able to do even […]
April 28, 2026
After years of helping shape Jewish learning across Minnesota, Rabbi Yosi Gordon, known for his charismatic teaching style, is leading a new education endeavor. He’s introduced Yosi’s School, an independent […]
April 22, 2026
On a beautiful Minnesota spring day, I sauntered into the lower level of O’Shaughnessy Science Center at the University of St. Thomas’s St. Paul campus to virtually converse with six […]
April 21, 2026
For two hours Monday afternoon, Lior Biran sat a table in the middle of Coffman Union at the University of Minnesota with a sign that read “I am an Israeli, […]
April 20, 2026
As he’s toured around the country talking about his newest book, Alan Morinis likes to say he wrote a book about Shabbat that also isn’t about Shabbat, despite his book […]
April 15, 2026
More than 40 years ago, Israeli violin maker Amnon Weinsten embarked on a journey – acquiring and rehabilitating violins that had survived the Holocaust. And though he passed away in […]