December 4, 2020
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For many who drink tea, it involves putting a bag of tea leaves in hot water and coming back a few minutes later for your drink. But for Simon Parish, preparing tea is far different – an almost therapeutic ritual. Parish took that ritual and, with his parents David and Gabrielle, opened the Northeast Tea […]
Continue readingDecember 2, 2020
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The grant will be used to strengthen social service programs focused on economic stability, mental health, and self-reliance for seniors and low-income individuals.
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The Community Support Program continues to be available to everyone. During this unprecedented time of uncertainty, many people are understandably expressing increased feelings of anxiety, depression and isolation. In response to the need for additional mental health services, we developed this new program that includes three 20-minute phone conversations with one of our mental health professionals at no cost.
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Please help us improve more lives with your gift before the end of the year. Together, we can help more people face the most ordinary and extraordinary circumstances in their lives.
Continue readingDecember 1, 2020
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The newly-formed Minnesota JCC combines the Sabes JCC and St. Paul JCC.
Continue readingNovember 24, 2020
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The coronavirus crisis is by no means new, but it’s one that Ruth Olkon has been facing 24/7 for the last eight-plus months. As the CEO at Jewish Family Service of St. Paul, she has seen the needs that her community faces grow dramatically – with no sign of stopping. “We are in a crisis, […]
Continue readingNovember 19, 2020
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If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when? – Rabbi Hillel This summer, over 1,000 Jewish Changemakers Fellows, including 18 from Minneapolis and St. Paul, asked themselves these questions. This Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) Fellowship, intended […]
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November 18, 2020
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Winona LaDuke, an environmental activist and former Green Party vice-presidential candidate, has apologized for comparing the Enbridge Line 3 oil pipeline in northern Minnesota to the Holocaust. On the Twin Cities Public Television show Almanac last week, LaDuke, an outspoken critic of the pipeline project, said: “So, you know, there’s some people that are up […]
Continue readingNovember 18, 2020
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Judaism teaches us to be grateful, but we recognize that at this point of 2020, perhaps that’s been more of a challenge than it has been in the past. As we’re entering the darkest days of winter, and with COVID sending many of us back into quarantine mode, Jewfolk wants to know: What have you […]
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