Teachers Find Inspiration In Prague With Son Of Kindertransport Hero
PRAGUE – In a quiet voice, Nick Winton prompted the group of 16 teachers to step into the shoes of Jewish parents in 1939 Europe. “Imagine what it must be […]
July 10, 2024
July 2, 2024
In Berlin, Teachers Grapple With Inner Workings of Nazi Machine
BERLIN – Walking around Sachsenhausen, the Nazi concentration camp located outside of Berlin, Kirsten Croone was struck by the camp’s sheer size. “What I didn’t expect was the vastness…because you’re […]
June 28, 2024
A Haunting Experience at Nova Festival Exhibit
I recently planned a short trip home to New York but I had no actual plans…until I read that the Nova Music Festival Exhibition had been extended through my impending […]
June 24, 2024
Facing Nazi Atrocities, Teachers Trace Path From Warsaw To Treblinka
TREBLINKA, Poland — In 1998, after visiting the Treblinka death camp site on a Holocaust education trip to Poland for teachers, Aimee Ross vowed she would never come again. “I […]
June 19, 2024
A Mezuzah Imprint, A Chance Encounter, And A JCRC Holocaust Education Trip In Warsaw
WARSAW, Poland — Kristin Thompson wasn’t expecting to encounter the story of her close friend, Holocaust survivor Aaron Elster, mere hours after landing in Warsaw on Tuesday. But late afternoon, […]
April 24, 2024
Minneapolis Resident Gives Account On Columbia U. Unrest
Since the Oct. 7, 2023 attack by Hamas against Israel, college campuses have become a flash-point for protests, whether supporting Israel or opposing it. Since late last week, there has […]
March 6, 2024
St. Paul’s Charles Stander Recalls Peace Corps Experience
Charles Stander was born and raised in Michigan, but has lived in St. Paul for well over 40 years. For most of those forty years, he’s been a member of […]
October 11, 2023
Cantor With St. Paul Roots To Be Installed As Debbie Friedman School Head In NY
Jill Abramson grew up in St. Paul with an early love for music and theater. “I was in a lot of plays and musicals at the St. Paul [Jewish Community […]
October 6, 2023
New Cookbook Celebrates Jewish Cuisine Of Italy
With the High Holidays, Sukkot, Shemini Azeret and Simchat Torah upon us, many Jewish people can’t help but think about food, from what they’ll eat (apples and honey, challah) to […]
October 4, 2023
Jewish Great-Grandson Of A Righteous Gentile At Home In St. Louis Park
Judaism hasn’t had saints. We’ve had judges and prophets and kings in the Tanach, but really no saints. We’ve had great rabbis and scholars over the centuries, but no saints. […]