April 24, 2024
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
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
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
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
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. […]
August 29, 2023
This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward’s free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. JewBelong, a nonprofit with a website offering resources for […]
July 17, 2023
The Minnesota Rabbinical Association is the largest rabbinic organization representing the Jewish community throughout Minnesota. As a diverse group with different theological and political understandings, we are able to find […]
April 26, 2023
2,000 Jews from across North America traveled to Israel with their Jewish Federations to celebrate Israel’s 75th birthday. Leaders from the Minneapolis Jewish Federation joined thousands of Federation leaders from […]
February 13, 2023
More Jews feel unsafe in the U.S. than last year, according to a newly released report by the American Jewish Committee. The AJC’s fourth annual “State of Antisemitism” report, released […]
December 7, 2022
I was in Atlanta for a large conference for Jewish camp professionals and professionals from organizations whose work complements/collaborates with Jewish camping and took a Lyft ride from the conference […]