Mayor Frey Veto Over Campus Protest Upheld
The Minneapolis City Council failed in its attempt to override Mayor Jacob Frey’s veto of a resolution that calling for no charges to be filed against the 11 protesters arrested […]
December 12, 2024
December 9, 2024
Survivor of Oct. 7 Attack, Fiancé Of Slain Herzl Camp Alum, Tells Her Story at MN Hillel
Irene Shavit had spent years hearing about Herzl Camp – far from her home in Kfar Aza but close to the heart of her finance, Netta Epstein. Epstein, a former […]
December 3, 2024
When Jews Excuse Anti-Zionist Vitriol
Rabbi Alexander Davis is the Senior Rabbi at Beth El Synagogue in St. Louis Park. What should we call a person who charges Israel with genocide? When it is Hamas, […]
November 29, 2024
Aviva Klompas Brings Data To Israel Education Ahead Of St. Paul Federation Event
Being a fierce advocate for Israel is nothing new for Aviva Klompas. Long before she became the co-founder and CEO of Boundless Israel, Klompas was the associate vice president for […]
October 24, 2024
Haunting Documentary ‘We Will Dance Again’ Tells Stories From Nova Festival
At the beginning, I thought maybe to tell my friends to leave, but at that point, it was already too late. They’re shooting and trying to kidnap us or kill […]
October 24, 2024
A Time To Kill & A Time To Heal: Kohelet’s Wisdom In Times Of War
To most of the world, the date is the October 7. To me it will always be Simchat Torah. The memory of the juxtaposition of the joyful singing and dancing […]
October 17, 2024
A Rabbinic Reflection on the Death of Yahya Sinwar
I was a high schooler in Jerusalem when the father of mass terrorism against my people, Yassar Arafat, died. His death brought me messy emotions: Satisfaction that this agent of […]
October 17, 2024
JCRC Statement On IDF Killing Yahya Sinwar
Today’s elimination of Yahya Sinwar, the mastermind of the October 7th atrocities and undisputed leader of Hamas, should make clear that the war is over, Hamas lost, and it is […]
October 7, 2024
Time Has Stood Still
Today is October 7, 2023. It has been October 7, 2023 for 365 days for many of us. Time has stood still. First we learned about the atrocities inflicted upon […]
October 7, 2024
WATCH: Twin Cities October 7 Commemoration
Can’t make it to tonight’s Shivah of October, the Twin Cities’ October 7 community commemoration event? Tickets are sold out, so watch the Adath Jeshurun Livestream below, and come back to […]