October 24, 2024
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
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
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
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
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
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 […]
October 7, 2024
YAFO, Israel – A visitor (of which there are very few these days) might comment on how relatively normal life looks in Israel, even after a year of war. The […]
October 2, 2024
This year I want to dip apples in saltwater I want to spread honey on my wounds How does one forgive the sting of alienation? How does one atone for […]
October 1, 2024
Robert D. Aronson is a member of the board of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas (JCRC). The views appearing in this article are personal to […]
September 19, 2024
DFL State Sen. Mary Kunesh, who represents parts of Fridley, New Brighton, St. Anthony, and Spring Lake Park, apologized for denying that rape and sexual violence was part of Hamas’ […]