November 4, 2025
As Israel marks the official end of the war and the long-awaited return of all living hostages, the Minneapolis Jewish Federation is embarking on its fourth and final Tikvatenu Volunteer […]
October 29, 2025
In Bnei Brak, Israel’s largest ultra-Orthodox city, Miki Chayat is trying to lead an unlikely revolution to transform his community. Chayat’s story, Rabbi Capoeira, is screening Thursday at the Barry […]
October 12, 2025
As news broke this week that the Israel–Gaza war had come to an official end after two years of fighting, relief and reflection rippled through Jewish families in Minnesota who’ve […]
October 9, 2025
With news of a possible ceasefire and the release of remaining hostages taken on Oct. 7, 2023, in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, several local and national Jewish organizations have released […]
October 9, 2025
Proving that the comeback is always greater than the setback, Israeli rap sensation Noga Erez will touch down in Minneapolis on Thursday, Oct. 16, and the sold-out show at the […]
October 7, 2025
Early in the summer, our age group at Camp Ramah in Wisconsin — Eidah — gathered in our very own Moadon Nivonim. Surrounded by all my friends, we sat together […]
October 1, 2025
In trying to plan a commemoration for the second anniversary of Oct. 7, neither St. Paul Jewish Federation’s Tal Dror Rouache or Minneapolis Jewish Federation’s Eilat Harel wanted a “heavy” […]
September 29, 2025
As Michal Rottenberg and Hanita Baram led groups of people into the “Through Their Eyes” exhibit of the experience of kibbutz Kfar Aza on Oct. 7, 2023, they made clear […]
September 15, 2025
Lawrence Badzin is a Minneapolis native who made Aliyah to Israel in 2002 and runs the Israeli branch of his family’s auto parts business. After Oct. 7 though, when more […]
September 12, 2025
“Through Their Eyes,” a visual and testimonial exhibit on the Oct. 7 Hamas attack at Kfar Aza, will make its U.S. debut in the Twin Cities later this month. The […]