April 18, 2023
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Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day. To honor this day, I would like to share a family story. This is a love story during World War II between my great-grandmother: Bronia, […]
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Last night we began the observance of Yom Hashoah v’Hag’vurah (the Jewish National Day of Commemorating the Holocaust and the Heroism) at the Monument to the Martyrs of Zagłębie, just […]
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MODI’IN, Israel – In a clearing in the Bet Shemen Forest of the Jewish National Fund, the picnic tables that were spread out looked like any park that any Experience […]
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JERUSALEM – The weekly Saturday protests have been a fixture of Israeli life for months in response to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to overhaul the country’s judicial system. And […]
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The trip anxiety started a week ago. It always starts a week before traveling. Sleeping poorly because I’m worrying about packing too much. Or too little. Did I bring the […]
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What inspires a group of Minneapolis moms who aren’t highly engaged in the Jewish community in Jewish ritual observance to go to Israel? Well, that all depends on who you […]
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Israeli educator Uriya Rosenman had an idea for a project, and he thought he was going to have a 30-minute meeting with a skeptical Sameh “Saz” Zakout, a Palestinian rapper […]
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Two of the Minneapolis Jewish community leaders spent a brief time in Israel this week expressing their concern about the current state of political concern and unrest. Minneapolis Jewish Federation […]
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Surrounded by a region of autocracies and failed states, democracy in Israel has survived and thrived through the most profound challenges possible, including the ongoing scourge of terrorism and unrelenting […]
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General Mills confirmed Tuesday that despite claims made by outside groups, Pillsbury products will continue to be sold in Israel once the company’s dough business exits Israel. The announcement comes […]
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