Dozens Brave Cold To Mark 100 Days Of Hostages In Gaza
Despite the first day of sub-zero wind chills in the Twin Cities this winter, a crowd of more than 30 people stood outside at Beth El Synagogue to mark the […]
January 12, 2024
January 8, 2024
Minneapolis City Council Holds Off On Israel Ceasefire Resolution – For Now
Despite suggestions otherwise last week, a Minneapolis City Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in Israel was not voted on Monday morning at that body’s first meeting of the new […]
January 5, 2024
Minneapolis City Council To Vote On Israel Ceasefire Resolution Monday
Nearly 20 organizations, including Jewish Voice for Peace Twin Cities and IfNotNow MN, have signed on to a proposed Minneapolis City Council resolution in support of a permanent ceasefire between […]
December 28, 2023
Seeing A Post-Oct. 7 Israel Firsthand While Volunteering
My wife and I recently returned from a 10-day trip to volunteer in Israel. We went ourselves to show solidarity with our friends in Israel, and to do some of […]
December 19, 2023
Making Aliyah In The Middle Of A War
Danny Kladnitsky said he had been in love with Israel from the first time he had visited, that while he and his wife had long planned to move their family […]
December 19, 2023
Tired Of Watching From Afar, Several Locals Volunteer In Israel
Israeli agriculture is a $6 billion industry, and in the aftermath of the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7, as IDF reservists were called back to duty and foreign […]
December 14, 2023
Bearing Witness To October 7
The word “atrocities” is used a lot when it comes to discussing Hamas and the actions the terrorist group took when it invaded Israel on October 7. But when you […]
December 13, 2023
Protesters Disrupt Edina School Meeting, Harass Jewish Families
Protesting the discipline of students for a chant deemed by many to be antisemitic, the Edina School Board’s meeting Monday night was adjourned early as several Jewish parents in attendance […]
December 7, 2023
Living Life On Two Planes
Last week I went to bed very late every night.I had to stay up to see that the day’s hostages were finally safely in Israel. I felt that if I […]
December 1, 2023
Nova Music Festival Survivor Tells Harrowing Story At Minnesota Hillel
Rom El-Hai has traveled the world going to trance music festivals, but he was going to pass on going to the Nova Music Festival in southern Israel, which started at […]