Don’t Get Drunk On Purim
Cautionary tales of Purim
March 19, 2019
March 18, 2019
Jewish Groups Mobilizing To Support New Zealand
Jewish community members and leaders worldwide are expressing their support for the Muslim community of New Zealand after a white-supremacist murdered 49 worshippers in two mosques in the city of […]
March 14, 2019
My Sister, Independence, & The IDF
Throughout my life, I felt a profound connection to my Jewish identity. Whether it was Jewish youth groups or summer camp, Shabbat dinners or holidays, my identity and connection with […]
March 12, 2019
March 12, 2019
Looking For Love In Jerusalem
Jerusalem is to some American Jews what New York is to some aspiring actors: a good place to wash up for a while and dream of better things. And when […]
March 8, 2019
Celebrating Peace Corps Shabbat With Former Volunteers
Peace Corps Week is in early March, honoring President John F. Kennedy’s signing of the Peace Corps Act on March 1, 1961. Here are some reminiscences of three returned Peace […]
March 7, 2019
JFS Making an Impact Series
In the Making an Impact series, clients and services are featured to expand awareness of the wide array of help available at JFS and to ensure donors understand the lives they touch […]
March 7, 2019
Community Chaplaincy Program Expands
As part of JFS’s commitment to mental health and well-being, the Community Chaplaincy program has been expanded. JFS Community Chaplain Rabbi Lynn Liberman will now serve in a full-time capacity at JFS.
March 5, 2019
Jews Back Omar Over Islamophobic Slurs
Recent Islamophobic hate speech targeting Rep. Ilhan Omar, of Minnesota’s 5th Congressional district, has generated widespread outrage while the Congresswoman is simultaneously under criticism for new anti-Semitic comments. Over the […]
March 5, 2019
Omar Continues To Court Controversy
Is there a light at the end of the tunnel for Omar’s relationship with Minnesota Jews?