November 2, 2023
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Elise Long thought that, maybe, going to class at the University of Minnesota would give her some respite from the awfulness she watched unfold in the hours after Israel was […]
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A Jewish adjunct professor at Mitchell Hamline School of Law abruptly resigned her position, decrying, along with Jewish students and allies at the school, what they see as antisemitic social […]
Continue readingNovember 1, 2023
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A deluge of anti-Israel posts on social media platforms like Instagram and TikTok shared by peers. Tone-deaf comments from students and teachers. Cases of direct harassment, online and in-person, from […]
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In less than three weeks, more than $11.2 million has been raised for needs in Israel by the Minneapolis Jewish Federation’s Tikvatenu campaign, surpassing the $10 million goal that had […]
Continue readingOctober 31, 2023
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Isadore Blumenfeld, better known as Kid Cann (a nickname he hated), was the “closest thing Minnesota had to a godfather.” The Romanian-Jewish immigrant rose to infamy in Minneapolis during Prohibition, […]
Continue readingOctober 27, 2023
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As fast as posters spotlighting the Israeli and foreign national kidnapping victims by Hamas during the Oct. 7 attack on Israel were going up in many communities, they were getting […]
Continue readingOctober 27, 2023
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The past 20 days have been deeply heartbreaking and scary beyond words, for many reasons. As a proud Jewfolk Board member, I am grateful for the tireless work that the […]
Continue readingOctober 27, 2023
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Sophie Stillman wasn’t supposed to be on a kibbutz near the Gaza border on Saturday, Oct. 7, when Hamas attacked. Normally, Stillman, a former Lone Soldier in the Israel Defence […]
Continue readingOctober 26, 2023
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On Saturday, Oct. 7, Charley Smith, a former Jewish professional from Minnesota now living in Israel, thought he was waking up to a normal morning in his Kfar Saba home. […]
Continue readingOctober 25, 2023
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Rabbi Harold Kravitz has been to Israel countless times, in addition to two years of studying there in rabbinical school and a half-year there with his family while on Sabbatical. […]
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