August 22, 2023
The opening performance of the Broadway revival of Parade was punctuated by a Neo-Nazi protest. Antisemitism rates in the United States are currently skyrocketing to levels unreached since the Holocaust. […]
August 15, 2023
Sixteen past presidents of the Minneapolis Jewish Federation board of directors sent a letter of support late last week to Israel President Isaac Herzog. The letter was drafted by past […]
August 15, 2023
Barbara Brooks, the founder and producing artistic director of Six Points Theater, has helped bring hundreds of plays and musicals to audiences in the Twin Cities, including 13 world premieres. […]
August 11, 2023
I took a deep breath, made the call, said ‘yes’ and plunged in. I have experience, I have degrees and a board certification to back me up, yet even with […]
August 9, 2023
Since the Hillel movement began 100 years ago, and more so, since Minnesota founded our Hillel in 1940, investing in vibrant and engaged Jewish communities and the development of college […]
August 8, 2023
Last summer, 11-year-old Adina Togal was enjoying a carefree summer at Herzl Camp when – as it happens with so many kids – she came down with strep throat. For […]
August 7, 2023
In 1949, Polish-born Edward David Fischman arrived in St. Paul with the weight of the Holocaust on his shoulders, having lost most of his family, including his wife and only […]
August 4, 2023
Marnie Marmet had always wanted to write a book, but hadn’t set out to write a memoir. Still, after a year of online writing classes, that was exactly what she […]
August 2, 2023
Perhaps the most influential year for Hubert Humphrey, the Minnesota civil rights hero and U.S. vice president, is the 1939-40 academic year at a Louisiana State University graduate program. Humphrey […]
July 31, 2023
What’s it like to grow up the grandson of Israel’s founder? Alon Ben-Gurion (sort of) answers that as he catches up with TC Jewfolk to talk about some things – […]