April 16, 2023
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 […]
April 14, 2023
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 […]
April 12, 2023
As the Minneapolis Jewish Federation launched an ambitious $40 million campaign at the start of COVID lockdowns, part of that effort – $12 million – was earmarked for community security […]
April 11, 2023
Every year, the Twin Cities Jewish community organizes a Yom Ha’atzmaut celebration. But for this year’s 75th birthday of Israel, organizers are going bigger than ever before: Nickelodeon Universe at […]
April 5, 2023
In the early days of Jewish Community Action (JCA), then-executive director Victor “Vic” Rosenthal started advocating for an issue that few were rallying behind: driver’s licenses for all. “Vic had […]
March 29, 2023
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 […]
March 24, 2023
Emotional testimony from State Rep. Frank Hornstein on Thursday marked the third hearing in three weeks — and likely the last one — for a bill that would mandate Holocaust […]
March 22, 2023
Nearly six years to the day after her first visit to Shir Tikvah and three years to the day after the coronavirus wreaked havoc, Rabbi Arielle Lekach-Rosenberg was officially elevated […]
March 21, 2023
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 […]
March 17, 2023
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 […]