August 2, 2024
The best community security efforts are the ones not talked about. The upcoming Minnesota JCC Community Safety Day isn’t going to give big-picture insights into how Jewish community security is […]
July 31, 2024
St. Paul City Council President Mitra Jalali warned Vice President Kamala Harris against picking a “hardcore Zionist” running mate – specifically Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro – as the presumptive Democratic […]
July 31, 2024
A few years ago, Laura Zelle was seeking out Holocaust education trips to Europe for Minnesota K-12 teachers when she realized that there weren’t many options. “This wasn’t being offered […]
July 30, 2024
Into the Bright Sunshine, a recent book by Samuel G. Freedman about Hubert Humphrey’s youth and early years in DFL politics, reminds us that the Democratic-Farmer-Labor party is at its […]
July 29, 2024
Here at TC Jewfolk, we are more than happy to try and review as many of the bagels from Twin Cities purveyors as we can, a comprehensive, try-as-many-at-once sort of […]
July 24, 2024
“After Oct. 7, it’s really important for people to know who [the real Israelis are],” said Liraz Bar, a member of the 2024 Tzofim Friendship Caravan. Bar, along with the […]
July 23, 2024
Editor’s note: This story includes disturbing details of violence and sexual assault. Gayle Kaplan felt she needed to watch “Screams Before Silence,” the Sheryl Sandberg-fronted documentary about Hamas’ sexual violence […]
July 22, 2024
Berit Rosenstiel, a recent graduate of St. Anthony Village High School, recently had two great honors: speaking at high school commencement, and presenting at the state speech competition. Rosenstiel, with […]
July 19, 2024
MIANOWEK, Poland – Lucien was a young boy in 1941 when the Nazis murdered 5,000 Jews near his home in the Polish countryside and left their bodies in a Soviet […]
July 16, 2024
Joanne Trangle has been instrumental in bridging Jewish communities across continents. Her passion ignited over a decade ago following the adoption of her third son from Ethiopia, which opened her […]