November 29, 2021
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After a long run of having Kosher sushi for sale at the St. Louis Park Lunds & Byerlys, Monday, Nov. 29 will be the last day that it’s available — for the foreseeable future. “We’re trying to actively search for a mashgiach to hire so we can change that,” said Ross Huseby, the general manager […]
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After an exhaustive, nationwide search, Herzl Camp leadership announced that longtime Jewish camp professional Josh Levine will be the next executive director. Levine will take the helm in January after moving to the Twin Cities. Levine succeeds Gary Kibort, who had been in the position for nine years, but announced in August that he would […]
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Being a private-practice attorney is a hard enough job with lots of hours to bill. So what compels one to give away their time for pro bono cases? We talk to Maslon partner Erica Holzer all about that incredible and important work, but also we cover what brought her to the law, and being honored […]
Continue readingNovember 23, 2021
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Holly Brod Farber goes into schools across the state to talk about topics relating to Judaism, and she does so knowing that — in many cases — it will be the only chance students have to meet someone who is Jewish. “[Going into the schools] will literally be the only place,” said Brod Farber, the […]
Continue readingNovember 15, 2021
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Andrew Luger, a Jewish former U.S. attorney for Minnesota, has been nominated to take the role again by President Joe Biden. He now waits for the Senate’s approval. Luger previously was the state’s U.S. attorney, or local prosecutor for the federal Department of Justice, from 2014-2017. He is known for a number of high-profile cases […]
Continue readingNovember 12, 2021
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The release of a 37-page report this week that detailed a number of acts of gender, LGBTQ, and racial discrimination, sexual harassment, and bullying from a number of professors and leaders at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute for Religion hit home for some of the nearly dozen Twin Cities clergy and educators that are graduates of […]
Continue readingNovember 11, 2021
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Harris has been involved in the organization since it started in 1996.
Continue readingNovember 9, 2021
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We are very excited to announce our new Head of School, Jody Moreimi.
Continue readingNovember 9, 2021
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In 1965, a Boy Scout camp on a narrow peninsula on the North Arm of Lake Minnetonka was purchased by Temple Israel to give Camp TEKO a home that wasn’t at Temple or Lake Nokomis, where it had split the summer days since Rabbi Albert Minda founded the camp in 1945. But in 56 years […]
Continue readingNovember 4, 2021
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Some authors stick to a certain genre: thrillers, historical fiction, sci-fi, fantasy. SJ Schwaidelson has found a different sort of niche as her genre of choice: Strong women. The Mendota Heights author has published her third novel The Pomegranate, a historical fiction novel centered around Batsheva Hagiz, the spirited daughter of a Jewish rug merchant […]
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