May 30, 2020
On Saturday afternoon, Adath Jeshurun Congregation Rabbi Aaron Weininger, co-chair of the Minnesota Rabbinical Association, was one of the many faith leaders that spoke at Gov. Tim Walz’s press conference […]
May 30, 2020
As protests the last several days have turned into window-smashing, building-torching riots, Minnesota leaders are suggesting that many of those involved in the worst of the damage are not from […]
May 30, 2020
May 29, 2020
George Floyd was murdered under the knees of a police officer, along with three accomplices. In many faith traditions, knees are used to bend in reverence to holiness. Reverend Ted […]
May 28, 2020
Sometimes it’s OK to sit one out. That’s a hard thing for a journalist to hear with a potential story nearby, but there are times when that’s the right thing […]
May 26, 2020
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey condemned the death of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis Police Department at a press conference Tuesday morning. Floyd, an African-American died Monday evening […]
September 17, 2015
Congregant Eli Kramer’s Rosh Hashanah sermon asks the tough question of Jews in America: Are we ignoring the suffering of our fellow citizens? Allowing racism to flourish when we have so often been persecuted for being a minority?