Who The Folk?! Susan Geller
Susan Geller has done a variety of jobs at several different non-profits, which is helpful to her new job: Executive director at Adath Jeshurun. We talk about the winding path of […]
February 17, 2025
February 10, 2025
Who The Folk?! Henry Karpovas Lisak
Henry Karpovas Lisak was a regular at Minnesota Hillel last year as a freshman, when he saw there was an opening for a board position — vice president for campus […]
February 3, 2025
Who The Folk?! Sara Lynn Newberger
Sara Lynn Newberger didn’t think she wanted to become a teacher after college, but her love of learning and Jewish texts drove her to it. But what got a Chicagoan […]
January 20, 2025
Who The Folk?! Howard Sinker
As a long-time journalist at the Minnesota Star Tribune, Howard Sinker’s 45-year run at the paper ended with a job he never could have conceived of when he started: digital […]
January 13, 2025
Who The Folk?! Alyssa Engelson
Alyssa Engleson was active in youth groups as a teen but didn’t think that would be a path she’d turn to professionally. But after looking for a change from her […]
January 6, 2025
Who The Folk?! Andi Murez
As a two-time Olympian turned medical school student, Andi Murez had a decision to make: Try to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics, or start a residency program. Not only […]
December 2, 2024
Who The Folk?! Stephanie Chauss
Stephanie Chauss has a lengthy history with the Minnesota JCC, starting as a parent at its Early Childhood Center. But then as a lay leader, she was part of one […]
November 25, 2024
Who The Folk?! Adam Kersch
Adam Kersch has moved all over the United States, and has now settled in Minneapolis for one very good — and surprising reason. Now the new congregational administrator at Mayim […]
November 11, 2024
Who The Folk?! Emily Boskoff
Emily Boskoff was on her way to her career as an opera singer when there was an intriguing job opening at the University of Houston Hillel, where she was a […]
November 4, 2024
Who The Folk?! Michael Greenberg
Michael Greenberg had heard stories about a piece of Minneapolis’ Jewish history that many weren’t real interested in talking about — and certainly less interested in seeing on the big […]