Tu B’Av: Are You Still Waiting to Meet your Soulmate?
Tu b’Av (15th Av), if it is celebrated at all today, is usually considered a Jewish Valentine’s Day a.k.a. The Festival of Love. It is an excuse for exchanging romantic […]
July 24, 2026
July 23, 2026
TC Jewfolk’s High Holiday Matching Is Back!
Welcome 5787 Together: TC Jewfolk’s Guest-Host Matching Is Back! It is hard to believe, but 5787 is approaching fast and the High Holidays are right around the corner! Rosh Hashanah […]
July 3, 2026
Five Kosher Fireworks Rules to Keep All Ten Fingers
The Fourth of July is here, and it’s the United States of America’s 250th birthday. While it may not be legal in Minnesota to buy the good stuff, we’re close […]
May 19, 2026
‘Pirkei Avot’ Offers A Guide To Living as a Mensch
I put the box with my new computer part on the table in the salon, relieved that it had at last arrived. Meanwhile, my cleaner was busy sweeping and washing […]
April 1, 2026
The Story We Still Choose
I’m not doing it perfectly. I know that. But Passover was never really about perfection. It was always about choosing to carry the story forward.
March 20, 2026
Global Charoset Recipes for Your Seder Table
Last year, I wrote about how to prepare for Pesach with less stress. You can read that here to get yourself started and then enjoy this year’s article about charosets. […]
February 19, 2026
Adar Brings Joy, and a Call To Continue Helping Those In Need
This week, the Hebrew month of Adar arrived…just when we needed it. Adar is associated with joy, and we can use an extra measure right now. But where might we […]
December 19, 2025
Hallmark Channel Gifts Oy To The World To Jewish Viewers For Hanukkah
A veritable Hanukkah miracle, The Hallmark Channel interrupts its December Christmasaplaooza with one new Jewish-focused movie every season. This year’s offering, aimed at the Interfaith crowd, is Oy To The World, […]
December 18, 2025
Klezmer and Yiddish Dance Get Spotlight in Upcoming Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins
Ballet has always been a part of Hannah MacKenzie-Margulies’s life. “I always loved the way that ballet has been able to tell stories,” she said. When she was younger, her […]
December 17, 2025
Governor and Gwen Walz Help Light Hanukkah Candles at Minnesota JCC
Between signing autographs for preschoolers and singing along to “Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel,” Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and his wife, Gwen, lit the third candle at the Minnesota JCC – Capp […]