How Judaism Grants The Foundation – And Encouragement – To Question
I was the Bat Mitzvah that questioned whether I wanted to be Jewish. I outright questioned my rabbi if I didn’t believe in a God, does that mean I should […]
March 4, 2021
August 21, 2020
Bring Cancel Culture To Minnetonka
So they call it “cancel culture.” Someone says or does something racist, sexist, homophobic, etc. and then there is a consequence. Maybe it’s a TV show that gets canceled or […]
July 23, 2020
Sharing The Mic To Amplify Voices
This year has been an interesting one, and Jasmine Brett Stringer means that in the most Minnesotan of ways. But out of the despair from COVID-enforced quarantine to the killing […]
July 16, 2020
April 1, 2020
Digital Judaism: Is This The Way?
In the eighth episode of The Mandalorian, we learn that being Mandalorian is not a race but a creed. It is a way of life defined by the values one […]
January 24, 2020
Standing Together, Not Against
I didn’t recognize her first behind the desk from my helpdesk job as she waved at me. It took me a second to realize why. My devout Muslim friend had […]
January 23, 2020
Renowned Activist & Organizer Eric Ward Coming To Minneapolis
Whether it’s 25,000 people marching in New York or 1,400 at Temple Israel in Minneapolis, it’s abundantly clear that the Jewish community is concerned about the rising tide of anti-Semitism. […]
January 14, 2020
Away From Religion, Is Judaism A Culture?
I was told by an orthodox Israeli I met on a hike in the English Peak District that I was a Jew. Which made me feel extremely uncomfortable as I […]
January 10, 2020
When Is It Time To Leave?
When my 49-year-old daughter calls me with the question, “When is it time to leave?” I don’t know what to say because I don’t have an answer. Should it have […]
January 9, 2020
The Un-Stunned
For this American Jew, the biggest shock of the evident rise of antisemitism in this land of my birth is that so many other American Jews seem to find it […]