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Time of Growth at Minnesota Jewish Community Foundation

This article is sponsored content Minneapolis Jewish Federation as part of TC Jewfolk’s Partnership program. For more information, check out our media kit. or nearly 50 years, the Jewish Community […]

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Natan Sharansky Headlines Upcoming Cardozo Society Event

hirty-five years ago, Natan Sharansky was freshly released from Soviet gulags and traveling the United States trying to encourage the organized Jewish community to support a march on Washington, D.C., […]

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Minneapolis Jewish Federation Annual Meeting

For more information, please contact: Alyssa Huck [email protected]

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Twin Cities Lion of Judah Luncheon

For more information, please contact: Dan Mogelson [email protected] Jennifer Bucklew [email protected]

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Minneapolis Jewish Federation Major Gifts Dinner

For more information, please contact: Alyssa Huck [email protected]

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Twin Cities Annual Cardozo Society Dinner

For more information, please contact: Tslil Shtulsaft [email protected] Dan Mogelson [email protected]

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Women of Intention Awards

For more information, please contact: Jen Bucklew [email protected]

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Partnership2Gether – Israeli Film Club

Join Partnership2Gether for Israeli Film Club – a series of virtual events where participants from Minneapolis and Rehovot will come together virtually to engage in live and thought-provoking discussions based on […]

Art & Artists

Robyn Awend Named As New Executive Director Of Rimon

ollowing a months-long national search, Rimon: The Minnesota Jewish Arts Council has announced Robyn Awend will serve as its new Executive Director, to start on August 8, 2022. She succeeds […]

Who The Folk?!

Who The Folk?! Steven Baker

hat’s the difference between a chief development officer and a chief philanthropy officer? If you ask Steven Baker, plenty: Which is why when he joined Minneapolis Jewish Federation in February, […]

Israel

An Imperfectly Perfect Journey of Purpose

OW, WHAT A JOURNEY IT HAS BEEN! Security checkpoints, planes, buses, taxis, slippery Jerusalem stone, wheelchairs, jeeps, tunnels, laughter, tears, COVID, stories, stairs, windmills, Israeli dancing, deserts and desserts, gondola […]

Israel

The Harry Kay Leadership Institute: A Historic Mission Comes to Fruition

assport that doesn’t expire until 2024, check. Detailed 12-day childcare calendar for my family with every moment of our kids’ lives spelled out and color-coded, check. Anxiety paired with a […]

Around The World TC Jew News Ukraine

Minneapolis Jewish Federation’s Ukraine Fund Tops $700,000 Mark

inneapolis Jewish Federation has raised more $700,000 to help Ukrainian Jews since the Russian invasion on Feb. 24. The funds will go to the Federation’s on-the-ground partners: the American Jewish […]

Around The World TC Jew News Ukraine

Minneapolis Jewish Federation Approves $200k Allocation For Ukraine Support

he Minneapolis Jewish Federation board approved an emergency allocation of $200,000 to the Joint Distribution Committee and the Jewish Agency for Israel to support the Ukrainian Jewish community in the […]

People + Places TC Jew News

Minneapolis Jewish Federation Hires Chief Philanthropy Officer

Following a six-month-long national search, the Minneapolis Jewish Federation has hired Steven Baker as chief philanthropy officer, to start on February 15, 2022. Steven joins Federation with a strong history […]

Around The World Arts + Culture Millennialfolk

Unprecedented Possibility: 4 Things to Know About the Jewish United Arab Emirates

n late October, the three of us landed in Dubai to do something that would have been unimaginable even a few years ago: to visit and learn from the emerging […]

Art & Artists Arts + Culture People + Places TC Jew News

Rimon’s David Harris Announces Retirement Plans

Harris has been involved in the organization since it started in 1996.

Millennialfolk Who The Folk?!

Who The Folk?! Gabe Herstig

abe Herstig comes from a family with long-standing ties to working in the Jewish community, so it should be of little surprise that he’s now working in it. Herstig is […]

Who The Folk?!

Who The Folk?! Alene Sussman

lene Sussman grew up the poster child for what it was like to be a young person engaged in the Jewish community. So what was it that drove her away […]

TC Jew News

Twin Cities Jewish Community Unites To Fight Antisemitism

ith antisemitism on the rise around the country, more than 250 braved a scorching Sunday afternoon at the Minnesota State Capital to stand in defiance at the United Against Antisemitism […]

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Murder Of Sarah Halimi A Teachable Moment On Bias

he murder of Jewish woman Sarah Halimi in her Paris apartment four years ago became global news in May after the French judiciary declined to prosecute the man who killed […]

Familyfolk Millennialfolk Silverfolk

How to Start Giving and Investing Jewishly—It’s Easier Than You Think

hen you donate to a non-profit or choose where to invest your money, do you do it Jewishly? What does that even mean? As the Director of the Jewish Community […]

Israel

JCRC, Federations Statement Of Solidarity With Israel

The Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas (JCRC), Minneapolis Jewish Federation, and St. Paul Jewish Federation released the following joint statement: We stand in solidarity with the […]

BIPOCfolk TC Jew News

Jewish Organizations’ Statements After Derek Chauvin Found Guilty

fter the guilty verdicts of the former Minneapolis policeman who killed George Floyd on May 25, 2020, a number of Jewish organizations released statements: Jewish Community Action: Today, Derek Chauvin […]

EVENT Community + Calendar Israel

Experience Israel 2023

Save the dates for the trip of a lifetime! Brought to you by the Minneapolis Jewish Federation, Experience Israel 2023 will bring the Minnesota Jewish community to Israel in celebration […]

Familyfolk

Kadima: For The Minneapolis Kids With Special Needs

Sophie* loves board games. She loves to cook. She loves lighting the Shabbat candles on Friday night, and she loves it when her monthly invitation from Friends ‘N Fun comes in the […]

TC Jew News

Philanthropic Giving 101: A New Class For Financial Advisors

The Jewish Community Foundation recognized that there may be a gap in knowledge for some professional advisors.

Exodus and Equity

Cardozo Society Events Taking On Historic Inequality

Events from a Jewish lawyers' group is offering greater understanding of how disparity really is coming from the way that communities are divided.

Israel Teenfolk

Finding A Nuanced Way To Teach Israel Education

A better way to talk about Israel than the conversation that often dominates Jewish life.

TC Jew News Tzedek + Tikkun

To Give is Human; To Give from the Heart, Divine

The Twin Cities Jewish Community embarked on an adventure four years ago to build endowments through a partnership with the Minneapolis Jewish Federation and St. Paul Jewish Federation and the […]

TC Jew News

Minneapolis Jewish Federation, Community Kicks Off $40M Campaign

Security, COVID-19 relief at the heart of the Kadima campaign.

George Floyd Coverage TC Jew News Tzedek + Tikkun

We Honor George Floyd’s Memory by Pursuing Justice Safely

On this Shabbat evening, Minnesotans are reeling following the murder of George Floyd.

TC Jew News

MJF Gives $1 Million To Support Summer Camps

Minneapolis Jewish Federation saw camps closing as a possibility at the onset of the COVID-19 crisis, and started planning.

TC Jew News

Minneapolis Jewish Federation Responds To COVID-19 Crisis

hen COVID-19 hit in Minnesota and synagogues and agencies started closing their doors, everyone was hopeful that it would be a short-term solution. Quickly, however, Minneapolis Jewish Federation began to […]

TC Jew News

Letter from MRA, JCRC, and Federations Regarding COVID-19’s Impact on the Jewish Community

In the face of COVID-19, an unprecedented global crisis, we are committed to protecting the health and safety of the Jewish community and our neighbors, comforting those in need of […]

TC Jew News Who The Folk?!

Who The Folk?! Community Resource Guide

Learn about many of the Twin Cities Jewish communal organizations.

Millennialfolk Who The Folk?!

Who The Folk?! Emma Dunn

rying to get young adults to connect to the Jewish community is often a struggle for organizations. Emma Dunn is trying to bridge the gap that may exist in the […]

Millennialfolk TC Jew News

Meet the Moderator of Ballots and Bellinis: Rabbi Jill Crimmings of Bet Shalom

ext Thursday, November 7, four powerful Jewish women involved with local politics will sit down together to talk about their involvement and experiences in politics at Ballots and Bellinis at […]

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Harry Kay Leadership Institute Announces 10th Cohort

his week, the Minneapolis Jewish Federation and St. Paul Jewish Federation announced the leaders who will make up the 10th cohort of the Harry Kay Leadership Institute, a prestigious leadership […]

Around The World

Choose Your Own Adventure On A Global Experience

How do you want to see the Jewish world?

Religion + Observance

Blu Greenberg Is Still Fighting

See this Orthodox, feminist activist this weekend.

Interfaith Israel Millennialfolk TC Jew News

Honeymoon Israel: ‘We Believe In This Trip’

n the fence about applying for Honeymoon Israel? Andrew and Dudley Deshommes-Kohl say: DO IT. These days, their calendars are full: Shabbat taco night. Reminiscing over Shakshouka for brunch. Shabbat-hopping […]

TC Jew News

TC Jewish Community Taking New, Comprehensive Look At Itself

or over a decade and a half, Jewish communal leaders have relied on a 2004 population study to tell them what Twin Cities Jews do, think, and look like. Though […]

Lovefolk Millennialfolk

An Open Letter to Those Considering Honeymoon Israel

ear fellow Jewish couples in whatever form that is for you, Shalom! I’m Ian, a formerly Jewish, then Jew-“ish,” and now again Jewish person who only very recently opens any […]

TC Jew News

5 Things You May Not Know About Women of Intention Speaker Irin Carmon

eard of Ruth Bader Ginsburg? Of course you have. Her popularity is unprecedented (can you think of another Supreme Court justice whose face people are willing to have tattooed onto […]

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Jewish Job: Harry Kay Leadership Associate

Harry Kay seeking leadership associate!

TC Jew News

What Does A Changing Jewish Community Mean?

Hear from a leader

Familyfolk Millennialfolk

An Ode To Yachad

What will the new model look like?

Familyfolk TC Jew News

You’re Invited: Super Funday!

emember when the Minneapolis Jewish Federation had a day of calling the community to give to the annual campaign? What was once called Super Sunday is now a thing of […]

Arts + Culture Israel

Hear Why Ilana Shemesh Is Helping Save Ugandan Mothers, Babies

Event featuring this Israeli Midwife is Feb. 5

Around The World TC Jew News

Neither Dead Nor Dying: A View from the Cheap Seats

t this very moment I find myself on a plane heading to the Holy Land to attend the GA (General Assembly) for the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA), where […]

Arts + Culture

Give To The Max Day With Minneapolis Jewish Federation

TC Jew News

TC Jewish Community & Allies Show Solidarity For Pittsburgh

n a show of unity with a grieving community nearly 900 miles away, more than 1,500 people packed into Temple Israel for a Service In Solidarity with the Pittsburgh Jewish […]

Religion + Observance

5 Things We Learned About Completely Reinventing Jewish Life

Rabbi Mike Uram discussed his methods with the Twin Cities Jewish community at two events — a workshop for professionals at Jewish organizations and a keynote presentation open to the entire community.

TC Jew News

Pearls of Wisdom From Seven Inspiring Women

Women of Intention event is June 14.

Israel TC Jew News

248 CAN Global Summit Bringing Innovative Jewish Ideas Together

magine you have an innovative idea for your Jewish community – a publication, a new organization, or a product. You pitch the idea locally, and hit a barrier: This could […]

Millennialfolk TC Jew News

Déjà vu at the U: BDS Returns to Campus, Singling Out Israel and Dividing Students

Boycott, Divest, and Sanction: it's back on campus.

TC Jew News

What To Do When Your Jewish Organization Feels Stuck

Rabbi Mike Uram will be in Minneapolis on March 7 and 8.

Israel

JCRC Stands In Solidarity With Israel Over Iranian Agression

Minneapolis, MN – Steve Hunegs, executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas (JCRC), issued the following statement after Iran launched its first direct military […]

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Minneapolis Jewish Foundation Seeking Philanthropic Relations Associate

Job Title: Philanthropic Relations Associate Organization Name: Minneapolis Jewish Federation Job Type: Full-time Deadline: Open until filled Job Summary/Description: To maintain and grow planned gifts for the Jewish Community […]

Israel Jew-ish

Creating a Global Jewish Community of Doers

e’ve all read articles or heard speakers about how the divide between American Jews and their Israeli counterparts has never been wider – but what’s anyone DOING about it? 248 […]

Israel

Understanding Challenges, Opportunities Of Global Jewish Communities

If this world is about who you know, we are all much richer and more advantaged.

Who The Folk?!

Who The Folk?! Heather Ring

Get to know Minneapolis Jewish Federation's new chief development officer.

Teenfolk

What Colleges Are Best For Jewish Students? Nov. 1 Event Tackles That Question

St. Louis Park native Aiden Pink to speak at Nov. 1 event.

TC Jew News

St. Paul, Minneapolis Federations Forming Joint Council

Deadline for nominations is Sept. 13.

Who The Folk?!

Who The Folk?! Jim Cohen

Get to know the new CEO of the Minneapolis Jewish Federation.

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