Al Franken & The Trouble With Tribalism
Despite our deep Tribalism, it is more important for us to be decent.
Despite our deep Tribalism, it is more important for us to be decent.
Minnesota’s junior senator talks after a wild couple months in Washington.
Whether talking to a senator or a stranger, I now know that every conversation about Israel truly counts.
Of all the people I could’ve possibly interviewed while I was in D.C.—the cool, funny, Jewish Minnesota senator was clearly at the top of my list, and when the chance came I got distracted by his waxy salt-and-pepper hair!
As Israel readies for all-out war to end the endless barrage of rocket attacks fired on its civilians, what does the rest of the world think of this newest chapter in the violence?
Words of Torah before Sen. Franken at the Jewish Federation of St. Paul’s Gala. Will the high holidays be just a moment of repenting before we go about our everyday business? Or something more?
Our favorite (okay, our only) local Jewish Senator is in the news.
Franken sticks it to the U.S. Supreme Court, Facebook gets an Afikoman app, Terror List drops Hamas, Ellison McCollum and Oberstar talk Gaza, Jews respond to Obama’s state of the Union, and more.