Thursday, June 4th, 2009

Immigration is topic of Austin protest (with local Nazis), Minneapolis community dialogue

In Austin, Minn., on Wednesday, protesters from both sides of the immigration issue faced off in a verbal sparring match in front of the government center.
According to the Austin Daily Herald, the protest pitted people who want to crack down on illegal immigration against people who disagree with their message. The protest was scheduled by [...]

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

Mainstream press reports tiff over Rabbi Manis Friedman’s views on fighting war the ‘Jewish way’

A storm of controversy is swirling around Rabbi Manis Friedman, the Lubavitcher rabbi from St. Paul, who is now backpedaling from his comments published in Moment magazine.

Rabbi Friedman

The Star Tribune (Minneapolis) and the Pioneer Press (St. Paul) both gave ink to the to-and-fro following Friedman’s recent adventure in journalism. The Strib story quoted an official [...]

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