To celebrate the 150th anniversary of Jewish humorist Sholem Aleichem, author Aliza Shevrin will speak 11 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 21 at the St. Paul JCC, 1375 St. Paul Ave. The event is part of the JCC’s Twin Cities Jewish Book Fair and co-sponsored by the Minneapolis Yiddish Vinkl.
Shevrin will offer new translations of Tevye the [...]

Experience gained as a green apprentice at Kibbutz Lotan is now applied to eco-projects in low-income areas of Minneapolis

By JOSH TOLKAN

After graduating from Carleton College in Northfield, Minn., with a concentration in environmental and technology studies, I was interested in gaining hands-on ecological experience and seeing Israel. On Kibbutz Lotan’s Green Apprenticeship program, I [...]