Security personnel at Ben-Gurion airport reminded me that it was my duty as a Jewish woman to support Israel… this Jewish woman wants the government of Israel to act justly toward Palestinian families

By CONNIE GOLDMAN

All human beings are worthy and deserving of freedom…. Passover comes to remind Jews, and all people by extension, [...]

School needs more students to be financially viable in 2010-2011; will eliminate seventh and eighth grades

By ERIN ELLIOTT BRYAN / Community News Editor

As with many schools in the Twin Cities, enrollment is down at the Talmud Torah of St. Paul’s Annette Newman Day School.
At its most recent meeting on March 23, the TTSP board [...]

In a grim employment market, a local author of business books provides tips for job hunters — and a money-back guarantee

By MORDECAI SPECKTOR

Harvey Mackay, a St. Paul native, has written a book crammed full of specific suggestions for job seekers. In the midst of the ongoing jobless economic recovery, the renowned author of [...]

The 2010 Twin Cities Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) commemoration will be held 7 p.m. Sunday, April 11 at Mount Zion Temple, 1300 Summit Ave., St. Paul. The commemoration will reflect the theme “A Transfer of Memory,” which will illustrate the importance of Holocaust survivors sharing their stories with future generations.
This year’s commemoration will feature the [...]

Around the world this week, families concluded their Passover seders with the words, “Next year in Jerusalem.” The Jerusalem Post’s diplomatic correspondent, Herb Keinon, wrote this week that a spoof of an Associated Press story (the byline is “Shana Habbab”) had an Obama administration official stating that the statement in the Haggada is “provocative and [...]

Tales From the Earth (Otá), flutist Mark Weinstein’s collaboration with Cuban-born virtuoso Omar Sosa, on vibraphone, marimba and piano, is for the musically adventurous listener. The album is heavy with African rhythms percolating around Weinstein’s lyrical playing.  A native of Brooklyn, Weinstein got his musical start as a trombonist in leading salsa bands. He left [...]

A third of Jerusalemites, the Arab population, lives in East Jerusalem, an area not visited by Jewish Israelis or American Jews
The row between the United States and Israel over building housing for Jews in East Jerualem erupted in spectacular fashion during Vice President Joe Biden’s visit to Israel last week. In the midst of the [...]

Minneapolis native and Adath Jeshurun member Robyn Frank is a co-artistic director and founding member of Sweeter Theater Productions, a New York-based nonprofit theater company dedicated to providing opportunities for emerging female theater artists. Together with Maura Farver and Colleen Allen, of St. Paul, Frank is launching the Greener Theater Project, an initiative to create [...]

TC Jewfolk has the scoop about Rabbi Morris Allen, of Beth Jacob Congregation in Mendota Heights, speaking about “immigrant rights, Tikkun Olam and a Jewish obligation to act for the stranger in our midst,” before tens of thousands who gathered Sunday in the nation’s capital pressing for immigration reform.
Here’s Rabbi Allen:

The New York Times reported:
Demonstrators filled [...]

Rabbis in Israel are reinterpreting Jewish law, and Orthodox gays are coming out of the closet

By MOSHE GIT

Two bombshells concerning the deeply shunned issue of homosexuality rocked the Orthodox community in Israel a month ago.
First, there was a declaration of 20 prominent Orthodox rabbis urging tolerance with regard to homosexuality. This move is [...]