Local community members are speaking out against Wreaths Across America, which they say needs to do more to respect the military’s religious diversity
By ERIN ELLIOTT BRYAN / Community News Editor
It started with an e-mail.
A few years ago, Stacey Dinner-Levin, of St. Paul, received an e-mail that had been passed on from co-workers. The [...]

Roitenberg Assisted Living Residence on the Ackerberg Family Sholom West campus will host two upcoming events.
• Dine and Dash will take place 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 5 at Roitenberg Assisted Living, 3610 Phillips Pkwy., St. Louis Park. Guests can enjoy dinner and tour the facility. To make a reservation, call 952-908-1776.
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Fitness and wellness innovator Frederick Schjang will present “Change Your Age with Feldenkrais: Awareness Through Movement” 6:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 16 at the St. Paul JCC, 1375 St. Paul Ave.
Schjang’s classes are a series of easy-to-follow lessons, which can be incorporated into a daily routine and require no special athletic ability. Many people [...]

The story of an eight-year-old Israeli girl, afraid to walk to school for fear of violence from ultra-Orthodox men, spurs rallies and riots in Jerusalem suburb
By MARCY OSTER
JERUSALEM (JTA) — For several years now, the Jerusalem suburb of Beit Shemesh has been the site of on-again, off-again religious violence.
But it wasn’t until the [...]