Ali Fine and Jacob Rochell-Share win Mercury awards
AJW Staff Report Ali Fine and Jacob Rochell-Share are this year’s winners of the annual Mercury Club awards given to...
Minnesota
Rabbi Adam Rubin ascends Beth Jacob bima
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN It’s a challenge for any new rabbi to take over from the “founding rabbi” of an established...
Editorial: Abolish the police?
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR On Sunday, June 7, nine members of the Minneapolis City Council — what press reports termed a...
EVENT: Shining a light on Jewish genealogy
The Minnesota Jewish Genealogical Society will host an online event featuring Dr. Liba Casson Nudell from 1 to 2:30 p.m....
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey supports reparations for African-Americans, ‘as a Jew’
By PENINA BEEDE (JTA) — Here’s a bit of news that has flown under the radar: Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey...
Powderhorn Sanctuary
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR As the Jewish World went to press with the July edition, the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board...
Steve Simon: Please vote by mail
By ADRIAN GLASS-MOORE / Assistant Editor Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon is encouraging Minnesotans to vote by mail for...
UMJA works to digitize Jewish World archives
AJW Staff Report The Upper Midwest Jewish Archives (UMJA) at the University of Minnesota is raising money to digitize nearly...
He remade his life in America
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR In a 2011 documentary, Sam Rafowitz: Remaking a Life, the eponymous subject comments: “About 15 and a...
Jews call for Justice for George Floyd
Local artists created a beautiful and affecting mural near the spot at Chicago Avenue and 38th Street where George Floyd...