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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...
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...
What did you speak about on the plane?
By RABBI MOSHE FELLER I will preface my story with an all-embracing Torah commandment in last week’s Torah portion, Va’eschanan:...
Jewish agencies offer mental health services
The pandemic was already taking a toll on mental health, and the George Floyd murder compounded an already growing sense...
Editorial: Abolish the police?
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR On Sunday, June 7, nine members of the Minneapolis City Council — what press reports termed a...
1,000 Jewish groups received at least $500 million in government loans. Some laid off staff anyway.
By BEN SALES (JTA) — More than 1,000 Jewish organizations received federal coronavirus relief loans totaling approximately $540 million to...
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...
