‘Dear Abby’ columnist Pauline Phillips dies in Minneapolis
AJW Staff Report Pauline Phillips, the woman known to the world as the advice columnist behind “Dear Abby,” has died ...
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Hasidic counselor in New York City sentenced to 103 years for sexual abuse
NEW YORK (JTA) -- Nechemya Weberman, an unlicensed therapist, was sentenced to 103 years in prison for sexually abusing a ...
Sha’arim’s Chinese Auction is Jan. 27
Sha’arim will celebrate 14 years of providing meaningful Jewish education to children and young adults with special needs at “Gateways ...
Minneapolis Jewish Humor Fest runs through Jan. 26
The Sabes JCC is hosting the fourth annual Minneapolis Jewish Humor Festival through Jan. 26. This festival of one-person shows, ...
A witness to history
By ERIN ELLIOTT BRYAN / Community News Editor As a working journalist, Rhoda Lewin knew that “interviewing witnesses to an ...
‘Old-fashioned Jew-hatred’
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Neil Kressel’s Sons of Pigs and Apes is too important to deserve the fate of many ...
Editorial: Israel votes
More than 5.6 million Israelis are eligible to vote in the upcoming elections on Jan. 22, aspects of which might ...
‘Education made all the difference’
By BECKIE SKELTON It’s rare that a single experience transforms a person’s identity forever. Life is a series of experiences, ...
Omer Avital and the Band of the East will play Thursday evening, Jan. 10 at St. Paul JCC
The Jan. 4 issue of the AJW featured a story about acclaimed Israeli jazz bassist and composer Omer Avital. Music ...
American-born Jews rock the vote in Israel
By BEN SALES TEL AVIV (JTA) — The debate moderator asked the candidates what their parties would do to prevent ...
