Revisiting the horrors of Dachau
By MICHAEL APPLEMAN Why did I visit Dachau three times? The response is clear: It has been a profound, instructive, ...
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‘Honoring Our Graduates’ in the July issue
The July issue of the American Jewish World will feature a special section, "Honoring Our Graduates." AJW readers are encouraged ...
A whodunit from back in the USSR
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Refusenik Viktor Moroz was spotted leaving the scene of a grisly double ax murder, and the ...
There’s always at least one doctor in the house
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN Unique. Or at least unique to Minnesota: That’s Daniel Volovets. Can you think of anyone else around ...
Music’s power to heal
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR When the AJW contacted pianist Emmet Cohen on a Friday afternoon in late April, he was visiting ...
Shoah survivor, fundraiser Francelyne Lurie dies at 84
By ELANA WARREN / Assistant Editor Francelyne Lurie said she believed everyone is born with the capacity to commit heroic ...
Temple Israel’s Rabbi Simeon ‘Sim’ Glaser dies at 67
By ELANA WARREN / Assistant Editor Rabbi Simeon “Sim” Glaser, who served the Temple Israel congregation for 23 years, died ...
Editorial: A mosque is like a synagogue
“A man sought in connection with two arsons at Minneapolis synagogues has been arrested and is set to appear in ...
Israel, ‘an almost magical story’
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Daniel Gordis starts his new book asking: “Is Israel a success?” His answer, readable and engaging, ...
Set a place for Andrew Zimmern at the dinner table
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN Since I started covering the arts for the American Jewish World in 2007, I thought I’d touched ...
