Seven mild earthquakes hit northern Israel
JERUSALEMÂ (JTA) — An earthquake measuring 3.6 on the Richter scale hit northern Israel, the seventh temblor in two days. Tuesday ...
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JFCS brings the funny
Comedians Andy Kindler and Kathleen Madigan will entertain supporters of the Jewish Family and Children’s Service 22nd Annual Benefit on ...
Seventeen arrested in $42.5 million fraud at Claims Conference
By URIEL HEILMAN NEW YORK (JTA) — The U.S. Attorney's Office in New York has arrested 17 people for participating ...
Remembrance: My dad, Hersh
Early in my tenure at the Jewish World, likely while writing an obituary for a member of our local community, ...
Women artists explore concept of tikkun olam
The Jewish Women’s Artists’ Circle has remounted Tikun:Repair, an exhibit of works interpreting an aspect of the Jewish concept of tikkun ...
Michael Waldman named executive director of St. Paul JCC
AJW Staff Report After conducting a national search, the board of directors of the St. Paul JCC has announced its ...
Basilica art show highlights tikkun olam
Jewish Women’s Artists’ Circle offers a new perspective by exhibiting work in a Catholic space By DORIS RUBENSTEIN When was ...
Jewish communities prepare for Global Day of Jewish Learning on Nov. 7
Worldwide events, including one at the University of Minnesota, will coincide with Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz’s completion of first original Talmud ...
Boston-area towns back pro-Palestinian resolutions
BOSTON (JTA) — Voters in three Boston-area districts backed a nonbinding resolution supporting Palestinian rights in Israel. The ballot question ...
Author Adam Levin blogs about new book in advance of Twin Cities visit on Nov. 18
The Instructions, the debut novel from author Adam Levin, spans more than 1,000 pages, but staffers at Jewcy.com suggest that no one miss ...
