Aliya representative to visit Twin Cities
Shirah Ozery, director of the Jewish Agency’s Israel Aliya Center in Chicago, will speak at Bet Shalom and host an ...
Tag: American Jewish World
Howard Zinn, popular Jewish American historian, dies at 87
Howard Zinn, an outspoken historian who influenced generations of leftist political activists, died of a heart attack Wednesday in California. ...
Ambassador Samuel Kaplan
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Sam Kaplan, a prominent Minneapolis lawyer and leading DFL activist, enjoys reading the American Jewish World. However, ...
Jewish tunesmiths wrote great American songs
Jewish chauvinism aside, it’s a fact that Jews composed the great majority of tunes that make up the body of ...
Editorial: Help the Haitians
Do not stand by the blood of your fellow. — Leviticus 19:16 We know that the people of Haiti are suffering ...
Author embraces title of 'America's worst mom' (Updated)
Lenore Skenazy will appear Jan. 24 at the St. Paul JCC, in an extended Jewish Book Fair event AJW Staff ...
St. Paul JCC presents Connie Cohen’s mosaic art
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN The ancient cultures surrounding the Mediterranean Sea knew about the power of pixels long before computers were invented. ...
Norm Coleman announces on Facebook that he will not run for Minnesota governor
Last week the pundits had Norm Coleman leaning toward entering the race for Minnesota governor. One longtime Republican insider, Sarah ...
PIM figures odds are '3-1 in favor' of Norm Coleman entering race for Minnesota governor
Sarah Janacek, of Politics in Minnesota (PIM), has been talking to Minnesota Republicans and divines that "the odds on Norm ...
Miep Gies, who sheltered Anne Frank and saved her diary, dies at 100
Miep Gies, who helped hide Anne Frank and her family, receiving the Wiesenthal Center's Righteous Among the Nations Award in ...
