Guitar virtuoso Tim Sparks plays tunes by Brandwein
Guitar ace Tim Sparks, who tours the world from his home base of Frazee, Minn., has cut a new album. ...
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Tony Kushner talks about art, politics and Minneapolis
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Renowned playwright Tony Kushner returned briefly to Minneapolis last weekend. He wanted to see another performance of ...
Insurrection in Iran, via Twitter
People around the world have been riveted by news reports about the ongoing protests in Iran, and the brutal repression ...
Local Jewish groups, police eye security
In the aftermath of the fatal shooting at the Holocaust Museum in Washington, local shuls and agencies reassess threats to ...
Your Jewish Questions: Where does G-d live?
Children often ask, "Is G-d an old man with a white beard who lives in the sky?" What should a ...
Ayatollah blames 'Zionists' for tsuris in Iran
Some thought that Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei would strike a conciliatory note when he spoke during Friday prayers ...
Jewish Community Action takes part in Minneapolis rally for immigration reform
Rep. Luis Gutierrez, a member of Congress from the Chicago area, spoke at a press conference outside of Incarnation Church ...
Tony Kushner's torrent of words dazzles the Scando-Minnesotans
I dreamed about Tony Kushner the night before last. My repeated inquiries to the Guthrie Theater publicist about arranging a ...
Will gunman at U.S. Holocaust Museum be charged as a terrorist?
The American Jewish World published an editorial on April 24, "Obama and the rise of the Jew-haters,"Â which looked at the ...
Rabbi Manis Friedman denounced for his article on waging war ‘the Jewish way’
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR It was not the publicity the Lubavitchers were looking for. Rabbi Manis Friedman, an esteemed Chabad-Lubavitch rabbi ...
