Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey supports reparations for African-Americans, ‘as a Jew’
By PENINA BEEDE (JTA) — Here’s a bit of news that has flown under the radar: Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey ...
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Steve Simon: Please vote by mail
By ADRIAN GLASS-MOORE / Assistant Editor Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon is encouraging Minnesotans to vote by mail for ...
Jews: the eternal victims?
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER When Jews were dispersed among the nations and defenseless, they were easy to blame for their ...
UMJA works to digitize Jewish World archives
AJW Staff Report The Upper Midwest Jewish Archives (UMJA) at the University of Minnesota is raising money to digitize nearly ...
He remade his life in America
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR In a 2011 documentary, Sam Rafowitz: Remaking a Life, the eponymous subject comments: “About 15 and a ...
Minnesota artists create in isolation
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN Many artists work by themselves as part of their creative process. The shelter-at-home orders may seem irrelevant ...
Dying once is enough
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER How Simon Stranger’s last name is pronounced in Norwegian, I don’t know, but pronounced in English, ...
Eliana Pierotti receives Howie Stillman Young Leadership Award
By AJW Staff Report Washburn High School senior Eliana Pierotti is the recipient of this year’s Howie Stillman Young Leadership ...
Editorial: The fire this time
“Certain conditions continue to exist in our society, which must be condemned as vigorously as we condemn riots. But in ...
In Europe, budding Jewish tourism businesses are teetering on the brink of closure because of COVID-19
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ AMSTERDAM (JTA) — Earlier this year, Dani Rotstein was earning a living doing something he’s passionate about: ...
