Michael Feinstein makes his Dakota debut
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR In his 2012 book, The Gershwins and Me: A Personal History in Twelve Songs, Michael Feinstein writes: ...
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Birth of Shas party recounted with humor, heart in ‘The Unorthodox’
By MICHAEL FOX According to the old saw, “all politics is local.” To ultra-Orthodox widower Yaacov Cohen, it’s not just ...
Etgar Keret embraces the weird
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER If you’re fond of short, strange, sad stories, you’ll love Etgar Keret’s new book. The title ...
#NeverAgainIsNow: Minnesota Jews fight for immigrant protections
(Editor’s note: We’re pleased to publish this debut column by Adrian Glass-Moore, the Jewish World’s assistant editor. Adrian, 27, is ...
Bret Stephens leaves Twitter after user compares him to bedbugs
By GABE FRIEDMAN (JTA) — Bret Stephens has left Twitter abruptly, apparently motivated by a spat with a George Washington ...
Reform leader Gilad Kariv wants to be the first non-Orthodox rabbi in the Knesset
By SAM SOKOL JERUSALEM (JTA) — Growing up secular in 1970s Tel Aviv, Gilad Kariv never expected to become a ...
For this prominent Jewish Republican, Trump’s ‘disloyalty’ jab is a bridge too far
By RON KAMPEAS WASHINGTON (JTA) — Of the many Jews unsettled by President Donald Trump’s claim that voting for Democrats ...
Editorial: St. Paul Jewish Federation corrects course
On June 24, I drove from my home in South Minneapolis across the river to Highland Park, the St. Paul ...
What an eyeless Jewish astronomer saw
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Adam Ehrlich Sachs is possessed of a great imagination, a sense of the absurd and the ...
Federations commission $150,000 study of Twin Cities Jewish population
By ADRIAN GLASS-MOORE, Assistant Editor The Jewish Federations of Minneapolis and St. Paul have commissioned a $150,000 population study to learn ...
