Howie Stillman’s lasting legacy
By ERIN ELLIOTT BRYAN / Community News Editor In the summer of 1986, a 23-year-old college student named Howie Stillman ...
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Finding your self-care solution
By ERIN ELLIOTT BRYAN / Community News Editor When Minnetonka author Julie Burton was a teenager, she was convinced she ...
MJTC gives local premiere to ‘Bad Jews’
Director Hayley Finn says the play ‘demands that the audience get into the minds and hearts of the characters so ...
Jewish Book Series to feature musician Steve Katz
Guitarist Steve Katz, a founding member of The Blues Project and Blood, Sweat and Tears, will offer an exclusive performance ...
Meet Bernie Sanders’ new Jewish outreach director
Simone Zimmerman’s appointment is either a deeply flawed choice or the perfect hire, depending on your political views By URIEL ...
The world’s largest seder — in Nepal — will go on
Despite a slow recovery from a 2015 earthquake, as many as 1,500 Israeli and Jewish backpackers could show up for ...
Community forum to discuss Jewish education
A St. Paul Community Planning panel, titled “Strengthen Jewish Education: Find and Implement Effective Models for Today’s World,” will take ...
A chat with a rock star
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR A theme running through many music biz memoirs is internecine rivalry. Put another way, band members occasionally ...
Eleanor Gantman’s first century
Gantman, who worked with her mother and husband in the kosher food business, leads a full life at Sholom Home ...
A visionary business leader
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR The sanctuary of Temple Israel in Minneapolis was packed for the March 24 funeral of John B. ...
