Why Jewish and Muslim communities in the U.S. need each other
By MAHDI WARSAMA The Dec. 14 mass shooting in Australia by hateful individuals targeting a Jewish Hanuka celebration at Bondi ...
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Editorial: Perhaps January will be better
To paraphrase a Judith Viorst book title, December was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad month. Where to start? ...
Cuban Jews endure the island nation’s precipitous decline
By MICHAEL A. APPLEMAN I had thought that the crisis and collapse of Cuba’s economy could not get worse, but ...
Esther Capp’s spirit lives on at Esther’s Table
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN Thinking of Jews whose names are associated with restaurants in the Twin Cities, the first names that ...
Editorial: Trump’s shocking bigotry
On Dec. 2, Pres. Donald Trump spewed a string of invectives against Somali Americans in Minnesota. He referred to our ...
Local author remembers his father’s struggle against Nazism
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER It’s hard to tell how angry Paul Mayer was at the Nazis who ended his law ...
Local social services agencies to merge
AJW Staff Report In October, Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Minneapolis (JFCS) announced that it will acquire Jewish Family ...
It’s time to submit entries for the 2025 AJW Hanuka Cover Contest
Want to see YOUR artwork on the cover of the American Jewish World? It’s time to get out those markers! ...
‘Purple Rain’ hits the stage in Minneapolis
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR I’ll start with my Prince stories. In 1983, I was writing and doing political organizing around various ...
Kfar Aza October 7 exhibition makes U.S. debut in St. Louis Park
(Editor's note: The exhibition, “Through Their Eyes: The Story of Kfar Azza on October 7, 2023," was on display through ...
