Missionary group is behind Israel film
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR A film titled The Miracle of Israel, which will show on two local TV stations in late ...
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The youngest Shoah survivors
Born Survivors: Three Young Mothers and Their Extraordinary Story of Courage, Defiance and Hope, by Wendy Holden, Harper, 385 pages, ...
Editorial: Terrorism and Twitter
One sensational news story displaces another in the unending press cycle. For example, there was the brawl and shootout by ...
Seeking justice in the face of genocide
Watchers of the Sky, available on Netflix, traces Raphael Lemkin’s quest to criminalize genocide, and the ongoing struggle for peace ...
Accompanying ‘Iris’ (+ film review)
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR It’s unfortunate that it turned out this way. The Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival (MSPIFF) scheduled screenings ...
Lonely hearts meet in ‘Félix and Meira’
The slow-burning and deeply empathetic drama traces the tentative friendship and romance between a frustrated Hasidic wife and mother, and ...
Study: One in six Jews are new to Judaism
The Pew Research Center has released its 2014 U.S. Religious Landscape Study; here are 10 interesting findings from those who ...
Sholom blood drive set for May 20
Sholom will host an American Red Cross blood drive, sponsored by Simply the Best, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, ...
Steve Simon’s passion for the vote
Minnesota’s new secretary of state looks to his family’s immigrant roots as he works to expand access to voting By ...
P’Chotchka will celebrate inspiration
The June 1 event will benefit Rimon and feature eight artists talking about 18 images that inspire them By ERIN ...
