Or Emet member-turned-leader becomes congregation’s first rabbi
By ELANA WARREN / Assistant Editor Eva Cohen is the first Humanistic rabbi to lead a congregation in Minnesota. Her ...
Tag: American Jewish World
The AJW Poetry Page — October 2024
A note from Trina Porte, American Jewish World poetry editor: If any of you were hurt or offended by my ...
Animosity turns to love in the Netherlands
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Erroneous first impressions can last a long time. For example, consider the young woman imposed upon ...
Editorial: Walking in Memphis
A memorial wreath marks the spot on a balcony of the Lorraine Motel where Civil Rights Movement leader Martin Luther ...
A hasidic woman’s struggle to break free
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER For 13 years, Sara Glass lived with constant fear of losing custody of her children. Born ...
Editorial: Pushing U.S., Israel to stop the Gaza war
On a visit to Israel more than 20 years ago, I found myself in a beautiful home located on a ...
Editorial: Jews of the Black Hills
Visitors to Mount Moriah Cemetery in Deadwood, South Dakota, are attracted by the graves of Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity ...
Ben Sidran tours the Midwest, again
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR On the phone this week from his home in Madison, Wisc., Ben Sidran discussed some of his ...
Writing ‘Scotland, PA’
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN Michael Mitnick is not from Minnesota, and his play Scotland, PA isn’t about Jews. But Mitnick is Jewish, and like the ...
Suddenly they’re goyim
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Mayer Belkin has a problem: He’s not Jewish. This is a problem? Yes. Mayer — formerly ...
