Jews and the Civil Rights Movement in Minnesota
By LAURA WEBER Published in 1949, Jews in Transition, by Rabbi Albert I. Gordon, was the first book-length look at ...
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Direct from Los Angeles, Cantor Ben Tisser
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN Ben Tisser, the new cantor at Beth El Synagogue, knew from a very early age that the ...
Sharon Isbin discusses her Minnesota roots
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN American Jewish World readers who are also classical music aficionados already know that world-renowned classical guitarist Sharon ...
Minnesota Jews impacted by COVID-19
By ADRIAN GLASS-MOORE / Assistant Editor Minnesota rabbis are urging people to stay home for Passover seder this year in ...
Local Jewish leaders warn of email scam
AJW Staff Report The Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas (JCRC) and others are warning the public ...
Editorial: Ofra Bloch talks about intergenerational trauma
Our family Kabbalat Shabbat tradition includes candle lighting, of course, and then wishing everyone “Shabbat Shalom.” I add, “May the ...
An unsettling interrogation in Cuba
By MICHAEL A. APPLEMAN I was terrified, not sleeping a wink. Will I be detained? Will I be falsely charged? ...
Ilhan Omar reverses stance on BDS
AJW Staff Report Ilhan Omar, elected Nov. 6 to represent Minnesota’s Fifth District in the U.S. House, seemed to reverse ...
Ilhan Omar, who once called Israel an ‘apartheid regime,’ wins DFL Fifth District primary
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Ilhan Omar, who once called Israel an "apartheid regime," but who more recently came out against the ...
Beth El visits South Carolina
By ALEXANDER DAVIS Tradition teaches that when we enter a synagogue, we are to recite words of prayer: “Ma Tovu ...
