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 ...
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Protests and arrests on U of M campus
By ELANA WARREN / Assistant Editor In the early morning on Tuesday, April 23, Students for Justice in Palestine, UMN ...
Talmud Torah of St. Paul to close afternoon school
By ELANA WARREN / Assistant Editor Small class sizes may have been a benefit during the pandemic, but just a ...
My time with the Greek Jewish community
The Thessaloniki Holocaust memorial stands outside of Eleftherias Square, meant to be a memorial park, now just a parking lot. ...
One of Minnesota’s most accomplished women, Geri Joseph, dies at 100
By ELANA WARREN / Assistant Editor “Growing up I knew that she was not at all like my friends’ grandmothers,” ...
‘Rav’ and ‘chaver,’ rabbi and friend, Kassel Abelson dies at 99
By ELANA WARREN / Assistant Editor Rabbi Kass Abelson wrote The Book on Eulogies. It was his turn to be ...
Shoah survivor, fundraiser Francelyne Lurie dies at 84
By ELANA WARREN / Assistant Editor Francelyne Lurie said she believed everyone is born with the capacity to commit heroic ...
Temple Israel’s Rabbi Simeon ‘Sim’ Glaser dies at 67
By ELANA WARREN / Assistant Editor Rabbi Simeon “Sim” Glaser, who served the Temple Israel congregation for 23 years, died ...
Holocaust, genocide education bill progresses in Legislature
By ELANA WARREN / Assistant Editor Rep. Frank Hornstein (DFL-Minneapolis) introduced a bill on March 8 to mandate education about ...
Fred Amram, educator and upstander, dies at 89
By ELANA WARREN / Assistant Editor If Fred Amram could leave the world with one message, it would be this: ...
