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? ...
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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 ...
‘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 ...
Editorial: Remembering Charlie Kirk
On Sept. 10, during a public speaking event on the campus of Utah Valley University, an assassin shot and killed ...
Ari Munzner in the cosmos
A blinding spark flashed within the concealed of the concealed, from the mystery of the Infinite, a cluster of vapor ...
Editorial: My trip to the bank
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, ...
Editorial: A long run for American Jewish World
This summer marks 30 years of my tenure at the newspaper of Minnesota’s Jewish community. And the July 2025 issue ...
Jewish World celebrates 110 years of publication
The July issue of the Jewish World will look back on the newspaper's 110 years of continuous publication. (A publication ...
Editorial: History down the memory hole
The Jewish World’s February 2022 issue featured a story about a Tennessee school board’s decision to ban the acclaimed book ...
Editorial: Repression in the guise of fighting antisemitism
Perhaps, you haven’t heard about it, but members of the Jewish clergy, locally and nationally, are standing against the Trump ...
