Not Great Britain’s finest hour
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Three weeks short of 17, orphaned Peter Fleischmann escaped Nazi Germany with the famed Kindertransport only ...
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Seeking safety on trains
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Otto Silbermann’s unusual flight from Nazi pursuit ends in a way too unexpected to reveal. Otto ...
Al Franken learned about justice from his childhood rabbi
Minnesota's junior senator credits Temple Israel's Rabbi Max Shapiro for a lifelong love of justice By CURT SCHLEIER (JTA) — ...
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 ...
Spat over prayer in the Legislature returns (+ JTA update)
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR In 2000, the American Jewish World reported on the controversy in the Minnesota House of Representatives over ...
Fox 9 News: Anoka County Attorney probing allegations that Home Valu defrauded subcontractors
In its latest investigation into the demise of Home Valu, the home improvement firm founded by former Sen. Rudy Boschwitz, ...
Now the work begins for Sen. Al Franken
Minnesota’s junior senator will have a full plate, sitting on committees dealing with health care and the confirmation of a ...
Al Franken draws a crowd (+ update)
Al Franken, with his wife Franni at his side, announced that he would go to work for the people of ...
Sam Kaplan named U.S. ambassador to Morocco
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Samuel L. Kaplan, a prominent Minneapolis lawyer and influential DFL Party activist, has been nominated as U.S. ...
Students stay committed to stopping genocide
After raising money and awareness of the genocide in Darfur over the past four years, eighth graders at the Talmud ...
