Local social services agencies to merge
AJW Staff Report In October, Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Minneapolis (JFCS) announced that it will acquire Jewish Family ...
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A Latvian immigrant’s story resurfaces
By ELANA WARREN / Assistant Editor David Blumenfeld may well have experienced the American Dream. He left Latvia and arrived ...
Entering the age of invisibility
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER In 79 years, Andrea Gilats has had a lot to endure. Perhaps the worst was the ...
Jewish kids take the stage for Children’s Theatre Company production of Dr. Seuss classic
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN It is likely that only the most frum (Jewishly observant) amongst the American Jewish World readers have ...
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 ...
Shylock returns to visit his daughter
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN In the early part of the 20th century, my dad grew up in a small coal mining ...
‘Trayf’ probes Chasidic life
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN During the 10 years that I lived in Brooklyn (1974-1984), I had two encounters with the Chabad ...
Five reasons to see ‘A Servants’ Christmas’
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN For years after I arrived in Minnesota in 1984, I ignored A Servants’ Christmas, which the History ...
‘Uncle Philip’s Coat’ is bigger than life
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN Why has it taken Six Points Theater so long to stage a production of Matty Selman’s Uncle ...
Shmita Project showcases varied arts
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN When I first heard about the Shmita Project exhibition at the Minnesota JCC, I wondered, “What kind ...
