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 ...
Tag: University of Minnesota
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 ...
Evan Maurer invigorated Jewish arts in Minnesota
By JUDITH BRIN INGBER Evan Maclyn Maurer died Nov. 2, 2023, in Santa Monica, Calif. He was 79. Maurer was ...
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,” ...
Les Block, our music maven
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR It’s hard to know where to start when writing a remembrance of Les Block, a multifaceted musician, ...
A guide to Jewish artists at Twin Cities art fairs
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN Ahh! Summer in Minnesota. There’s nothing like it: biking, canoeing, picnicking, outdoor concerts. And art fairs. Early ...
Book explores the bard of Hibbing’s local roots
Reviewed by MORDECAI SPECKTOR The Dylanologists never sleep. At least it seems that way for the coterie of Bob Dylan ...
There’s always at least one doctor in the house
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN Unique. Or at least unique to Minnesota: That’s Daniel Volovets. Can you think of anyone else around ...
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 ...
On the 100th anniversary of Martin Buber’s ‘I and Thou’
By EARL SCHWARTZ In the hundred years since its publication, Martin Buber’s Ich und Du (I and Thou) has turned ...
