The synagogue’s April 25 benefit will honor the congregation’s 18 years in its Minnetonka home and commemorate 18 years of service from Cantor Scott Buckner By ERIN ELLIOTT BRYAN / Community News Editor On Aug. 13, 1995, the doors to Adath Jeshurun Congregation’s new home on Hillside Lane in Minnetonka opened to more than 1,000 [...]

Jewish and Christian leaders held a press conference last Friday to decry Christian pastors group that used Nazi analogy to smear same-sex marriage proponents AJW Staff Report Last Friday, March 29, representatives from Shir Tikvah Congregation, the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas (JCRC), Jewish Community Action (JCA), the Minneapolis Jewish Federation, [...]

Rabbi Marcia Zimmerman says the intention of the graffiti is unknown but the community has rallied to help AJW Staff Report Near the doors to the historic Emerson Avenue entrance of Temple Israel, in Uptown Minneapolis, is a quote from Isaiah: “May this house be a house of prayer for all peoples.” But last Tuesday, [...]

During his visit, the president will also tour Israeli cultural and historical landmarks, and address an Israeli audience TEL AVIV (JTA) — President Obama began his first presidential visit to Israel with an airport speech calling the United States the “strongest ally and greatest friend” of Israel. “Why does the U.S. stand with Israel?” Obama [...]

Former Jewish leader speaks out about his own abuse and urges other victims to come forward By DAN GOLDBERG SYDNEY (JTA) — Menachem (Manny) Waks was on a leadership training program in Israel in June 2011 when he made a decision that would radically change his life. Flicking through Melbourne’s The Age newspaper on his [...]

JERUSALEM (JTA) — A swarm of 1 million locusts crossed into Israel from Egypt. The locusts earlier this week remained concentrated in areas of southern Israel near the border, but sightings were reported throughout the country, including Tel Aviv and the Carmel region of northern Israel. Residents of the Ramat HaNegev Regional Council, where the [...]

The 11th annual Immigrant Freedom Seder, hosted by Jewish Community Action (JCA), will take place 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, March 17 at Mount Zion Temple, 1300 Summit Ave., St. Paul. This year’s Immigrant Freedom Seder will weave together stories that highlight struggles and triumphs in social justice. Participants will draw from the past and [...]

Families with children ages six to eight are invited to Story Time Express 1:30 to 3 p.m. Sunday, March 10 at the Amos and Celia Heilicher Minneapolis Jewish Day School (HMJDS), 4330 Cedar Lake Rd. S., St. Louis Park. The event will be hosted by HMJDS and PJ Library. The program will include a Passover [...]

Jews continue to feel deeply unsettled in a country that before Chavez had remarkably little anti-Semitism By URIEL HEILMAN (JTA) — For more than a decade, Venezuelan Jews have been holding their breath, subject to the whims of a mercurial president who used his bully pulpit to intimidate, rail against Israel and embrace Iran. There [...]

Seder on March 6 will reflect on Passover themes that inform efforts to eradicate hunger and malnutrition By ERIN ELLIOTT BRYAN / Community News Editor “You are not obligated to finish the work [of perfecting the world], but neither are you allowed to desist from it.” — Pirke Avot 2:21 Four years ago, MAZON: A [...]