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...
Talmud Torah of St. Paul to close afternoon school
By ELANA WARREN / Assistant Editor Small class sizes may have been a benefit during the pandemic, but just a...
Kids, enter the AJW Hanuka Cover Contest!
iStock The Jewish World is accepting submissions for our 32nd annual Hanuka Cover Contest. We’re looking for colorful drawings by...
Rabbi Harold Kravitz steps down
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Rabbi Harold Kravitz was preparing for a family vacation on the Jersey shore when the Jewish World...
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,...
‘Rav’ and ‘chaver,’ rabbi and friend, Kassel Abelson dies at 99
By ELANA WARREN / Assistant Editor Rabbi Kass Abelson wrote The Book on Eulogies. It was his turn to be...
Jews bring the funny to the Fringe
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN I’ve always thought that there were some parallels between the Children of Israel during the Exodus from...
Newman School in St. Paul closes
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Talmud Torah of St. Paul officials announced in late June that the Newman School, which serves students...
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...
Vic Rosenthal was a tireless organizer for social justice
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR The Jewish World’s Oct. 15, 2004, edition reported that Vic Rosenthal, then executive director of Jewish Community...
