Minnesota
Kosher wine event set for Dec. 4
Benefit for Yeshiva of Minneapolis to feature Herzog’s head winemaker “Kosher Wine Uncorked,” a lavish kosher wine tasting event, will...
Twin Cities students launch legal chapters to fight anti-Semitism
The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law (LDB) has announced the launch of two new chapters at...
JFS to honor Marjorie Sigel
Sigel will retire after 23 years with Jewish Family Service of St. Paul; the public is invited to a Dec....
Facing dementia: Keeping the spirit alive
A niece chronicles her uncle’s journey with dementia By MICHELE MEISLER When I think of my uncle, I am struck...
A sheriff visits the Jewish state
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Ramsey County Sheriff Matt Bostrom has the highest regard for the folks who organized his recent group...
Stands Up for People
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR At Ken Tilsen’s funeral on Sept. 4 at Temple of Aaron Cemetery in Roseville, a large crowd...
UPDATE: Plaintiffs will likely appeal court ruling in ConAgra/Hebrew National lawsuit
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR On Jan. 31, U.S. District Court Judge Donovan W. Frank today granted ConAgra Foods' motion to dismiss...
From death row to freedom
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR For more than a century, juries in criminal cases in the United States have been instructed that...
‘Education made all the difference’
By BECKIE SKELTON It’s rare that a single experience transforms a person’s identity forever. Life is a series of experiences,...
Event celebrates Minnesota ties to rescue of Ethiopian Jewry
AJW Staff Report Minnesotans who played a role is the mass aliya (emigration to Israel) of Ethiopian Jews were remembered...
