By ERIN ELLIOTT BRYAN / Community News Editor On Nov. 6, Minnesota voters will be asked this question: “Shall the...
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By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Beth El Synagogue is getting an extreme makeover. The old activities center, which dates from the 1960s,...
The 2011 Twin Cities Annual Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) Commemoration took place Sunday evening at Bet Shalom Congregation in...
By ERIN ELLIOTT BRYAN / Community News Editor In the Twin Cities, Sha’arim works to give individualized educational support to...
By ERIN ELLIOTT BRYAN / Community News Editor In the 1930s, Ida Arbeit lied about her entire life story —...
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR In 2000, the American Jewish World reported on the controversy in the Minnesota House of Representatives over...
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Rabbi Albert G. Minda (second from left) looks on as Rabbi Abraham J. Heschel (center) shakes hands...
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