Minnesota

AJW Staff Report Ali Fine and Jacob Rochell-Share are this year’s winners of the annual Mercury Club awards given to...

By DORIS RUBENSTEIN It’s a challenge for any new rabbi to take over from the “founding rabbi” of an established...

By MORDECAI SPECKTOR On Sunday, June 7, nine members of the Minneapolis City Council — what press reports termed a...

The Minnesota Jewish Genealogical Society will host an online event featuring Dr. Liba Casson Nudell from 1 to 2:30 p.m....

By PENINA BEEDE (JTA) — Here’s a bit of news that has flown under the radar: Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey...

By MORDECAI SPECKTOR As the Jewish World went to press with the July edition, the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board...

By ADRIAN GLASS-MOORE / Assistant Editor Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon is encouraging Minnesotans to vote by mail for...

AJW Staff Report The Upper Midwest Jewish Archives (UMJA) at the University of Minnesota is raising money to digitize nearly...

By MORDECAI SPECKTOR In a 2011 documentary, Sam Rafowitz: Remaking a Life, the eponymous subject comments: “About 15 and a...

Local artists created a beautiful and affecting mural near the spot at Chicago Avenue and 38th Street where George Floyd...