Minnesota
John Moe: Talking about depression
by MAX SPARBER Community News Editor Radio personality John Moe has experience with depression. As is often the case, there...
Herb Fantle: A good life in America
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Not many members of Minnesota’s Jewish community saw Adolf Hitler speak. In 2012, Herb Fantle, who survived...
Ilhan Omar, who once called Israel an ‘apartheid regime,’ wins DFL Fifth District primary
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Ilhan Omar, who once called Israel an "apartheid regime," but who more recently came out against the...
Mike Rothman vows to protect consumers
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR When Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson announced her run for governor and U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison filed...
Dear Abby asked Dean Phillips for advice
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR DFLer Dean Phillips, who is challenging Rep. Erik Paulsen, the Republican incumbent in the race for Minnesota’s...
Dick Bancroft : Photographer in Indian Country
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Dick Bancroft, my dear friend for the past 40 years, succumbed to complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary...
Rabbi Morris J. Allen retires from Beth Jacob
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR On June 30, Rabbi Morris J. Allen will lead Shabbat services at Beth Jacob Congregation for the...
David Khabie: A secret weapon of food
by MAX SPARBER Community News Editor David Khabie, who died in May, had a particular trick in business. He sold...
Jana Shortal: ‘It felt like home to me’
by MAX SPARBER Community News Editor There is no one path toward conversion in Judaism. It is a religion that...
Mrs. Mindelle Feller: Warming souls
Mrs. Mindelle Feller, a leader in the Chabad-Lubavitch community, dies at age 75 by MAX SPARBER Community News Editor Mindelle...
