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Trailblazing Jewish lawmaker
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Rep. Phyllis Kahn does not have a DFL primary opponent this year, but she is not taking...
Bruno Chaouat named new CHGS director
AJW Staff Report The University of Minnesota’s College of Liberal Arts has named Bruno Chaouat as the new director of...
STEP serves the needy in St. Louis Park
In the midst of a capital campaign to finance the purchase of its new building, STEP reaches out to community...
'Dancing Auschwitz' video expresses resiliency of the human spirt, sparks controversy
A Web video depicting an elderly Holocaust survivor, his daughter and grandchildren dancing at Auschwitz and other Nazi-era concentration camp...
Viral ‘Dancing Auschwitz’ video sparks ethical controversy
Is Holocaust survivor’s dance to Gloria Gaynor’s “I will survive” disrespectful to those who perished or rightfully celebratory? Adolek Kohn...
Women of the Wall leader arrested for praying Monday at Western Wall in Jerusalem
(Editor's note: Please see comment below by Dr. Laurie Radovsky, a physician from St. Paul and member of Beth Jacob...
B’nai B’rith Softball returns to the diamond after a brief hiatus
Series of close games leaves Jeffrey Jewelers with a slim league lead By GEOFF ROETHER B’nai B’rith Softball returned to...
'Only Israel' video on YouTube comes to Israel's defense, after Gaza war and Goldstone report
This pro-Israel agit-prop video, "Only Israel," by Yedida Freilich (lyrics by Gabby and Yuval Freilich), has gotten more than 300,000...
Presbyterians overwhelmingly approve controversial report on Middle East peacemaking
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) 219th General Assembly, concluding its meeting this week in Minneapolis, voted approval for a controversial Middle...
Rabbi Julie Gordon leaves for Israel
The well-known local rabbi has been selected for the two-year Pardes Educators Program By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Rabbi Julie Gordon, a...
