Singer and songwriter Debbie Friedman was a talented woman who used her gift in the most positive manner possible By...
Your story “Kicking back against clawback” (1.7.11 AJW) reiterates misperceptions that add confusion and unnecessary heartache in the aftermath of...
Here’s a new list of commandments designed to strengthen the Jewish community from generation to generation By RABBI YOSI GORDON...
Despite the epic Dec. 11 blizzard, it was Shabbat as usual for two Orthodox synagogues in the Twin Cities Last...
Shlicha Alisa Warshavsky reflects on the 20th anniversary of her family’s move to Israel By ALISA WARSHAVSKY A few weeks...
The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem sparked an anti-Jewish pogrom in pre-state Palestine, which reverberates through history By EDWIN BLACK As Israelis...
A holiday that emphasizes our transitory existence leads to reflections on how we’ll survive on this climate-challenged planet By MARTIN WESTERMAN...
(Editor's note: Jerry Silverman, president and CEO of the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA), visited the Minneapolis Jewish Federation last...
About 25 percent of the death camp of Majdanek remained intact, and became a memorial to those murdered there and...
An upcoming lecture series at the U of M will examine how demented Holocaust denial arguments have been rebranded as...
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