Tag: Mordecai Specktor

On June 24, I drove from my home in South Minneapolis across the river to Highland Park, the St. Paul ...

Editorial: My nephew Oliver, Jewish names and the Jews of Denmark

London’s skyline has changed dramatically over recent years; as foreign capital has poured in, glass and steel skyscrapers rise everywhere. ...

Editorial: Ofra Bloch talks about intergenerational trauma

Our family Kabbalat Shabbat tradition includes candle lighting, of course, and then wishing everyone “Shabbat Shalom.” I add, “May the ...

Here’s the Jewish angle on MSPIFF

May 24, 2020

AJW Staff Report The much-anticipated Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival (MSPIFF) is underway, running through April 20, with more ...

Editorial: In each generation

October 27, 2021

1

I had last talked with Rabbi Jonathan Perlman, in the fall of 2010, for a Jewish World story. It was ...

When Harpo and Dali wrote a film

May 24, 2020

From the Strange but True Department: Harpo Marx, the silent member of the Marx Brothers, and surrealist painter Salvador Dali ...

Rep. Omar provokes Jewish House Dems

AJW Staff Report As the Jewish World went to press this week, House Democratic leaders were planning to vote on ...

Controversy at U of M: Whom do we honor?

By MAX SPARBER / Community News Editor The latest in a long series of discussions regarding the honoring of people ...

JCRC: Seeking safety after Pittsburgh