Religion

Minnesota Jews, Christians and Muslims take Food Stamp Challenge together

By Eva Heithausen, TC Daily Planet

Searching for cheap food.

Can we imagine what does it mean to live on a food allowance of $31.50 per week?  Participants in the Twin Cities  Food Stamp Challenge week, November 11-18, now have a lot better idea of what it takes.  Members of 15  groups took the Food Stamp Challenge from November 11-18.  They  tried to buy groceries from the $31.50 allowance that is the national average per person for food stamp recipients, and to eat for one week just from the purchased goods. 

This year was the second time that Rabbi Amy Eilberg had participated in the challenge and she had already made a list of essential things she wanted to buy. As she talked about her list at the opening gathering on November 11, one of the listeners raised his hand.

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Panel on November 19 to discuss the 'December dilemma' for interfaith familes

By Sheree Curry, TC Jewfolk

Chris Kellogg is the Jewish mom many strive to be. Mezuzahs adorn the doorposts of her kosher Golden Valley home, where knishes, kugels or matzah balls are staples on the table during Jewish holiday celebrations. Although both of her daughters have since left the nest, Chris still calls them every Shabbat to say the traditional blessing, a ritual she started when they were very young.

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Leaders from 15 local religious organizations will eat on the average weekly food-stamp allowance to raise awareness of hunger and poverty

By Erin Elliott Bryan, American Jewish World

Rabbi Morris Allen: It’s a pretty stark kind of budget. And families are making these decisions all the time.

“Blessed are You, Lord, our God, King of the Universe who brings forth bread from the earth.”

— Hamotzi (The Blessing Over the Bread)

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Churches try to bridge differences over Marriage Amendment through conversations

By Kristoffer Tigue, TC Daily Planet

Respectful Conversation gathering at Prince of Peace Lutheran in Burnsville on 10/9/12. (Photo by Maria Paschke, Communications and Development Assistant at the Minnesota Council of Churches.)

What if the solution to our political gridlock was as simple as the ground rules they set in group therapy sessions like Alcoholics Anonymous?

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Day of Dignity: Minnesota Muslims provide assistance in North Minneapolis community

By Ge Gao, TC Daily Planet

(Photos by Ge Gao)

On October 7th, Minneapolis Muslims held their second annual Day of Dignity event for north Minneapolis residents and homeless persons.

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To be a Jew during election time

By Sarah Brammer-Shlay, TC Jewfolk

When I first began to think about what it means to be a Jew during election time, all I though about was Israel. This campaign season has been a little better than some with the Israel rhetoric, but often the focus Israel receives is obnoxious.*

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Twin Cities legal scholars condemn anti-Sharia law

By Ibrahim Hirsi, TC Daily Planet

Hot Topics: Cool Talk forum on "The Dangers of Anti-Sharia Laws: Muslim and Catholic Perspectives" with law professors Abdulwahid Qalinle from the University of MN and law professor, Rob Vischer from the University of St. Thomas School of Law. This program was co-sponsored by the Muslim-Christian Dialogue Center and the Terrence J. Murphy Institute for Catholic Thought, Law, and Public Policy at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota.

Anti-Sharia legislation — and the dangers of such legislation — brought a crowd of hundreds to a forum at the University of St. Thomas October 23. Professor Robert Vischer of St. Thomas School of Law and Professor Abdulwahid Qalinle of the University of Minnesota Law School spoke on the growing efforts in various states, including Minnesota to approve an anti-Sharia law aimed at prohibiting any legal recognition of any aspects of the Muslim religious law known as Sharia.

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"It's all about story": Art exhibit at Bet Shalom Gallery explores Jewish heritage

By Susan Weinberg, TC Jewfolk

Storytelling has a long tradition in Judaism. After all, we are “People of the Book,” and each week we examine stories from the Torah, looking for their meaning.

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Is the only local kosher food distributor closing? Maybe yes, maybe no

By Stephanie Fox, Global Groceries

One small sign is a first clue that that there may be trouble in the Twin Cities kosher food world. (Photos by Stephanie Fox)

CORRECTION 10/31/2012 - Confronted with a short deadline, my adventures into ethnic food took me to foodways of my ancestors (at least some of them).

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