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Minnesota native Rabbi Julie Gordon caught in midst of Haredi youth protest at Women of the Wall service in Israel

By Staff, American Jewish World

Israeli riot police scuffle with haredi Orthodox Jews at the Western Wall plaza in a bid to keep them away from Women of the Wall’s monthly prayer service at the holy site in Jerusalem on May 10. (Photo: Flash90)

Early in the morning on Friday, May 10, thousands of haredi Orthodox youths gathered at the Kotel, the Western Wall plaza, to protest Women of the Wall as they held their Rosh Chodesh prayer service.

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Prepare and Participate: Lao American Parenting to Pursue Knowledge

By Ketmani Kouanchao, Kouanchao Corner

     Recently, a student in my program was preparing a speech, and she was moved by the words of the late El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz who said “Education is the passport to the future,

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MayDay 2013 moments, part 4

By Alan Wilfahrt

MayDay means making noise. Making our community voice unite and celebrate, criticize, teach together in one world. We share, we mourn and rejoice. We are MayDay cheer.

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MayDay 2013 moments, part 3

By Alan Wilfahrt

 In my normal photography, I often avoid images with recognizable faces. I am usually trying to capture the essance of the situation and not a specifice individual.

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MayDay 2013 moments, part 2

By Alan Wilfahrt

Powderhorn Park in South Minneapolis is the host location for MayDay.  The over-all-the-park, day-long event is referenced as the MayDay Festival.

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The Museum of Russian Art to exhibit photographs from Jewish life in the Russian Empire

By Doris Rubenstein, American Jewish World

The vast majority of you reading this article today, like me, had grandparents or great-grandparents who came to America during the Great Migration from Eastern Europe between 1880 and 1920. The vast majority of them came from what was designated “the Pale of Settlement,” a swath of the western part of Catherine the Great’s Russian Empire, established in the late 18th century.

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Dr. Hawa Abdi, Somalia's 'Mother Theresa,' keeps hope alive

By Christina Cerruti, KFAI Radio

Nobel Peace Prize nominee and author Dr. Hawa Abdi was in Minneapolis at the beginning of April as part of her national book tour for Keeping Hope Alive- a memoir about her life and work in Somalia. Named the Mother Theresa of Somalia, she has offered shelter and aid to thousands in her country since civil war began in Somalia in 1991. KFAI’s Christina Cerruti has this report. [Audio below]

Our military-backed exceptionalism

By Steve Clemens, Mennonista

One would be hard-pressed not to see the enormous fetishizing of the U.S. Military since the attacks of 9/11/01. Whether it is at professional sports events, airports, political rallies, or even at local restaurants, it seems almost impossible to avoid signs, speeches, discounts for, symbols, or outright worship of those now labeled “heroes” – the backbone of our national identity – our warriors.

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Take the useful, leave the rest

By Emily Wade, Macalester Orange

On the first day of my philosophy class at the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics, Geshe Kelsang Wangmo-la begun her presentation of the Buddha’s life with an assurance that despite her maroon monastic robes and closely shaven head, she was not there to convert anyone. Instead, Geshe-la instructed us to listen over the coming months with an open mind. “Take the bits you find useful,” she said, “and just leave the rest.”

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