American Jewish World

Since 1912, when the Jewish Weekly first published (the paper reincarnated as The American Jewish World in 1915), the AJW has served as an important news resource for the Jewish community. The Jewish World unites the main Jewish communities in St. Paul and Minneapolis, as well as those in Duluth, Rochester and smaller cities, and bridges the divides between the various Jewish religious streams.

The American Jewish World exists to tell the Jewish story and to be a catalyst for Jewish unity and cultural vitality. The newspaper that used to be the "Voice of Minnesota Jewry" now amplifies the "Voices of Minnesota's Jewish Community."

http://www.ajwnews.com

Back to the Dakota stage: St. Louis Park native Peter Himmelman returns to Minneapolis' premier jazz club on May 24

By Mordecai Specktor, American Jewish World

Peter Himmelman has made his home in southern California for many years, but his hometown gigs, an annual affair for many years, are eagerly anticipated. The St.MORE »

When the whole family needs help: Jewish Family Service of St. Paul's Senior Advocacy Services offers a variety of resources and support

By Erin Elliott Bryan, American Jewish World

If you live out of state and your aging parents require additional services, where do you turn? If there is dissension among family members about healthcare roles and responsibilities, who can you talk to?MORE »

A struggle for marriage equality: Question One shows May 14-19 at MOA

By Mordecai Specktor, American Jewish World

On May 6, 2009, Maine Gov. John Baldacci signed a bill making same-sex marriage legal in the state. However, opponents of the law petitioned to stop its implementation and forced a statewide referendum on the measure, which was dubbed “Question One.” Less than six months later, the opponents of same-sex marriage prevailed — by a vote of 300,848 to 267,828 — and the law was overturned.MORE »

Singer-songwriter Dan Bern to perform May 10 at the Dakota

By Mordecai Specktor, American Jewish World

I met God on the edge of town / Where the wind meets the stillness
Where the darkness meets the light / Where the ocean meets the sky
Where the desert meets the rain / Where the earth meets the heavens
On the edge of town I met God
— From “God Said No,” by Dan BernMORE »

Local yeshiva buys Bnai Emet

By Erin Elliott Bryan, American Jewish World

Last June, just before Bnai Emet Synagogue’s final Shabbat services, Neil Meyer said he hoped that the Bnai Emet property stayed in the Jewish community.

Meyer, of the Meyer and Njus law firm in Minneapolis, is president of the Bnai Emet board, the legal entity that was formed to manage disposition of the dissolved congregation’s assets.MORE »

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