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Erin Elliott Bryan writes for the American Jewish World.

Play based on oral histories of Holocaust survivors to be staged at Mount Zion Temple

By Erin Elliott Bryan, American Jewish World

Local actor Joe Wiener (left) portrays Holocaust survivor and Mount Zion Temple congregant Erwin Farkas (right) in We Could Recall/We Could Tell Stories, a play based on oral testimonies from eight local survivors. (Photo: Courtesy of Sharon DeMark)

When asked if there were ways to keep his connection with Judaism alive while imprisoned at a Nazi concentration camp during World War II, Erwin Farkas responds, “We could talk. We could recall. We could tell stories.”

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Spanish painter Felix de la Concha presents portraits, oral testimony of Shoah survivors

By Erin Elliott Bryan, American Jewish World

Survivor Herb Fantle, of St. Paul, sitting for a session with Spanish artist Felix de la Concha. (Photos courtesy of Felix de la Concha)

Spanish artist Felix de la Concha was in the Twin Cities recently as a guest of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies (CHGS) at the University of Minnesota, as part of his project of interviewing and painting Holocaust survivors.

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Twin Cities Jewish community task force assesses how it helps those dealing with Alzheimer's disease

By Erin Elliott Bryan, American Jewish World

Annette Sandler (left), of Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Minneapolis, and Chris Rosenthal, of Jewish Family Service of St. Paul, serve as co-chairs of the Twin Cities Jewish Community Alzheimer’s Disease Task Force. (Photo by Erin Elliott Bryan)

In 2007, a small group of community members who were caring for parents with dementia approached Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Minneapolis (JFCS) for help in organizing support and educational opportunities for others dealing with similar experiences.

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Oral historian and former AJW columnist Rhoda Lewin remembered

By Erin Elliott Bryan, American Jewish World

Rhoda Lewin “felt the need to be a witness and record history as it happened around her,” according to her son, Jeff. (Photo: Courtesy of Jeff Lewin)

As a working journalist, Rhoda Lewin knew that “interviewing witnesses to an event was part of your job if you wanted ‘the whole story,’” according to an article she wrote for Oral History Review in 2002.

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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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Annual Twin Cities Jewish community conference on mental health is Nov. 11

By Erin Elliott Bryan, American Jewish World

Marya Hornbacher: I find a great deal of wisdom in the Judaic literature because it is so focused on ethics.

Looking back on the “rocky road” that was the first part of her life, author and advocate Marya Hornbacher readily admits that she chose not to deal with her mental illness.

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Sharing the bond of North Minneapolis: Friends who first met more than 70 years ago meet for lunch to share memories

By Erin Elliott Bryan, American Jewish World

On a warm afternoon in early August, Corrine (Gottstein) Feinberg had used her mother’s dishes to set the table for a Friday afternoon lunch in her Minnetonka home.

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Jewish education for the secular humanist at Or Emet

By Erin Elliott Bryan, American Jewish World

Eva Cohen’s cultural and personal connection to Or Emet began when she was 10 years old, when she and her family became members of th

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Fulfilling Gilda's dying wish: Gilda's Club Twin Cities will provide support services to cancer patients and their families

By Erin Elliott Bryan, American Jewish World

“Having cancer gave me membership in an elite club that I’d rather not belong to.” — Gilda Radner

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North High class celebrates 76th reunion

By Erin Elliott Bryan, American Jewish World

Marian Lavintman Resnick celebrated her 94th birthday on Thursday, July 19 — with 13 of her classmates from North High School, in North Minneapolis, class of 1936.

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