Twin Cities Saudi woman bridges gap between Islamic and Western worlds through art
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Have you seen the tree trunk standing before a corner house where Hague Avenue intersects with Pierce Street north in St. Paul?
CV | Ilana Rossoff: Jews confront the JCRC, mourn Palestinian genocide
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T’sha B’av is the Jewish holiday that mourns the destruction of the ancient temples in Jerusalem and is interpreted to be a day of mourning for all atrocities against Jews.
Changing the Jewish narrative: What’s your story?
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On a cool evening last September, I sat in the sanctuary at Temple Israel waiting for Rabbi Marcia Zimmerman to begin her sermon. The holiness of Rosh Hashanah filled the room. I grabbed the edges of my tallit to shrug it up onto my shoulders, and exposed the misspelled Hebrew tattoo on my wrist. To my left sat a lesbian couple. Just in front of us, a young boy wore a kipah with a Twins logo embroidered on the back. His grandfather wore no head-covering at all. He leaned into his mother’s shoulder and she pressed her cheek to the top of his head. Continue Reading
Bachmann sponsors anti-LGBT adoption bill
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A new bill offered in the U.S. House and Senate would allow adoption agencies to discriminate against LGBT people, according to national LGBT groups. Rep. Michele Bachmann is the sole member of the Minnesota delegation in Congress sponsoring the bill.
State court hears Hebrew National lawsuit
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The long-running lawsuit alleging that Hebrew National hot dogs are not “100% kosher,” contrary to the maker’s claims, went another round in court.
Not in my name: A call to American Jewish organizations during Operation Protective Edge
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I am one of those millennial Jews who actually loved institutional Judaism growing up. I loved my synagogue, I loved my Hebrew school, and in fact, I am a 23-year old single woman from the Twin Cities currently exploring synagogue options in Washington, DC. Most people reading this probably understand that most Jews in their 20s and 30s without families don’t often place synagogue life at the top of their Jewish or social life, but I love the feeling of belonging, membership and lifecycle events that institutional Judaism provides. Continue Reading
Fighting terrorism by creating ‘terrorists’
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Adel Daoud was the teenage son of immigrants, attending a neighborhood Islamic high school when the FBI started talking to him online. According to his mother,
“Daoud required extra assistance in school, and was heavily dependent on her: ‘He’s not the person with a complete mind. He didn’t talk until five. He was the last one of my kids to talk. He doesn’t even talk Arabic….like the rest of our family, because he’s slow.’” Illusion of Justice, p. 28 Continue Reading
Trace the footsteps of Minnesotan Muslims with “Tracks in the Snow”
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This Saturday, August 2, the community was welcome to attend the reception for
Sabes JCC’s community garden promotes connection to Jewish values
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Greenery surrounded Makai Dorfman, Judaic and garden specialist at the Sabes JCC’s Camp Olami, as he enthusiastically walked through the garden that he helped create. He explained its unique qualities.“It’s shaped like a menora,” Dorfman told the AJW on a recent visit to the garden. “Each branch represents a different day of creation.”The Jewish attributes of the JCC’s new community garden, like its shape that can be seen fully from above, are less obvious than the efforts made by Dorfman and Sabes JCC Inclusion Director Anita Lewis to make it a place that everyone can access and enjoy.Throughout the summer, kids from Camp Olami, seniors, adults with disabilities and other community members are planting, nurturing and harvesting the new and inclusive — and completely organic — garden.Close proximity to the parking lot, raised beds for plants to grow and wide pathways ensure that the garden is a place where anyone — from wheelchair-bound seniors to pre-kindergarten children of all abilities — can find purpose and acceptance.The JCC’s new community garden follows a previous garden that had been a part of the early childhood center. A local Jewish Boy Scout working towards becoming an Eagle Scout helped to expand the garden from a small area into a larger, more accommodating “outdoor classroom.”“The garden is this place, and it’s safe and it’s enlivening and it’s changing children who oftentimes aren’t speaking, children who oftentimes don’t have anything in common with their peer group. Adults too,” Lewis said. Continue Reading
COMMUNITY VOICES | Faran Rabbani: My letter to President Obama
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As part of this great nation’s foreign policy, when injustice takes place in any part of the world, America usually takes a stand. We saw this in the case of Russian atrocities in Ukraine, in America’s unity with the European Union (EU) and the United Nations (UN). However when it comes to Palestine, America turns a blind eye with the EU and the UN. Our government must condemn Israel’s human rights violations. The concept of justice necessitates equal treatment in condemning injustices carried by whoever and wherever, even if the transgressor happens to be an ally. Continue Reading