The Jewish Federations of North America are starting weekly webinars to update the Jewish community on the Ukrainian refugee crisis. The Zoom calls will be held on Mondays and Thursdays at 4:30 pm ET/3:30 pm CT for the foreseeable future. You can sign up here, and read JFNA’s latest Ukraine update memo. Questions for the […]
Elianna Mintz Perez didn’t set out to volunteer for what she calls “Etsy for Israeli goods” for an organization run by older Jewish women. After all, she was working as a successful producer for CBS This Morning and on the verge of getting married. Then when COVID hit, the St. Louis Park native’s outlook began […]
As Covid restrictions are easing domestically and around the world, you may have travel on your mind – finally! My home country, Israel, has enforced pretty strict Covid regulations, barring most non-citizen visitors and requiring testing and quarantines. It is now open and thirsty for visitors, welcoming the tourism industry back. So, if Israel is […]
With Purim this week it’s officially “Purim Parody Season,” and this year there are at least three (that we found) that use one of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s earworms from Disney’s Encanto. We Don’t Talk About Bruno was the inspiration for parodies by Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills, The Maccabeats, and YouTube user sunmoonpie, as well as […]
One week into its war with Ukraine, Russia bombed civilians, hospitals, and historic city centers, reducing entire areas to rubble and creating a humanitarian crisis. One million refugees had already fled Ukraine. Many Ukrainians are still either unwilling or unable to leave as the Ukrainian army fights against Russia’s invasion. Here’s how you can help […]
This piece originally ran on the blog of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at the University of Minnesota. Like many of us, I have been heartbroken to see the news, images and footage coming out of Ukraine over the past week. Despite the foreboding news over the past weeks, I didn’t believe it […]
Even in the modern world of online dating and swiping left and right, Mendota Heights-born Miriam Younger had been a successful matchmaker, but she learned there was a group of people who had often been left behind: people with special needs. “I think dating is broken,” she said. “Apps are based on this photograph, this […]
For much of my life, I hated Ukraine. As the son of Soviet Jewish immigrants, I grew up with stories of antisemitism, discrimination, and the Holocaust that gave the rationale for immigration. These stories made me despise all of Europe — but my mother’s birthplace, Ukraine, along with my father’s native Belarus, were the focus […]
Corey Stoll is the Jewish everyman actor can sink into just about any ensemble you put him in. Hopefully you caught his amazing portrayal of a young Junior Soprano in The Many Saints of Newark on HBO Max, but he is getting a bigger role this month on Showtime. After having a supporting role in the […]
Disclaimer: This is a review of a slasher/horror movie, full of gore, blood, violence, gratuitous nakedness, and levels of swearing even those of us who are sailors would blush at. TL;DR for the love of all that is holy (and your sanity) do not watch this movie. This review is as PG as possible, written […]