Lonny Goldsmith
By Lonny Goldsmith
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Fast Forward Minneapolis synagogue targeted with antisemitic, pro-Hamas graffiti on Oct. 7 anniversary
Mayor Jacob Frey, who is Jewish and has attended services at Temple Israel, said the vandalism was 'a reminder that hate still tries to find a foothold'
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Fast Forward Minneapolis’ City Council passed a cease-fire resolution. Will its Jewish mayor veto it?
The resolution passed with a veto-proof majority, so Mayor Jacob Frey's decision is mainly symbolic
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Fast Forward Meet Thomas Poretsky, 10-year-old Native American-Jewish racer
Poretsky races in a Bandolero car with an Israeli and native flag emblazoned on the side
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Fast Forward Synagogue threat, cemetery vandalism shake Twin Cities Jewish community
(JTA) — (TC Jewfolk via JTA) — A suburban Minneapolis synagogue closed in the early hours of Friday morning after receiving what its managing director deemed “a specific threat of violence” — about one day after 32 headstones were knocked down at a nearby Jewish cemetery. Although local officials do not believe at this time…
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Fast Forward A Jewish camp in Wisconsin has closed early due to a COVID outbreak
(JTA) — (TCJewfolk via JTA) — A Jewish summer camp in Wisconsin sent its campers and staff home three days early following a COVID outbreak affecting nine cabins. Herzl Camp in Webster primarily serves Jews from the Twin Cities area and, as of 2019, had about 500 campers ranging from third to 11th grade. Its…
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News Racist posts leaves Midwest hummus maker without a home
In a letter to the community posted on Facebook, the owner of Holy Land Deli announced he fired his daughter for a string of racist tweets and Instagram posts that screenshots show date back to at least 2012. In response, Midtown Global Market, where Holy Land has a location, announced Thursday that it was exercising…
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News In Minneapolis, rabbis among hundreds in silent marches
Over the course of seven blocks on Tuesday afternoon, nearly 1,000 clergy members of all faiths made the slow — and silent — walk from the Sabatini Community Center, along East 38th Street to the site where George Floyd died. Among that group were at least 10 Twin Cities rabbis and cantors who came to…
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News Minnesota Jewish Leaders Speak Out On Death Of George Floyd
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey condemned the death of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis Police Department at a press conference Tuesday morning. Floyd, an African-American died Monday evening after a white police officer knelt on his neck outside a store at 38th Street and Chicago Avenue South. Video captured Floyd telling the officers…
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