Robin Doroshow
By Robin Doroshow
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Culture Of Bob Dylan, Sandy Koufax and 10 Other Things About (Jewish) Minnesota
1 45,635 Jews live in Minnesota. 2 The first Jews settled in Minnesota in 1849, nine years before the state joined the union in May, 1858. 3 Floyd Bjørnstjerne Olson, a member of Minnesota’s Farmer Labor Party, was Minnesota’s Governor from 1931-1936. When he was growing up, Olson served as his neighbor’s Shabbos goy and…
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Culture 6 Things About Jewish North Dakota
1) 400 Jews live in North Dakota, fewer than any other state except South Dakota. 2) Born in Lithuania in 1860, Rabbi Benjamin Papermaster served as Rabbi of the Grand Forks, North Dakota Jewish community from 1891 until 1934. 3) North Dakota has two active synagogues — Temple Beth El in Fargo and Bnai Israel…
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