Lonny Goldsmith

3 days ago | tcjewfolk.com | Lonny Goldsmith

Katie Kline has a long history in the Jewish arts and culture space, and her arrival at the Minnesota JCC as the department’s senior director comes at a time when the program is starting to grow, thanks to Rimon: The Minnesota Jewish Arts Council, becoming a JCC program. But beyond that — there’s plenty of opportunities for new programs on the horizon.

1 week ago | tcjewfolk.com | Lonny Goldsmith

Got a question? Fill out this form to submit your anonymous question to be answered in a future column. Dear Miriam, A locally-owned small business that I frequent recently put a political sign in their window representing a view with which I disagree. I am not comfortable going there anymore, and at the same time, over the years, I’ve gotten friendly with the owner and don’t seek to harm their business. What should I do?

1 week ago | tcjewfolk.com | Lonny Goldsmith

Before there were blogs…Before there were Zoom meetings…Before there were email chains and Facebook messengers and TikTok influencers…There were storytellers.  As a child I remember sitting around the living room with extended family and friends and telling stories. You got to hear the neighborhood gossip, the successes of others, the births and deaths, the dreams and imaginations. We were sharing the Stories from the Tribe. All in person.

1 week ago | tcjewfolk.com | Lonny Goldsmith

The last month or so has been a more difficult time for me. Between a heavy workload at my daytime job, several things to accomplish in a short time frame at home, difficult news domestically and internationally, I feel more and more like I’ve been drawing from my cup without making sure to refill it. Ultimately, there are only so many times I can seek internal resources and strength when I haven’t been taking care of myself before I’m going to come up empty.

1 week ago | tcjewfolk.com | Lonny Goldsmith

A veteran Israeli diplomat, Shahar Azani noticed a strange phenomenon in the wake of Oct. 7: how do you answer the seemingly simple greeting of “how are you?”“Can we really ask, and how do we answer that?” Azani said. “And the way we answer that, how should we consider ourselves when we look around us and we see so much heroism, but pain and suffering and people who got kidnapped and their families and fallen soldiers and heroes? How are we?