TC Jewfolk

TC Jewfolk, created by Jewfolk, Inc., is the sole independent online media platform for the Jewish community in the Twin Cities. Our mission is to engage, inform, and connect individuals within this vibrant community. TC Jewfolk embraces the diversity of Jewish experiences, highlighting the many ways to express Jewish identity. We strive to offer our readers various avenues for exploring Jewish life in their local area while also encouraging personal reflection on what it means to be Jewish in today's world, without imposing any specific definitions.

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Your Guide to Pride Month Events with Our Jewish Community

3 days ago | tcjewfolk.com | Lonny Goldsmith

The Hebrew word for Pride is Ga’avah. The interpretation is about standing tall and publicly rising up in majesty. This June, it’s definitely time for some Ga’avah. I’m a cis heterosexual female who was born into the right body. That’s an easy thing to be. I’m, in many ways, exactly what the world wants me to be. I am also the parent to a non-binary, sexually fluid human. That’s a much harder thing to be. And we are both Jewish.
Local Organization Statements On Boulder Attack

3 days ago | tcjewfolk.com | Lonny Goldsmith

Prior to the start of Shavuot on Sunday, June 1, a dozen people were injured at a Run for Their Lives event in Boulder, Colo., when a man yelling “Free Palestine” attacked walkers with a Molotov cocktail and what has been reported as an “improvised flamethrower.” The event has been held weekly in many communities nationwide, including Minneapolis, since Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel to keep awareness on the remaining 58 hostages held in Gaza.
Who The Folk?! Melissa Rappaport Schifman and Jim Schifman

6 days ago | tcjewfolk.com | Lonny Goldsmith

When Melissa (Lissie) Rappaport Schifman and her husband Jim Schifman started the Project Hive Pet Company, they wanted to create a socially conscious company that also lives up to their values. We talk about what led them to start their business, how their individual backgrounds mesh well for the venture, and creating a company with a social mission while also being a capitalist, on this week’s Who the Folk?! Podcast.
Sociologist, Scholar Mijal Bitton Speaking At JCRC Annual Event

1 week ago | tcjewfolk.com | Lonny Goldsmith

Three weeks after Israel was attacked on Oct. 7, 2023, Mijal Bitton wrote a piece titled That Pain You’re Feeling Is Peoplehood, in which she attempts to explain what many people were grappling with in the weeks after the attack. As she travels the world speaking to groups of people, the sentiments in the piece still resonate. “Pretty much every week, I meet people from different parts of the world, from Australia to South Africa, who quote that piece back to me,” she said.
HMJDS To Be Renamed As Part Of $40 Million Campaign

1 week ago | tcjewfolk.com | Lonny Goldsmith

The eighth-grade graduates at Heilicher Minneapolis Jewish Day School will be the last under the current name of the school. Thanks to a multi-million dollar gift from the family of Harold and Mickey Smith, which is part of a $40 million endowment campaign, the school is going to be renamed Smith Jewish Academy. The announcement was made at the HMJDS May 28 annual meeting.
Who The Folk?! Geoff Sudit

1 week ago | tcjewfolk.com | Lonny Goldsmith

While orthodontics has been done the same way for generations, Geoff Sudit has spent the seven years since he opened Mint Orthodontics trying to innovate the patient experience — and not just for his patients. We talk about the challenges of starting your medical practice, how he’s using technology to improve the patient experience, and starting A-List Entertainment, on this week’s Who The Folk?! Podcast. Listen to “Geoff Sudit” on Spreaker.
Local Organization Statements On Washington, D.C. Shooting At Capital Jewish Museum

2 weeks ago | tcjewfolk.com | Lonny Goldsmith

Several local Jewish organizations have released statements since the shooting deaths of Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky on Wednesday, May 21, at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C. The list will be updated if more statements are released. Click on an organization to navigate to its statement.
Shabbat Unplugged: Join Us for Shabbat in the Park This Summer

2 weeks ago | tcjewfolk.com | Lonny Goldsmith

One of the most beautiful things about Shabbat is the chance to slow down. Torah and Rabbinical teachings tell us to separate the Sabbath from the rest of the week. To refrain from work. Not strain ourselves. Unburden for the day. This all sounds lovely… in theory. But if you have children, this can be a laughable pipe dream. Raising children is work. It is a strain and a burden (though one I wouldn’t change a moment of, because the gifts are worth every ounce of effort). And you don’t get a day off.
Who The Folk?! Janessa Prawer

2 weeks ago | tcjewfolk.com | Lonny Goldsmith

When Janessa Prawer started Tiny Art With Heart, it was, in a way, an extension of the work she’s done throughout her career in health care. But in addition to looking for ways to help those struggling with their mental health, she’s also proven to be a gifted storyteller and is returning to be a storyteller in the second annual Minnesota Mammalehs: Stories From The Tribe show.
Walz Invokes Holocaust, Calls ICE Agents 'Modern-Day Gestapo'

3 weeks ago | tcjewfolk.com | Lonny Goldsmith

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz compared Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to Hitler’s Gestapo in the keynote address at the University of Minnesota Law School on graduation on Saturday. “Donald Trump’s modern-day Gestapo is scooping folks up off the streets,” Walz said. “They’re in unmarked vans, wearing masks, being shipped off to foreign torture dungeons. No chance to mount a defense. Not even a chance to kiss a loved one goodbye.