There was a time in the 1930s and 1940s when Minneapolis had its share of anti-Jewish clergy preaching hatred of the Jews from church pulpits. Fortunately, the growing civic disapproval of racism and anti-Semitism in the post war years gradually deprived these clergy of their audiences. Unfortunately, after a span…
FROM THE OFFICE OF COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW JOHNSON The installation of the 350 trees along Hiawatha Avenue has been completed. Hennepin County contracted with Hoffman and McNamara to install 350 trees along Hiawatha Avenue from 32nd to 46th Streets. The project began on June 3 with the removal of 165…
BY ED FELIEN Southside Pride, Women Against Military Madness, the Anti-War Committee, Walker Church and the Minnesota Green Party sponsored a Teach In on Gaza at Walker Church Saturday, Aug. 23. Mnar Muhawesh, the editor in chief of Mint Press, an online daily newsmagazine, spoke on the five myths regarding…
BY ED FELIEN “Israel has a right to defend herself,” Pres. Barack Obama. As long as Hamas and others use violence to achieve their legitimate aims of independence and statehood, they continue to play into Israel’s hands. The collective guilt of the holocaust will always force Americans and Europeans to…
BY RICHARD TAYLOR Your correspondent has the good fortune to live upstairs from singer-songwriter Chastity Brown. We met recently for an interview. SSP: Why do you make music? Well, it’s been a compulsion from childhood. I come from a musical family. My father played the piano, trombone, and sang, and…
BY ED FELIEN The Minneapolis Commiss-ion on Civil Rights hosted a public forum on affordable housing at Pillsbury House on Wednesday, Aug. 27. Nekima Levy-Pounds, professor at the University of St. Thomas School of Law, moderated a panel discussion by specialists in the field from government agencies and nonprofits. Sue…
