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JHSUM Aberdeen Trip

Join JHSUM for a fun-filled weekend in Aberdeen, South Dakota on June 17-19, 2022 where we will celebrate 105 years of the B'nai Isaac...

Panel Discussion: Surviving Skokie and Reawakening

Join us for a panel discussion with filmmakers Blair Gershkow (Surviving Skokie) and Alexandra Horowitz (Reawakening) and other...

Recollections of JHSUM directors We always gather for Seders

We asked current JHSUM board members to share some of their favorite memories of Passover. Here is what they had to say. Rabbi Avram...

Then and now

By Robin Doroshow Recently I came upon some historical family items, and after some research, I have some stories to share. You may...

Help honor fallen Jewish soldiers buried in the American Cemetery at Margraten

By Robin Doroshow In February 2020, an article in the Fargo Forum featured an article about “Faces of Margraten.” This organization seeks...

Records in our own backyard

By Susan Weinberg, MNJGS President and JHSUM Board member Trying to build out a family tree, but don’t know where to start? If you have...

From the archives

News from the Upper Midwest Jewish Archives, University of Minnesota Libraries By Kate Dietrick As an archivist, I usually work in a...

JHSUM COVID-19 Stories

JHSUM is documenting the impact of COVID-19 in the Upper Midwest and we want to hear your story. We are collecting video submissions to...

We need your St. Paul Artifacts and Photos!

JHSUM is seeking artifacts, photos and records related to the Jewish communities and institutions in St. Paul from the early 1900’s...

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