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Kenesseth Israel is an Orthodox congregation, one of the oldest in Minnesota. It was founded in 1891 on Minneapolis's North Side, becoming a vital part of Jewish life there. In 1971, due to the large-scale migration of Jews to the northern and…

Wendy Goldberg talks about religiosity in the eruv.

Rabbi Barry Woolf talks about the eruv's appeal as he sees it.

Wendy Goldberg gives an example of an activity involving the whole of the Jewish community.

A map showing the boundaries of the Minnesota eruv. Courtesy Allan Baumgarten. Reprinted with permission.

Bnai Emet is a Conservative congregation founded in 1971. Its origins lie with B’nai Abraham, a congregation founded in 1889 in South Minneapolis by Romanian immigrants. It moved to St. Louis Park in 1958, and in 1971 it merged with another…

Beth El is a Conservative congregation founded in 1926. Originally on the North Side of Minneapolis, it was founded by younger people who wanted to practice a more forward-looking brand of Judaism then their (Orthodox) parents. It moved to its…

St. Louis Park, an inner-ring suburb which borders the west side of Minneapolis, has a disproportionately large population of observant Jews, and close-knit Orthodox and Conservative communities are based there. Several of the city’s congregations,…

Rabbi Chaim Goldberger discusses the relationship between the Jewish and non-Jewish communities.

Allan Baumgarten discusses the role of the Jewish community in the civic life of St. Louis Park.