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The Chippewa Falls Senior Center is losing vital money from its annual scrap metal drive due to illegal trash dumping and theft.

As a popular and well-traveled performer in the world of Jewish music, Sam Glaser’s career was sailing – until two unanticipated disruptions threatened the journey.

The spring semester marked the launch of a new study abroad program with 34 Hurricanes living in Barcelona, Spain. According to Sebastian Beaulieu, a senior majoring in finance, “the opportunity to live in Europe was unparalleled.”

Scott Leader, the Jewish musician, producer and songwriter who owns Brick Road Studio in Scottsdale, says he’s probably worked with every well-known contemporary Jewish singer-songwriter. He’s also recorded vocals for

From the blog of Sam Glaser at The Times of Israel

From the blog of Sam Glaser at The Times of Israel

From the blog of Sam Glaser at The Times of Israel

The Marketplace of Ideas at The Times of Israel

By Sam Glaser I am writing this on a long, lazy Tisha B’Av afternoon. The sky is brilliant blue and a gentle breeze is beckoning me outside to get on my bike. No, not today. I must conserve my energy.  At my synagogue, we have undertaken a dramatic journey using prayer, compelling speakers and the chanting of Kinnot, the anguished, eyewitness poetry of Jewish suffering through the ages. We sit on the floor wearing wrinkled clothing and simple, non-leather shoes.  We acknowledge each other w...