By Ellen Futterman Editor-in-Chief of the St. Louis Jewish Light where this story first appeared. For Danielle Wertz and Robbie Schaefer, the paths that led them to each other—and to their intimate cabaret show, “Both Sides Now: The Music and Lives of Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen”
Photos by Ron Duncan Hart As has been the custom for many years, Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, was commemorated at the state capital in Santa Fe this year. The event was attended by Santa Fe Mayor Michael Garcia and by Democratic and Republican representatives: Majority Floor Leader Rep. Reena
By Merilee Dannemann If New Mexico legislators were paid a salary, what would you expect them to do that they have not been doing up till now? New Mexico is the only state legislature where legislators are not paid something like a salary, though they do receive per diem and
April 1 2026 Newsletter
Happy Passover and Chag Sameach! Seven new stories! Our new series, New Mexico Jewish voices across the Spectrum, is introduced with three articles. The first Spectrum profile, by Ron Duncan Hart, highlights the work of Mikey Weinstein, Military Religious Freedom Foundation founder, whose battle against religious coercion in the U.
SPECTRUM: Profiles
By Ron Duncan Hart I first learned about “Mikey” Weinstein and the Military Religious Freedom Foundation from a Harper’s Magazine article entitled, “Jesus Killed Mohammed: The Crusade for a Christian Military.” In that 2009 article the author Jeff Sharlet wrote about an American military squadron in Iraq that had
SPECTRUM: Profiles
Editor's Letter by Diane Joy Schmidt Preparing for presenting the article about anti-Zionist Jeffrey Haas that appears in this issue was difficult for me on both a personal and political level. His life had cast a shadow on mine twice before, though we never met until this
SPECTRUM: Profiles
By Ellen Marks If it’s noon on Wednesday, you’re sure to find Jeffrey Haas at the corner of Paseo de Peralta and Old Santa Fe Trail in Santa Fe, protesting on behalf of Palestinians. The 83-year-old Jewish co-founder of the group now called Santa Feans
Traveling while Jewish
by Judith Fein When I met an affable local guide in Catalunya, I innocently asked if anything unusual was happening during the current Semana Santa or Holy Week, which included both Easter and Passover. “Well,” she began, “perhaps you have heard of the Catalonian desserts called brunyols, which are fried
Jewish Films
By Gail Rubin, CT, The Doyenne of Death ® Gail Rubin’s new book, 98.6 Mortality Movies to See Before You Die will be published April 16. It is available now for pre-sale at: https://agoodgoodbye.com/product/pre-sale-98-6-mortality-movies-to-see-before-you-die/
by Merilee Dannemann President Trump is talking publicly about his plans to undermine the 2026 midterm election. I’m relieved. Why relieved? Because now that he is talking about it openly, we are also starting to hear about what’s being done, mostly by the states, to counteract those plans.
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15 Passover Seder events are listed in our Passover Seder Guide to NM, w RSVP deadlines. First Night Seders are April 1st. Second Night, April 2nd. Also, an early Community seder March 28 and a Pesach BBQ April 5th. Sign up to read and receive our newsletter and future Holiday Resource Guides!
Jewish Day of Observance
By Ron Duncan Hart April 18, 2026 Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day, is a day to remember the unthinkable killing of 6 million Jews and other millions of Roma, communists, gay people and political dissidents by Germans crazed by Nazi supremacy ideology in the 1940s. Why have some groups