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The Heilicher Brothers: Soma Records and Musicland
The Settlement Houses That Grew the Jewish and Black Communities in North Minneapolis
The Emmanuel Cohen Center and Phyllis Wheatley Settlement House were the centers of community life for the Jewish and Black communities in North Minneapolis. The Phyllis Wheatley Settlement House was the center of the Harlem Renaissance in Minneapolis. Both settlement houses were the cornerstones of their communities culture and life.
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Emanuel Cohen and the Battle Against Anti-Semitism in Minneapolis
Synagogue becomes Black church
The power of place found in North Minneapolis sacred space.
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Tifereth B’nai Jacob was an orthodox ‘shul’ or synagogue nestled in the heart of what was one of the most notable Jewish neighborhoods in the upper Midwest in the early and mid 20th century. Because it was a safe-space in an otherwise anti-Semitic city, Near North Minneapolis became known in the Jewish community as a ‘gilded ghetto.’ Many Minnesotans of note, including the filmmaking brothers Coen, can draw their community lineage to the historic Jewish Northside.
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If you grew up in the Twin Cities with an interest in movies, you may have heard the name Al Milgrom. I have always heard the name Al Milgrom.