2012 Milwaukee Jewish Educator of the Year Sherry Blumberg congratulated Rabbi Jay R. Brickman, rabbi emeritus of Congregation Sinai, for being the one person to give a presentation at all 13 Days of Discovery to date. The event took place Jan. 15.

2012 Milwaukee Jewish Educator of the Year Sherry Blumberg congratulated Rabbi Jay R. Brickman, rabbi emeritus of Congregation Sinai, for being the one person to give a presentation at all 13 Days of Discovery to date. The event took place Jan. 15.

Milwaukee-area Jews number 30,000: 2011 study

By Leon Cohen

The new “Jewish Community Study of Greater Milwaukee 2011” found that Jewish population of the greater Milwaukee area is about 30,000 people.

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Opinions

D'var Torah: Not the what, but the when of 'tebowing' is an issue

By Rabbi Shlomo Levin

I find no fault with turning to God by professional athletes. Let them offer prayers for long completions, touchdowns, and even victory, and thanks when those events happen.

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Islamist movements cast shadow over Egypt

By Robert S. Wistrich

The Muslim Brotherhood did not initiate the current upheavals in the Middle East, but the Islamist parties in Egypt, as in Tunisia and Libya, have been the chief beneficiaries of the collapse of longstanding authoritarian repressive regimes across North Africa.

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Holocaust analogies run amok

By Abraham H. Foxman

Never did I think that we would have to speak about the abject trivialization of the Holocaust by a group of Jews living in Israel. But that is exactly what happened last month.

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Jews should care about Israeli Arabs’ rights

By Rabbi Sid Schwarz

Because I love Israel deeply, I was long concerned that issues of human and civil rights were raised only by progressive organizations, both in Israel and abroad. It was long overdue for the Jewish communal establishment to understand why the rights of Israeli Arabs should be a priority for anyone concerned with Israel’s future.

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