The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle

On Dec. 21, the second night of Chanukah, Lubavitch of Wisconsin held its “Community Wide Chanukah Celebration: Light Up the Night!” at Bayshore Town Center with a balloon Chanukah menorah, plus other features.

Beth Israel, Sinai pioneer use of innovative Israel program

By Leon Cohen

Rabbis David Cohen of Congregation Sinai and Jacob Herber of Congregation Beth Israel come from different Jewish religious movements. But they agree that the relationship Jews in the United States have with Israel, and with each other about Israel, needs to be transformed.

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D'var Torah: Bless daughters to be like Miriam and Yocheved

By Rabbi Dena A. Feingold

It is a beautiful tradition to bless our children on Shabbat with a prayer and a wish that they will cherish and carry on the traditions of our people. When we bless our sons “like Ephraim and Menasseh,” why not bless our daughters “like Miriam and Yocheved”?

General Assembly opened participant’s eyes

By Rebecca Guralnick

I was given the opportunity in November to go to Denver and attend my first General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America as a prize for receiving the Ann Agulnick Young Leadership Award this past May.

Special needs adults can make a difference

By Hazzan Carey Cohen

How often do you turn away when you see someone who looks or acts differently? You assume that they have some physical or emotional disability that limits what they might be able to accomplish or how they might function in mainstream society.

Lighting the way for future generations

By Susan and Cary Silverstein

It is sundown on a Friday night and your great-grandmother is preparing to light the Sabbath candles. Your great-grandfather is at his little 18th century wooden shul reciting the evening service. He is wearing a black skullcap and a tattered prayer book is held in his wrinkled hands.

Why is enthusiasm about the Packers easier?

By Joshua Becker

I love being Jewish, and I’m a die-hard Green Bay Packers fan. At first, the two don’t seem incompatible.

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Israelis seeking alternatives to traditional wedding ceremonies

By Linda Gradstein

Anna Melman and Ari Bronstein are in the midst of planning their wedding, which will be held in January in Israel. They have a venue and a rabbi. But they want to find ways of making the traditional ceremony more egalitarian.

Seeking Kin: Rescuer and survivor reunite at Thanksgiving

By Hillel Kuttler

When Dahlia Jakutiene of Giedraicai, Lithuania, developed a brain tumor in early November, Cheryl Rosen offered to fly the woman she has never met to the United States for treatment.