January 23, 2026 | 5 Shevat 5786
In August, Arin Kornblet, Glendale resident and baker at the local Friendship Circle Cafe and Bakery, became a published writer with the release of his book, “How to Get and Keep a Job,” a handbook for those looking for a job, inspired by Kornblet’s decades of experience as a person with disabilities in the workplace. […]
Mayor Cavalier Johnson chats with Jewish Community Pantry Director Heidi Gould during “Community Joy Day” at the pantry on Dec. 18. The event provided Metcalfe Park families with food and supplies for holiday meals. County Executive David Crowley was also scheduled to visit later in the morning to greet guests and help distribute hams. The pantry […]
MADISON – Monica Nolan, an experienced nonprofit director, has started as executive director at Jewish Social Services, after a challenging year for all organizations working in one of its core spaces – refugee resettlement. She started Jan. 1. Nolan brings nonprofit leadership, sustainability expertise and advocacy experience to Jewish Social Services. From 2016-2024, she served […]
Sara Abrams moved to Bayside from Green Bay with her parents and brother, Ross, when she was just 4 years old. Being new to the area and having so many synagogues close by, the family decided to go (as Abrams likes to say) “shul shopping.” They ultimately landed at The Shul in Bayside, where the […]
Now that the living hostages have been returned, and the ceasefire which ended the war in Gaza seems to be holding, it feels as though an extremely painful chapter in Jewish history is concluding. For the last two years the yellow ribbon, the dog tag, and the photos of the hostages have marked Jewish […]
The tree beckoned; its strong base and swaying appendages carrying invisible signals that claimed me on a sticky summer day when I was eleven. I imagined myself touching the clouds as I climbed higher, following the upper limbs as far as my weight allowed, until I could go no further. Cradled in the womb of branches and sheltered by […]
When Rebecca Dallet wears her Star of David, she’s choosing more than just an accessory. She’s choosing Jewish visibility in a time of rising antisemitism. “I believe that conversation is the chief engine of change,” Dallet said. Dallet, a justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, said she helps interpret Wisconsin law “on a daily basis.” In her youth, she learned about tikkun olam – repairing […]
Keindel Walny wakes up every morning to flags hanging in her bedroom. She’s not just a high school student who loves geography. These flags represent the 25 countries Walny, 17, has competed against with her synchronized figure skating team. Walny, a Wisconsin native, is an 11th grade student at the University School of Milwaukee and the only Jewish girl on her […]
MILWAUKEE – In the wake of the deadly attack on Jews at Bondi Beach in Australia, Rabbi Mendel Shmotkin says there is one response that is absolutely off the table for the Jewish people: hiding. “There isn’t an option of hiding away and sort of keeping a low profile,” said Shmotkin, chief executive officer of Lubavitch of Wisconsin, part of the Chabad […]
Leah Stein was about to start preparing for a first night of Chanukah party when she heard about the shooting at Bondi Beach. “I woke up in the morning and my husband said, ‘don’t look at the news’,” Stein said. “I froze, and I just thought ‘No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no’.” […]
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