Monday June 05, 2023 | 16 Sivan 5783
Yom Hazikaron, Israel’s Day of Remembrance, was held April 24, 2023, at the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center in Whitefish Bay.
Tikkun Ha-Ir’s Food Justice Walk Tikkun Ha-Ir, a Jewish social justice and social action organization, is hosting a Food Justice Walk. The walk is in celebration of the organization’s 20th anniversary. The walk will be taking place on June 4, 2023, from 9-11 a.m. at Urban Ecology Center-Riverside, 1500 E. Park Place, Milwaukee. The public […]
The Milwaukee Jewish Community Chorale has been performing since 1994, originally formed for the occasion of the Cantors Assembly convening in Milwaukee that year, as well as 150th anniversary of Milwaukee Jewry. The group of about 25 singers is now gearing up for its annual spring concert, with a group of cantors from the area […]
Recent changes have made the future of the economy uncertain. But Geoff Colvin, Fortune magazine’s senior editor-at-large, will be in Milwaukee on Monday, June 26 to discuss this new economic order and what risks and opportunities it presents during his keynote speech at the Milwaukee Jewish Federation’s 2023 Economic Forum. Born and raised in the […]
Sunday, June 4 THI Food Justice Walk Celebrate 20 years of Tikkun Ha-Ir, Repairing the City. Raise funds to help nourish the community through the Tikkun Ha Ir’s Food Justice programs. June 4, 9 a.m. Urban Ecology Center, 1500 E. Park Place, Milwaukee. Register online at THI-Milwaukee.org. Bubbles, Bubbies & Zaides Grandparents and parents […]
The last group of slaves in the United States were officially freed after Union troops finally won the Civil War and arrived in Galveston, Texas, to share the news on June 19, 1865. Juneteenth commemorates that day. And where 2,000 Union troops brought the news to Galveston, one woman heralded the celebration in Milwaukee: Margaret […]
Raisa Adamskaya Raisa Adamskaya (nee Faktorovich) died May 12, 2023, at the age of 86. Beloved wife of the late Boris Adamskiy. Cherished mother of Leonid Adamskiy. Loving grandmother of Marina (Jamie) Sodd. Further survived by Tatyana Adamskaya, other loving relatives, and many dear friends. A private graveside service was held at Agudas Achim Cemetery, […]
Yonatan “Yoni” Shamah Yonatan “Yoni” Shamah becomes a Bar Mitzvah on June 3, 2023. He is a member of Congregation Shalom and attends Milwaukee Jewish Day School. Parents Rabbi Shari Shamah and Dr. Corey Shamah live in Bayside. Yoni attends Camp Interlaken and his mitzvah project is to make Lego play kits for the Jewish […]
Jonah Geller wants to help the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center put “the ‘J’ back into the JCC.” Geller started in January as the organization’s new chief innovation officer. In that role, Geller said he is charged with overseeing some of the JCC’s programs – such as its food pantry and inclusion […]
One Saturday morning, so many decades ago, AV was not there when I arrived for work. Abe told me that AV’s car wouldn’t start and he was going to take the wrecker (tow truck) and go get the car and AV and so he did. I watched the two guys push the car onto the […]
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