Monday June 10, 2024 | 4 Sivan 5784
Holocaust scholar Danny M. Cohen, Ph.D, spoke on Holocaust history and memory. Cohen is a distinguished professor of instruction at Northwestern University’s School of Education and Social Policy. The Yom HaShoah commemoration on May 5, at the JCC, was co-chaired by Felicia Miller and Leo Kleiner.
For Yom HaAtzmaut, Israeli Independence Day, hundreds of people walked from the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center, through Whitefish Bay, on May 19. Photos by Rob Golub.
It was standing room only on May 13, 2024, at the Daniel M. Soref Community Hall at the Harry & Rose Samson Family JCC, when the community came together for Yom HaZikaron. The annual local Yom HaZikaron commemoration honors Israel’s victims of terror and fallen soldiers and veterans of the Israel Defense Forces and other […]
Rabbi Jonathan Biatch’s title will soon be followed by the word “emeritus,” but he doesn’t view that transition as his retirement. Rather, Biatch said, he is “concluding and progressing.” On June 30, Biatch will finish his tenure as the rabbi for Temple Beth El in Madison, a Reform congregation serving about 600 households. Biatch has […]
I accepted the job as executive director of Hillel Milwaukee just over a year ago because of my passion for Jewish learning, my love of building supportive Jewish communities, and my desire to have an impact on the future of Judaism by strengthening the next generation of Jewish leaders. And though Zionism and a love […]
After Oct. 7, Jewish students at University of Wisconsin-Madison found themselves acting as ambassadors for the Jewish people. Many times, their non-Jewish, not-involved friends on campus asked them to explain what was going on in Israel and Gaza. Jewish students gave their best answers, but in these kinds of conversations, they also learned something. The […]
The encampment at University of Wisconsin-Madison, laced with anti-Israel and anti-Jewish slogans, was painful, even frightening. Yet if it’s possible to imagine a silver lining, it was the Jewish pride on campus. “The rallies that we’ve had, and being together, has been so powerful and meaningful,” said Ariana Rosenfeld, who is entering her junior year […]
When Chancellor Mark Mone of University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee released the text of an agreement with encampment protesters, it immediately angered and disturbed much of the Milwaukee Jewish community. Nine days later, on May 21, Mone apologized for discussing geopolitical issues but not for the agreement’s content. The agreement was not withdrawn. Then, Hillel Milwaukee and […]
Jewish Social Services of Madison has moved – just down the street – doubling its physical space to accommodate its growing staff of more than 20. The agency, which moved April 1, had grown beyond the capacity of its previous space. “Our refugee resettlement team, which is the largest department that we have right now, […]
Sunday, June 2 Annual concert Join Milwaukee’s Jewish Community Chorale to present a variety of traditional and contemporary Jewish choral music. Voices in Harmony – Kolot B’harmonia. In concert with community cantors and guest choir. June 2, 4 p.m. Congregation Beth Israel Ner Tamid, 6880 N. Green Bay Ave., Glendale. For more information visit milwaukeejewishcommunitychorale.org. Nathaniel […]
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