May 24, 2025 | 25 Iyyar 5785
Here’s our annual list of local young people who have met the requirements of their local Jewish institutions. Wisconsin young people have taken this step into Jewish adulthood, with confirmation or graduation from our state’s Jewish institutions. If you’d like to see the list from your synagogue or Jewish institution included next month, let us […]
When a family in Germany messaged Racine’s Mark Isenberg on a genealogy site, out of the blue, it was because of a siddur. The family had the book of Jewish prayers that belonged to Isenberg’s great-grandfather during the Holocaust. Isenberg thought for a moment, letting the weight of the message sink in. This was no […]
Why does God work the way that God does? Why do bad things happen to good people? How do we understand when things that seem unfair happen? These are among the questions Rabbi Wes Kalmar’s weekly class has wrestled with over a 14-year period. His weekly Prophets of the Hebrew Bible class, on Zoom and […]
MEQUON – The Deli on Crown hired a chef’s assistant in recent months, after their culinary staff expressed concerns about keeping up with the pace of orders. The move has allowed for continuing growth, according to founders and managers Rabbi Mencachem and Hudi Rapoport. The Rapoports weren’t initially sure if their small food business, which […]
A grassroots coalition of rabbis, with Wisconsin signatories, has issued “A Statement of Jewish Beliefs,” in response to current events. “What began in February as privately expressed concerns within the confines of a group of Washington, DC, area rabbis who meet weekly, the effort is now growing as more than 500 individual rabbis and cantors […]
MILWAUKEE – Kai Yael Gardner Mishlove will be the new director of advocacy and alliances for Milwaukee’s Jewish Community Relations Council, according to its executive director, Roberta S. Clark. Working under Clark’s strategic direction, Mishlove will develop and nurture partnerships and alliances with communities and agencies throughout the region to build awareness of and advocacy […]
Susan Bressler Susan Bressler (nee Goldstein) died on April 9, 2025, at the age of 79. Beloved wife of Steven Bressler. Loving mother of Faye Hantsche and the late Howard Bressler. Proud grandmother of Samantha Hantsche. Dear sister of David (Nancy) Goldstein, Bruce (Kay) Goldstein, Tami Rogan, and the late Carol Rovner. Further survived by […]
One of the more amusing reactions when telling someone I’d enrolled in library school at the ripe old age of 48 was, “Of course! You’ve always loved books!” My response? Gently pointing out that lots of people spend their entire lives loving books and not becoming librarians. My parents – a rabbi and a teacher […]
This year’s Yom HaShoah marks 80 years since the Holocaust’s end. The Holocaust Education Resource Center invites the community to gather in remembrance on Sunday, April 27, at 3 p.m. at the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center in the Daniel M. Soref Community Hall. Their featured speaker, Jordan Bielsky — an actor, […]
I dreaded going to my grandmother’s house during the Passover season for the seder. But not for the reasons you might think. Grandma Seaman’s brisket was blue-ribbon worthy. Being surrounded by my older cousins always drummed up fun. But there was one part of the evening that filled me with absolute trepidation. Right there in black […]
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