Friday May 17, 2024 | 9 Iyyar 5784
On Friday Afternoon: A Shabbat Celebration, by Michal Babay, illustration by Menachem Halberstadt, published by Charlesbridge On Friday Afternoon is the perfect picture book to bring Jewish pride and joy into your home. The text is engaging and energetic, capturing the afternoon preparations for Shabbat. The dog and cat, and all the antics, will delight […]
Despite advice to the contrary from loving family, she became an educator. Even though Erica (Bass) Fishbach’s grandmother – a Milwaukee Public Schools educator and librarian for many years – tried to deter her from going into teaching, Fishbach couldn’t help but follow her heart and soul into education. As a young girl, Fishbach was […]
Jewish Telegraphic Agency Many schools got an “F,” and though University of Wisconsin-Madison fared better, with a “C,” the director of Hillel there said that his school deserved a stronger showing. Last month, the ADL unveiled its Campus Antisemitism Report Card. It is a series of letter grades assigned to 85 colleges and universities based […]
Jewish solidarity will be on full display in Milwaukee when the Jewish National Fund-USA annual Breakfast for Israel is held here later this month. The May 30 breakfast, chaired by local philanthropists Diane and Eric Zall, is a free, annual community event. This year the event will focus on the organization’s Israel Resilience Campaign, intended […]
Oh, hello! Three current and former presidents of the Village of Fox Point stumbled upon one another at the same performance of “The Chosen,” unaware that the other two were also attending. The current president of the village of Fox Point, and her two predecessors, attended the Milwaukee Repertory Theatre’s performance on March 29, 2024. […]
Five-star ratings for Jewish Home The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid have awarded the Jewish Home and Care Center, of Ovation Communities, with five-star ratings in the areas of quality measures and staffing. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid created the five-star quality rating system to help consumers, their families, and caregivers compare nursing homes […]
Milwaukee Jewish Federation is offering “microgrants” for organizers of programming related to Israel or antisemitism. The Israel and Overseas Committee of Milwaukee Jewish Federation is offering the microgrants. Organizations can apply for microgrants ranging from $500 to $2,000 per group. If organizations partner with one another, those amounts can double. Programs must be held by […]
Relationships between mothers and their children are complicated. Our mothers are our first teachers, intentionally and unintentionally showing us how to be good people, how to treat and care for others, how to navigate the world, and how to overcome challenges. If you are as lucky as I have been, your mother will also teach […]
Nicolet High School offered kosher-for-Passover meals at prom, on April 27, toward the end of the Passover week. Nicolet is a public school, with one of the largest Jewish populations in the state. “We’re trying to be accommodating of the front end,” Superintendent Greg Kabara said. He credited the staff: “When students ask or say, […]
Gov. Tony Evers signed a bill to allocate $400,000 to Milwaukee’s Holocaust education center, over a two-year period, to help train educators statewide. The bill was approved unanimously by the state legislature after representatives of the Nathan and Esther Pelz Holocaust Education Resource Center testified at hearings in Madison. The state Senate passed the bill […]
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