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Rabbis issue a ‘Statement of Jewish Beliefs’ 

Posted on: May 8th, 2025 | 10 Iyyar 5785 by Rob Golub

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 […]

Jewish Community Relations Council hires Kai Mishlove as director of advocacy and alliances

Jewish Community Relations Council hires Kai Mishlove as director of advocacy and alliances

Posted on: May 8th, 2025 | 10 Iyyar 5785 by Special to the Chronicle

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 […]

Lifecycle, May 2025

Posted on: April 30th, 2025 | 2 Iyyar 5785 by Rob Golub

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 […]

Librarian’s prescription: When the world’s a mess, there are books – here’s what I’m reading

Librarian’s prescription: When the world’s a mess, there are books – here’s what I’m reading

Posted on: April 16th, 2025 | 18 Nisan 5785 by Special to the Chronicle

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 […]

Bielsky will reflect on heroic family story at Yom HaShoah Commemoration

Bielsky will reflect on heroic family story at Yom HaShoah Commemoration

Posted on: April 16th, 2025 | 18 Nisan 5785 by Special to the Chronicle

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, […]

So what can you switch up? What new recipe can you serve?

So what can you switch up? What new recipe can you serve?

Posted on: April 4th, 2025 | 6 Nisan 5785 by Special to the Chronicle

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 […]

Author visiting to discuss book about first woman to serve in a U.S. presidential cabinet.

Author visiting to discuss book about first woman to serve in a U.S. presidential cabinet.

Posted on: March 28th, 2025 | 28 Adar 5785 by Special to the Chronicle

Author Rebecca Graham is coming to Milwaukee to discuss her new book about the life and work of Frances Perkins, the first woman to serve in a U.S. presidential cabinet.   In partnership with the Nathan and Esther Pelz Holocaust Education Resource Center, Graham will give a presentation on her book, published in January, “Dear Miss Perkins: […]

Coming Events, April 2025 

Coming Events, April 2025 

Posted on: March 27th, 2025 | 27 Adar 5785 by Special to the Chronicle

Tuesdays, April 1  Kids Art & Baking  Weekly on Tuesdays at Friendship Circle from April 1st through May 13 excluding April 15 for Passover. April 1, 4-6 p.m. Friendship Circle of Wisconsin, 8649 N. Port Washington Rd., Fox Point.    Thursday, April 3  Women and objects “Bezalel’s Daughter: How Jewish Women Make Objects” Without Jewish American women, […]

Mike Levey supports the Annual Campaign and the Jewish people, with involvement in the Cardozo society and more

Mike Levey supports the Annual Campaign and the Jewish people, with involvement in the Cardozo society and more

Posted on: March 25th, 2025 | 25 Adar 5785 by Special to the Chronicle

Mike Levey is among the Annual Campaign volunteers who are working tirelessly to help raise dollars for the community campaign, and some of his involvement is with the Business and Professional Network (BPN) and its local society for attorneys.  Levey has been actively involved as a volunteer in Milwaukee Jewish Federation campaigns for about 40 […]

Alpha Epsilon Pi sees growth 

Alpha Epsilon Pi sees growth 

Posted on: March 20th, 2025 | 20 Adar 5785 by Special to the Chronicle

Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity has grown by more than 1,500 members and eight chapters across various colleges this past fall term.  The fraternity’s growing numbers are “despite, or perhaps, due to, rising campus antisemitism and tensions,” according to an AEPi press release.  Florida International University, University of Southern California and Wayne State University are among […]