March 14, 2026 | 24 Adar 5786
MILWAUKEE – Ramona Tenorio keeps a go-bag with important documents. She carries a copy of her U.S. passport on her. It’s not a perfect plan: “People are being attacked before they are even allowed to get that stuff,” she said. Tenorio is a Jewish Wisconsinite, a fourth-generation American of Mexican heritage. In theory, she should […]
Drs. Laurel and Brian Bear have called Milwaukee their home their entire married life. Their connection to the Jewish community has been an integral part of the choices they have made for themselves and their family. This is a l’dor v’dor story, a generation-to-generation lift, a baton-passing moment in Jewish philanthropy. “We’ve been blessed through […]
Darryl D. Morin sees the darkness, right here in Wisconsin. He believes the reports that at least some law enforcement offers in Wisconsin are pulling over drivers because they look Hispanic. School attendance fluctuates with fear. And children worry they will lose their parents to a sometimes-shadowy law enforcement system. “I’d be remiss not to say that what we’re […]
The Milwaukee Jewish Federation has announced its 2026 Salute to Jewish Educators award recipients, including awards for Elsie Crawford, Sara Perlman and Devorah Shmotkin. Elsie Crawford, Founder and Executive Director of Tikkun B’Yachad/Repairing Together, received the Jerry Benjamin Inspiration Award for Informal Jewish Education. Crawford leads a cross‑community program that builds long‑term relationships among students in Milwaukee’s segregated neighborhoods, using art, dialogue and shared cultural […]
MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Jewish community is preparing for this year’s Community Passover Food Drive, an annual effort known as Maot Chittim that provides Passover food to local households in need. The drive will run March 8-24, with distribution set for March 29. Matzah is the only food item being collected this year, organizers said. […]
Israeli-born artist Jac Lahav’s “48 Jews” has toured cities around the nation. This March, paintings from the collection are making their way to Milwaukee – with the portraits including people from Jewish Wisconsin. “I started the series thinking about my own personal history,” Lahav said. “This was at the time around where that Adam Sandler […]
MILWAUKEE – Nominations are now open for the Herb Kohl Service Award, an annual honor recognizing outstanding leadership and service to the Jewish community. Named for one of Wisconsin’s most distinguished leaders, the award honors individuals who have made exceptional lifetime contributions to Wisconsin through philanthropy, business, and community leadership, according to Milwaukee Jewish Federation. […]
When I came to Wisconsin in January to testify at the State Capitol in support of a proposed bill to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism, I came with one intention: to share my personal story as a survivor of antisemitic violence. On October 7, 2023, I was at the Nova music festival […]
In November 2025, I introduced the Interfaith Security Grants Bill (Senate Bill 789) to address the urgent need for state support of security measures needed by Wisconsin’s faith communities, including Wisconsin’s Jewish community. While Wisconsin provided security grants to religious organizations in years past, once that program ended, a funding gap has grown on pace […]
A bill to require state and local agencies to consider a common definition of antisemitism when determining discriminatory intent has been passed by the state Assembly and is headed for a March 17 vote in the state Senate. The Assembly vote on Bill 446 – requiring consideration of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition – passed 66-33 on Feb. 17, with 12 Democrats supporting it. The bill passed with strong support from Milwaukee Jewish Federation, its local Jewish […]
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