Sunday December 03, 2023 | 20 Kislev 5784
As the world wrapped its hate around Jews world–wide, I saw an email from the Milwaukee Jewish Federation offering a flight to D.C to attend the March for Israel on Tuesday, Nov. 14. Without any hesitation, the decision was made. In my lifetime, Jews have not been called up on a national level to stand […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – They came to represent. The politically active and the inactive, the observant and the non-observant, the men and the women, the different generations, all here. Milwaukee Jewish Federation chartered a plane and flew about 180 people on it to Washington, D.C., then flew it back that same day, to stand up for […]
About 180 people flew on a jet chartered by Milwaukee Jewish Federation to the Washington D.C. area and back, all in a day, for the March for Israel on Nov. 14, 2023. Some Wisconsinites met those from the chartered jet at the event. Photos by Rob Golub. * * *About 180 people flew on a […]
Sunday, Dec. 3 Community Free Day Jewish Museum Milwaukee hosts a community day for anyone living in Milwaukee County to visit the exhibit Women Pulling at the Threads of Social Discourse, for free. Dec. 3, 12-4 p.m. Jewish Museum Milwaukee, 1360 N. Prospect Ave., Milwaukee. More information at JewishMuseumMilwaukee.org. Monday, Dec. 4 Coffee with shlicha […]
Bebe Berkoff Bebe R. Berkoff, of Bayside, died Nov. 2, 2023, age 83. Preceded in death by beloved husband Marshall Berkoff. Treasured mother of Mark (Anne) Berkoff, Jonathan (Elissa) Berkoff, and Adam (Jennifer) Berkoff. Dear grandmother of Alex, Bella, Marie, and Ben Berkoff; Eliana (Mark) Meyer and Kira Berkoff, Craig and Dylan Kravetz; and Abra […]
In the aftermath of Hamas’ attacks, two panelists who worked on opposing sides of Israel-Palestine peace negotiations spoke at Congregation Sinai, and they agreed on more than you might think. “What Hamas did on October 7th can only be described as one thing. It is terrorism, nothing else,” said Ghaith al-Omari, who once worked for […]
The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle is offering a remote journalism internship for college students. The Chronicle has one opening for summer 2024 and another for spring 2024 during the school year. Full-time jobs and other internships often require or prefer previous professional experience. The Chronicle internship is designed to provide you with a good rung on that […]
The War Memorial Center, a Milwaukee landmark overlooking Lake Michigan, also functions as a year-round rental space for spacious and scenic downtown weddings. Collin Falvey, the wedding and event coordinator for the War Memorial Center, said that even though locals are familiar with the building itself, many people are unaware that the center accommodates weddings, […]
The Milwaukee Public Museum offers weddings in a range of unique spaces and exhibits: from ceremonies under the stars of their planetarium to receptions in front of Wendy the dinosaur or next to its butterfly vivarium. “I would definitely say we’re very immersive,” said Kristine Thomsen, director of special events and group sales at the […]
Growing up with educators as parents and having a passion for film, Jacob Rosenberg did not see teaching in his future. While he was always very passionate about education, when he became a teenager, he was determined not to follow in his parents’ footsteps. As it turns out, he could not fight genetics and the […]
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