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Coming Events, December 2023

Coming Events, December 2023

Posted on: December 1st, 2023 | 18 Kislev 5784 by Special to the Chronicle

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   […]

Fantle, Johnson examine ‘Summer Stock’ – JCC to host event for new book on Hollywood’s golden age

Fantle, Johnson examine ‘Summer Stock’ – JCC to host event for new book on Hollywood’s golden age

Posted on: September 27th, 2023 | 12 Tishri 5784 by Rob Golub

David Fantle, adjunct professor in film at Marquette, and his writing partner Tom Johnson, former senior editor at Netflix, bring their new book, “C’mon, Get Happy: The Making of Summer Stock” to readers on Oct. 16. The book follows the behind-the-scenes production of the Metro Goldwyn Mayer film “Summer Stock.”  On Sunday, Oct. 15 at […]

Coming Events, October 2023

Coming Events, October 2023

Posted on: September 27th, 2023 | 12 Tishri 5784 by Special to the Chronicle

Friday, Oct. 6  Farm with Tikkun Ha-Ir  Join Tikkun Ha-Ir to Glean on the Farm! Friends and family welcome for a fun day in the sun, serving the community through Food Justice. Pick fresh produce from the lovely grounds of this CSA farm in Waukesha. Perfect for families with children 3 and over. Pre-registration required […]

The personal is political

The personal is political

Posted on: September 19th, 2023 | 4 Tishri 5784 by Special to the Chronicle

Amy H. Shapiro believes everyone leads political lives.  By political, Shapiro said, she doesn’t mean the choices voters might make at their polling place or the ordinances they might lobby aldermen to enact. Rather, the emerita professor of philosophy and humanities from Alverno College in Milwaukee is talking about how personal choices and identities are […]

Jewish Museum Milwaukee examines how fiber artists amplify women’s voices on social issues

Jewish Museum Milwaukee examines how fiber artists amplify women’s voices on social issues

Posted on: September 4th, 2023 | 18 Elul 5783 by Special to the Chronicle

Women who believe the system is not organized in their interest can speak out. Sometimes, they speak through art.  A new fiber arts exhibit coming to the Jewish Museum Milwaukee in September is one way women and women’s advocates seek to reclaim the genre historically patronized as “women’s craft” to use it as a launching […]

Coming Events, September 2023

Coming Events, September 2023

Posted on: August 31st, 2023 | 14 Elul 5783 by Special to the Chronicle

Friday, Sept. 1  Pickleball Tournament Join the Labor Day Weekend Pickleball Tournament on the JCC Outdoor Courts! Inviting all 2.5-3.0 level players to participate in a mixed scramble tournament. Sept. 1, 8:30 a.m. Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center, 6255 N. Santa Monica Blvd., Whitefish Bay. $25. Questions or to register, contact Jess Lanke: […]

Liza Wiemer’s new book is on giving

Liza Wiemer’s new book is on giving

Posted on: August 11th, 2023 | 24 Av 5783 by Special to the Chronicle

Early one winter morning, a small Jewish boy named Daniel is startled out of bed to the sound of someone walking in fresh snow. He peers out of his room’s window to see his father carrying a mysterious box away from his home.    What happens next in “Out and About: A Tale of Giving” the […]

IN PICTURES: Touch-a-Truck Festival 

IN PICTURES: Touch-a-Truck Festival 

Posted on: August 3rd, 2023 | 16 Av 5783 by Special to the Chronicle

Disposal and fire trucks lined the JCC parking lot, while around the corner on the JCC lawn, information booths, food trucks, a bounce house and a mini truck race course lined the lawn.   * * * Touch-a-Truck Festival  The kids were climbing in truck cabs, pounding away at horns and twisting steering wheels with vigor, […]

Geoff Colvin spoke to business leaders at Federation’s Economic Forum 

Geoff Colvin spoke to business leaders at Federation’s Economic Forum 

Posted on: July 28th, 2023 | 10 Av 5783 by Special to the Chronicle

“The recession has always been six months from now, so is it coming?” retorted Geoff Colvin at the Milwaukee Jewish Federation’s June 26 Economic Forum. Colvin, the keynote speaker, delivered a talk on this and more for area business leaders.  The CBS Radio commentator primarily discussed challenges to business in the modern world including artificial […]

Jewish bikers rumble and roll into Milwaukee

Jewish bikers rumble and roll into Milwaukee

Posted on: June 30th, 2023 | 11 Tammuz 5783 by Rob Golub

WHITEFISH BAY – One of the motorcycles zoomed into the JCC parking lot bearing a pair of large, flowing Israeli flags, fluttering off the ends of poles at the back of the chopper. Wendy and David Hefter rode the bike all the way from Baltimore.  “It’s a privilege and an honor,” David said. “It’s a […]