With wedding season just around the corner, this is a reminder to take a moment and just breathe. Planning a wedding can be an overwhelming experience filled with lots of emotions. All the preparations lead to what is supposed to be one of the best days of your life; however, sometimes stress and expectations […]
Annette Schwartzman, a retired attorney, said there’s a lot that’s good in her Grandparents Chavurah, which is co-organized by Mequon Jewish Preschool and Ovation Communities. Ovation Communities is a local Jewish faith-based organization, offering a continuum of senior living and care options. Mequon Jewish Preschool and Ovation Communities have combined efforts to help grandparents […]
Bader Hillel Academy named a new principal and assistant principal, both within the last year. In September, Rabbi Sholom Ber Munitz was named Bader Hillel Academy’s Judaic Studies principal. Prior to the appointment, he taught fifth and sixth grade Judaic studies at Bader Hillel for 11 years, in addition to serving as the rabbi […]
As tragedy unfolded at the Ukraine-Polish border, two women from Jewish Milwaukee went there to see it, understand it, and report back. Representatives of Milwaukee Jewish Federation traveled to the Ukrainian border in Poland to witness what has become the largest humanitarian crisis since World War II, in the wake of Russia’s bloody Ukraine […]
Love watching Shark Tank? Wisconsinites can also view a local, more positive take on the hit television show. Every week, viewers across Wisconsin can tune in for a new episode of “Project Pitch It,” a show where Wisconsin entrepreneurs can pitch their ideas to a panel of leading business moguls and win awards to […]
The Milwaukee-area Walk for Israel is back and set to happen in-person again, for the first time since the pandemic abruptly shuttered Wisconsin in March 2020. The event marks Yom HaAtzmaut, the Israeli Independence Day, and it has historically been the largest annual pro-Israel event in the state. But the community last walked in-person […]
Congregation Emanu-El B’ne Jeshurun will be hosting a Singing for Ukraine concert on June 2 at 7 p.m. Community members can attend in-person or online through a live-stream on CEEBJ’s Youtube or Facebook. The evening will feature three acts, each performing a 20 to 30 minute set of music. Performing will be Robin Pluer […]
John Nickoll, 87, remembers how fond he was of his grandfather Benjamin. Now, the grandson is building on the grandfather’s local Jewish work. The Benjamin E. Nickoll Young Leadership Award, an award for young men who lead in the local Jewish community, has been granted by Milwaukee Jewish Federation since 1962. Now, sixty years […]
Sunday, May 1 Brewers Game Cantor Barash from Congregation Emanu-El B’ne Jeshurun will be stepping up to the plate and singing the National Anthem as well as during the seventh inning stretch at the Milwaukee Brewers game vs. the Chicago Cubs. Tune in to watch! Sunday, May 1 at 1:10 p.m. Monday, May 2 […]
University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor Francine Hirsch studies Russia and the Soviet Union, yet even she didn’t know the war in Ukraine would be so arduous. “It has been a completely brutal war of aggression with all kinds of war crimes and crimes against humanity. I don’t think anyone expected that,” Hirsch said. In the […]