Wednesday February 08, 2023 | 17 Shevat 5783
By any measure, Thomas Jacobson has lived a very colorful life. A survivor of the S.S. St. Louis, he made his way to the Milwaukee area, where he enjoyed a decades-long career as one of Wisconsin’s leading civil rights attorneys and co-founded Milwaukee’s first racially integrated law firm in 1962. He argued before the U.S. […]
Wednesday, Feb. 1 Jews in Ukraine Global Museum Passport – History of Jews in Ukraine. Join the Jewish Museum Milwaukee through the thousand-year history of Jewish presence in Ukraine and influential towns Mariupol, Kherson, Kiev, Kharkiv. Feb. 1, 12-1:30 p.m. An online event. Museum members free. Non-members $10. Register online. JewishMuseumMilwaukee.org. Programs@JewishMuseumMilwaukee.org. 414-390-5730. Thursday, Feb. […]
In response to the sharp rise in antisemitism in the U.S., the Milwaukee Jewish Federation joined forces with the national Shine a Light initiative to raise awareness about modern antisemitism, according to a news release. The Federation sought to “shine a light” on antisemitism last month with “Hanukkah on the Hoan.” Each night of the […]
University of Wisconsin System schools have been asked to consult a central calendar and minimize conflicts with major religious holidays, under a new policy adopted in the wake of a conflict between Rosh Hashanah and the first day of school. The new University of Wisconsin System policy, approved Nov. 9, 2022, comes after two years […]
Ten years ago this past August, a gunman walked into the Sikh Temple in Oak Creek and opened fire, killing six people in an apparent act of hate. The attack ripped through the heart of Milwaukee, sending shock waves across the area’s close-knit faith community. But Marvin Tick refused to sit idle in the […]
Thursday, Jan. 5 Film: ‘Karaoke’ “Faces & Voices of Israel: Film Screening of ‘Karaoke.’” First in a three-part film series presented by Harry & Rose Samson Family JCC, Milwaukee Jewish Film Festival, and Milwaukee Jewish Federation examining aspects of life in Israel. Films followed by talk-backs and group discussions featuring Community Shaliach Uria Roth. […]
Milwaukee native Henya Federman is on life support following a tragic accident in the Virgin Islands. Henya and her husband, Rabbi Asher Federman, have been the Chabad Lubavitch Emissaries to the Virgin Islands for the past 17 years. Henya is the daughter of Rabbi Yisroel and Devorah Shmotkin, founders and leaders of Chabad Lubavitch […]
NextGen, a program of Milwaukee Jewish Federation, is planning a holiday-inspired, football-crazed celebration of lights and touchdowns. The Green Bay Packers host the Rams Monday, Dec. 19, 7:15 p.m. A pre-game gathering with appetizers and drinks starts at 6 p.m., with the event planned to run until 11 p.m. Attend the event, at Amped […]
A talk with an Israel water expert has been rescheduled from an earlier date in November to Jan. 8, 10 a.m., 10-11:30 a.m. “Cleaning Lakes and Fighting Climate Change Two Birds – One Stone?” is sponsored by Congregation Sinai’s Israel Connection program. Oori Weisshaus, PhD, is chief technology officer at Blue Green Water Technologies, […]
Leaders from Milwaukee Jewish Federation joined more than 1,200 Jewish communal leaders in Chicago at Jewish Federations’ three-day General Assembly, where they set the shared Jewish communal agenda for the year ahead and heard from a diverse array of voices on critical issues facing the North American Jewish community, according to a news release. […]
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