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Writing, art contest for students 

Writing, art contest for students 

Posted on: February 8th, 2023 | 17 Shevat 5783 by Special to the Chronicle

The Nathan and Esther Pelz Holocaust Education Resource Center and Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center are inviting students, grades 7 through 12, to participate in their 2023 Holocaust Writing and Art Contest.   Students should focus on how lessons learned from the Holocaust may assist in combating modern day antisemitism. The submissions should […]

UW-Milwaukee offers a genocide and Holocaust certificate

UW-Milwaukee offers a genocide and Holocaust certificate

Posted on: February 7th, 2023 | 16 Shevat 5783 by Special to the Chronicle

Antisemitism has been on the rise, with recent months seeing public figures making hateful comments about Jewish people and the Holocaust.   The Anti-Defamation League reported that 2021 saw the largest number of antisemitic incidents in 40 years. An annual audit by the Jewish Community Relations Council of Milwaukee Jewish Federation has also tracked a significant […]

Jewish education rebounds from pandemic 

Jewish education rebounds from pandemic 

Posted on: January 3rd, 2023 | 10 Tevet 5783 by Rob Golub

Enrollment has grown in Milwaukee-area Jewish preschools, day schools, and religious schools, signaling an apparent end to a pandemic-era dip, according to a census of education by the Coalition for Jewish Learning of Milwaukee Jewish Federation.   The pandemic took its toll, dropping Jewish educational enrollment from 1,617 in 2019-2020, to 1,377 in 2020-2021. That stark […]

Student 

Posted on: September 29th, 2020 | 11 Tishri 5781 by Special to the Chronicle

  Naomi Arenzon  Naomi Arenzon, the daughter of Steven and Robin Arenzon, earned her master’s degree in social work with an emphasis in mental health and substance use from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Helen Bader School of Social Welfare. She is currently employed at Rogers Behavioral Health. 

Student, September 2018

Posted on: November 28th, 2018 | 20 Kislev 5779 by Special to the Chronicle

Sharon Levy Sharon Levy, the daughter of Mark and Cindy Levy, has had a short story published in a new book: “Iowa’s Emerging Writers, An Anthology by Z-Publishing” (September 2018). She had previously been published in the Coe Review, the literary magazine of Coe College. Sharon goes by the pen name Ariella S. Levy and […]

Student

Posted on: September 28th, 2018 | 19 Tishri 5779 by Special to the Chronicle

David Nayzberg David Nayzberg, 10, won at the 2018 Wisconsin Federation of Music Clubs State Festival Competition. He is a student at Donges Bay Elementary School in Mequon.

Amanda Ruppenthal Stein

Posted on: June 26th, 2018 | 13 Tammuz 5778 by Rob Golub

Amanda Ruppenthal Stein of Glendale has been awarded the 2018-19 Crown graduate fellowship from the Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies at Northwestern University. Stein is a PhD candidate in Musicology in the Bienen School of Music at Northwestern. Her research focuses on Jewish identity in classical music, with a focus on 19th […]

Student, June 2018

Posted on: May 24th, 2018 | 10 Sivan 5778 by Rob Golub

Carley S. Mitz Carley S. Mitz will receive a doctor of pharmacy degree from Concordia University, Wisconsin. She is the daughter of Howard and Merele Mitz of Mequon. Carley is the younger sister of Lindsay, who is also a doctor of pharmacy, and a twin sister to Cacey, who has a doctor of pharmacy degree […]

School

Posted on: May 4th, 2018 | 19 Iyyar 5778 by Special to the Chronicle

Bayla Waite, daughter of Beth Ann and Anthony Waite, is graduating from Carroll University this month. She is going on to Roosevelt University in Chicago for its master’s program in psychology. Josh Elkin, son of Irene and Robert Elkin, will be completing eighth grade at Kettle Moraine Middle School in June. In the fall he […]

Student

Posted on: June 30th, 2017 | 6 Tammuz 5777 by WJC Staff

Michael Edwards Michael Edwards of Thiensville graduated from Marquette University Law School in May 2017. The parents are Melinda and William Edwards of Thiensville.