Do you feel anti-Semitism is a greater problem on the American right or on the American left? We’ve seen reports of anti-Semitism on the American left, some of it seemingly related to the BDS (boycott, divest, sanction) movement against Israel. Intersectionality may also be a culprit, referring to the notion that objects of discrimination can […]

  The first time Danny Arnold saw “Fiddler on the Roof” was as a middle schooler in Succasunna, New Jersey. His older brother Adam was one of the Russian soloists in a high school production. “I became hooked on the show and always wanted to do it from that point on,” he said, “and saw […]

  MILWAUKEE – Early last summer a friend of Milwaukee-based artist Rozalia Hernandez-Singh told her about an opportunity to help children paint a mural at the Albert & Ann Deshur JCC Rainbow Day Camp. Intrigued, Hernandez-Singh was put in touch with Andrea Bernstein, the coordinator of Hours Against Hate, a program of the Milwaukee Jewish […]

  MILWAUKEE – She’s a Hillel rock star, livening up events with positive energy, helping to found a new Jewish women’s group and interning at Hillel Milwaukee. “She got the Challah for Hunger program off the ground nearly single-handedly,” said Hillel Milwaukee Executive Director Julie Schack, interviewing in early December. The program has students baking […]

  GLENDALE ­– One day, couches just appeared in the classroom. “It was a few weeks back. We came in on Monday to these couches,” remembered Yishay Levin, a 15-year-old freshman at Nicolet High School. “She actually found them on the side of a road.” What happened was that Nicolet High School Hebrew teacher Yael […]

The federal government remains shut down as President Donald Trump holds out for a $5 billion wall between the United States and Mexico. Democrats say they are happy to support good border security, but not the construction project that the president is seeking. The president, on the other hand, has been consistent in his desire […]