Monday, July 4  March with JCC  Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center to march in parade, Monday, July 4, 11:10 a.m. Join the JCC for the Whitefish Bay Fourth of July Parade. Meeting location to be determined. JCC to provide the holiday swag! Wear a JCC T-shirt if you have one. Fill out an […]

When Otto Feller came to Milwaukee in 1965, he had only ten dollars and a self-described lovely singing voice.   Fifty-seven years later, The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany recognized Otto Feller’s 100th birthday on June 22, 2022. The Conference has asked for a flag to be flown in his honor above the U.S. […]

  For days, under hot film lights, Holocaust survivors answer hundreds of questions about themselves and what they remember about the atrocities they endured and witnessed. The result is the highly renowned “Dimensions in Testimony,” a collection of powerful interactive biographies at University of Southern California Shoah Foundation.    For Rachel Baum, a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee […]

  The Jewish family can be considered the core of Jewish identity. At a four-day event, attendees can develop a rich understanding about the history and function of family in a Jewish context, according to organizers.   “In many ways, the Jewish story is a family story,” said Cara Rock-Singer, co-chair of the Greenfield Institute Committee. […]

  Growing up gay in London, Danny M. Cohen, 43, learned the Jewish narratives of the Holocaust, but no one ever taught him about the Nazi persecution of homosexuals.    It’s such “hidden histories” of non-Jewish victims of the Holocaust that gave focus to Cohen’s research at Northwestern University. He is a professor, young adult novelist […]

  “Hike Israel from Sea to Sea” is a series of short hikes, paired with a trip to the Milwaukee area’s partnership region in the north of the Jewish state, subsidized by Milwaukee Jewish Federation.  The trip is a project of Federation, its Israel Center and the Partnership2Gether network. The approximate cost is $2,900, which […]