With all the friction over elections in recent years, one rabbi is to bring peace to polling sites on Nov. 8, 2022, Election Day.  Rabbi Natalie Louise Shribman will be a chaplain at the polls, in Eau Claire, for this year’s midterm elections. Chaplains at the polls provide a peaceful presence and, if needed, help […]

  Wednesday, Nov. 2  UWM Lecture  “Stutthof: A Nazi Camp Near Danzig,” 2022 Distinguished Lecture by Prof. Ruth Schwertfeger. 7-8:30 p.m., Nov. 2. University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, Golda Meir Library, Fourth Floor Conference Center. Zoom registration available. Schwertfeger’s book is the first scholarly publication in English to break the silence of Stutthof, a concentration […]

Some in the community facing memory issues will soon have a new place to call home, with a fireplace, bistro, a sun-baked gathering area, new technology, and more. Construction is underway.   Ovation Communities is renovating a wing in its east side campus to open a community-based residential facility for memory care, with 16 rooms for […]

  Three years ago, I was grateful to ascend to the bimah of this loving and warm 100+-year-old shul in the heart of the “Driftless Area” of southeastern Wisconsin. I knew this was a special place. The Driftless Area is so-called because it never experienced the drift of glaciers during the last Ice Age. It […]

A combination of vandalism and freak accidents have forced Racine’s Israel Sinai Synagogue to fix itself repeatedly in recent years.   The most recent incident was on Oct. 9 or 10, 2022, when an object similar to a steppingstone was thrown through a window.   Congregants do feel safe at the synagogue, at 3009 Washington Ave., said […]

  It happened fast. The old plan was tossed aside and, suddenly, Chabad of Kenosha has a new Jewish center, a $1.1 million facility and land.  After 15 years of services and events in Rabbi Tzali and Rivkie Wilschanski’s home, with some larger events held at a hotel venue, Chabad of Kenosha closed on the […]