If I polled most of you about the significance of Sept. 19, 2018, you would likely respond, perhaps after quickly consulting your calendar, that it is Yom Kippur. After doing some biographical research, Douglas Adams, however, might arise with a far different response: He might suggest that I have now reached the age of […]

  They were on the phone. Two old friends who’d grown up together in the Milwaukee area’s North Shore were just talking on the phone. It was maybe 15 years ago. Who knows anymore? During a visit to the Albert & Ann Deshur JCC Rainbow Day Camp in Fredonia in August, they were too busy having […]

  Rabbi Nir Barkin, who once served as an emissary to Milwaukee, reports his Reform public school in Israel has cut staff, salaries and progressive Jewish education to survive. In December 2017, the Chronicle reported that new government rules in Israel were shutting down Reform-themed education for children, creating a woeful situation for the nation’s […]

From the summers of 2017 to 2018, the year was packed with news like a New York bagel with cream cheese. From anti-Semitism to gubernatorial support for Israel, there has been plenty going on. This list is by no means exhaustive, but it represents an effort to bring you 10 of our most memorable local […]

  The horror of 9/11 and the sadness of losing his father produced the two hardest Rosh Hashanah sermons Rabbi Gil-Ezer Lerer has had to deliver. Several Wisconsin rabbis talked frankly in interviews about the challenges of writing and delivering sermons, especially for the High Holidays annually. Gil-Ezer remembers adjusting quickly after 9/11. The Temple […]

  GLENDALE – A Jacqueline Cabessa Redlich painting isn’t just a painting. It’s a collage of vibrant colors, the blues, greens, reds and golds springing off the canvas. No sadness here. Just happiness, often mixed with the elegance of a French café or walls from the old city of Jerusalem. But when we say a Jacqueline Cabessa Redlich painting […]