KENOSHA – When much of the local Jewish community doesn’t live near its 1928 synagogue building, when most rooms have no air-conditioning, and when there’s no elevator for older congregants to get to the second-floor sanctuary, what else can you do? It’s time to move to a modern facility, right? Not in Kenosha. After […]

  MILWAUKEE – Shay Pilnik, local Holocaust educator, asked about 35 kids a question: What does “standing by” mean? In the very back of the room, 14-year-old Melissa’s hand flew up, followed by an answer: “To not do anything at all.” Yes, said Pilnik, executive director of the Nathan and Esther Pelz Holocaust Education Resource Center of […]

  Social justice advocate Mark Leno could become the next mayor of San Francisco, but he got his start on the Milwaukee area’s North Shore. The 1969 Nicolet High School graduate has been awfully busy since he moved out of town. After a stint in rabbinical school, he started a business in California. Then, a […]

  MILWAUKEE – You’re invited to become an annual Friend of the Chronicle! As a Friend, you’ll help the Chronicle deliver stories and information that can’t be found anywhere else to local homes. You help the Chronicle reach new audiences – thousands of people who engage with the state’s Jewish newspaper digitally through Facebook, Twitter, […]

If you had to move to one of the metro areas with the most Jewish residents in the US, which would you choose? We’re giving you the top four choices: New York City. This is the big daddy with 2 million Jewish residents. We hear the subway is a disaster and housing is ridiculously expensive, […]

MILWAUKEE – Jewish Family Services hosted a talk with Professor Matthew Desmond, author of the Pulitzer-Prize-winning book, “Evicted – Poverty and Profit in the American City.” The book follows families in Milwaukee as an example of nationwide issues. The talk, part of the JFS 150th anniversary celebration, gathered 935 attendees at the Potawatomi Hotel and Casino’s […]