Milwaukee Jewish Federation has assessed community needs for some possibly difficult months to come, and it has identified three core issues: unemployment, food insecurity and mental health.  These are predicted to be the top need categories in the future, in part because people’s unemployment benefits are expected to expire and that impacts all three […]

  Hilary Miller has long considered herself an ambassador for the Jewish community.  Growing up in Bayside, Miller attended Milwaukee Jewish Day School and was involved in the Jewish community while she attended Nicolet High School.  She served as president of the Wisconsin region of BBYO, for instance.  The Jewish value of tikkun olam was […]

  The Albert & Ann Deshur JCC Rainbow Day Camp in Fredonia reopened this morning, after it closed Monday, July 6 because a staff member tested positive for COVID-19, according to a spokesman.   “We have worked actively with the local Health Department and are confident that the actions we’ve taken – and the limited exposure to our […]

  Noah Wolfe, a local college student, got started with suburban protesting when he posted a June 6 event to Facebook: “North Shore Justice for George Floyd Peaceful Protest.”  “I created the event on Facebook, just thinking, maybe we’ll get 100 or 200 people,” he said.   Instead, more than 1,500 people showed up to Atwater […]

Jews of color will speak at a “Milwaukee Jews for Black Lives Matter Action” event on Milwaukee’s east side on Friday afternoon. The event is the creation of several local Jews, spurred to action by their fellowship with a national Jewish organization.  Anna Goldstein, Ariel Kohll, Nicole Gorelik, Sahar Steiner and Joey Allis are among the […]

  MILWAUKEE – Jewish Museum Milwaukee, a program of Milwaukee Jewish Federation, is to open this month, with new health precautions in place.   The museum has been hosting virtual events online, but it is now slated to open its physical space in the next several weeks. The museum will start out briefly with a smaller […]