A noted lawyer and jurist were each granted the Herb Kohl Service Award  Two people whose work has helped shape lives across Wisconsin, from classrooms to courtrooms and local organizations, have been named recipients of the Herb Kohl Service Award.  Leading attorney and philanthropist Robert Habush and jurist and civic leader Judge Derek Mosley have been recognized for their […]

A grassroots effort of local volunteers is cutting and crocheting plastic bags into mats for the homeless. It’s a triple mitzvah – serving the homeless, reusing plastic bags to benefit the environment, and bringing together different groups in the Jewish community. The mats are called “Mercy Mats” and are made of crocheted plastic grocery bags. They  offer warmth and are less apt to get muddled with water and mold for people who are unhoused and need a portable mattress. In recent […]

As Rabbi David Cohen steps away, Jacobsen embraces a new beginning that she didn’t see coming  “It all started with meeting a nice Jewish boy,” said Rabbi Ora Jacobsen. “My husband!”  Jacobsen started as Congregation Sinai’s new Rabbi this month, but becoming a Jewish professional was not her original plan. She was not born into a Jewish […]

Singing “Hatikva” at the  Yom HaZikaron commemoration at the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center, from left to right: Eitan Ben Zeev (shin shin), Mia Ostrovsky (shin shin), Or Kashi (Jewish Agency for Israel Fellow), then seven Israeli women from the Yad Mordechai delegation – Shuli Orit- Schneider, Ziv Eldan Harrari, Sivan Chen Sardam, Shani Rieger, Ofer Hemo, Maya Derfner- Shifman and Gili Degani. Written in […]

Lauren Blumenthal teaches at Bader Hillel Academy Upon finishing her teaching certificate, Lauren Blumenthal began searching for a teaching position, with her sights set on early education in the Milwaukee area. She came across a paraprofessional position in a K-5 classroom at Bader Hillel Academy (BHA) and applied. Brad Grayvold, the assistant principal at BHA, noticed her […]

Grief and hardship, as told by a family man   Children scrambled to and fro as the sound of community filled the air at a Congregation Shalom family Shabbat, but the Seigels were in their own bubble, sitting expectantly.   “Sammy, my older one, who will turn 7 in a couple of months … [was] like, […]