Chai Lights: Iraqis at shul

Jane Avner and Steven Baruch speak to a group of Iraqi teenagers at Lake Park Synagogue on Aug. 8. The visit was part of an exchange program, run locally by the Global Youth Leadership Institute, that focuses on religious pluralism, multicultural tolerance, and civic responsibility. Avner, LPS president; Baruch, executive director of the Coalition for Jewish Learning of the Milwaukee Jewish Federation; and Elana Kahn-Oren, director of the federation’s Jewish Community Relations Council, spoke to the group about Judaism and the Jewish community. Photo by Elana Kahn-Oren/JCRC.