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Friday, Feb. 5
Health care disparities
Congregation Sinai’s social action Shabbat will feature Dr. Magda Peck, who will address the disparities in Milwaukee’s health care delivery system. Dr. Peck served as professor and founding dean of University of Wisconsin Milwaukee’s Joseph J. Zilber School of Public Health from March 2012 through June 2015. She is a longtime champion of public health improvements for Milwaukee’s entire population. All are welcome at the program, which will begin at 6:15 p.m. Congregation Sinai is located at 8223 N. Port Washington Road, Fox Point.
Film: ‘112 Weddings’
“Happily Ever After is Complicated”filmmaker Doug Block videotapes weddings as a side job. Two decades and 112 weddings later, Doug decides to find out what happened to a number of the couples he filmed – many of them Jewish. This delightful, amusing and often touching 2014 documentary looks at footage of couples on their wedding day, talking about their feelings – and then skips years, and asks them for their current views of marriage, and whether it was what they had originally anticipated. The results are both entertaining and poignant. In English. Ages 14 and older. Shown at the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center, 6255 N. Santa Monica Blvd., White%uFB01sh Bay. 1 p.m. Free to all.
Fire safety at home
"Fire Safety For Your Home" event will feature a representative of the Milwaukee Fire Department. There are many things that people can do to prevent fires and be aware of fire dangers. Learn exactly what to do in case of a fire in the home. Refreshments will be served. In the new community room at Temple Menorah, 9363 North 76th Street, Milwaukee. 10 a.m. Open to all. More information: 414-355-1120.
Film: ‘My Daughter the Terrorist’
This 2014 documentary is a rare look at an organization that most of the world has blacklisted as a terrorist group. Made by the first foreign film crew to be given access to Tamil Tigers (LTTE) of Sri Lanka, the film offers important insights into the recently re-ignited conflict in Sri Lanka. Shown at the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center, 6255 N. Santa Monica Blvd., White%uFB01sh Bay. 7 p.m. Free to all.
Special needs photo exhibit
“The Art of Me” photography exhibit will feature self-portraits created by members of the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center’s adult special needs program. The program will be led by teaching artists from Upstream Arts, an arts education organization. An improvisational show allows for those with disabilities – who are rarely offered an opportunity to participate in an artistic program – to sing, move to music and take part in skits, which also include lots of humor. “The Art of Me” is the culmination of Upstream Arts’ two-week visit to the JCC that began Jan. 31. Held at 6:30 p.m. in the JCC’s Community Hall. Structured improvisational performance by members of the group at 7:15 p.m. Free to all. More information at JccMilwaukee.org.
Welcome Israeli conductor
The Milwaukee Jewish Federation is welcoming Yaniv Dinur, the new assistant conductor of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, to the community. Discounted tickets (20 percent off) to the MSO’s performance of “My Sinatra” are being offered, and ticketholders can attend a complimentary post show reception to honor Dinur. The concert starts at 8 p.m., followed by a dessert and wine reception (dietary laws observed). Learn more and purchase tickets at MilwaukeeJewish.org/Yaniv, or call Ashleigh Lund at 414-390-5741.
Book talk: Story of Wehrmacht soldier
A novel, “The Slow and Painful Awakening of Herr Wilhelm Neimann,” is the story of a Wehrmacht soldier, Wilhelm Neimann, who returns from the Eastern Front in 1944, wounded and suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. Author Kenneth M. Kapp was educated as a mathematician and returned to writing fiction 15 years ago. Read more at KmkBooks.com. Kapp will give a book talk at Boswell Books, 2559 N Downer Ave., Milwaukee, at 7 p.m.
Lecture on World War II artist
This is a lecture presentation with international Szyk expert Irvin Ungar. In 1940, the Polish-Jewish artist Arthur Szyk left Europe for the United States to spur American support for the war against Hitler. He worked as a self-appointed “soldier in art,” producing thousands of anti-Axis works designed for mass reproduction. His artwork provides a unique perspective on the people, policies, and world events surrounding the Holocaust and Israel’s statehood. Irvin Ungar is the force behind the Szyk renaissance. A rabbi fluent in Jewish history and tradition, Ungar is the CEO of the firm Historicana and the curator of The Arthur Szyk Society. He has created exhibits at major institutions worldwide and is the author of “Justice Illuminated: The Art of Arthur Szyk.” Jewish Museum Milwaukee, 1360 N. Prospect Ave. 7:30 p.m. Free for members .$7 for non-members. RSVP by Feb. 12 to Programs@JewishMuseumMilwaukee.org, call 414-390-5730 or visit JewishMuseumMilwaukee.org to register online.
Winter Concert featuring Vitrolum Republic
Plymouth Church and Congregation Shir Hadash are presenting a winter concert featuring Vitrolum Republic. 7:30 p.m. at Plymouth Church, 2717 E. Hampshire St. Tickets can be purchased in advance on eventbrite.com or at the door. Prices are $25 adults, $20 seniors, and $5 for all students. There will be a havdalah service prior to the concert and a dessert reception following the concert. The Vitrolum Republic’s style has long defied a succinct summary, according to a news release. Over the past decade in Milwaukee’s music scene, they’ve blended styles from American roots and folk music with elements of blues, rock, singer-songwriter and classical genres. For more information on Vitrolum Republic and to listen to their music, check out TheVitrolumRepublic.com
Masquerade ball for mental health
“unMasKEd!” is a masquerade ball at The Garage at The Harley-Davidson Museum to support mental health awareness and services. Proceeds from “unMasKEd!” allow Jewish Family Services to provide mental health services to those who cannot afford to pay. Costumes are optional but masks are mandatory! The two-part evening gives you the option of choosing your adventure: 1. ALL NITE: 7 p.m. to midnight, with hors d’oeuvres and dessert stations, silent auction, live entertainment by Dead Man’s Carnival, “maskerade” contest and awards presentations, dancing to DJ by Milwaukee Airwaves and cash bar. $95. LATE NIGHT: 9 p.m. to midnight. Dessert stations, dancing to DJ by Milwaukee Airwaves and cash bar. $40. Visit UnmaskedEvent.com.
Adaption of Mary Poppins
Let’s Go Fly a Kite, a “fun and hilarious” adaptation of the Mary Poppins story, is a production by Torah Academy of Milwaukee for the women and girls of Milwaukee. Performed at the Ritz Theater of the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center, 6255 N. Santa Monica Blvd., Whitefish Bay, at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Reservations recommended. Price with reservations: Patrons $54; Women $18 and Children $10. At the door: women $20, children $12.50. To make reservations or for more information call 414-352-6789 or email tam@TorahAcademyMil.org.
Evening with Israeli commando
“Operation Entebbe: An exclusive evening with Elite IDF Commando Sassy Reuven” will feature Sassy Reuven, a veteran of the Israeli military. During the terror-filled years of 1973-1976 Reuven served in the Israel Defense Force’s elite "red beret" paratrooper unit. He participated in the famed Entebbe counter- terrorist hostage-rescue mission, flying over enemy territory to rescue Jewish hostages being held by terrorists in Uganda. Five Israeli commandos were wounded and one, the unit commander, Lt. Col. Yonatan Netanyahu, was killed. All the hijackers, three hostages and 45 Ugandan soldiers were killed. Reuven will share his personal experience, step-by-step from the moment he was called to duty, including the preparation for the mission, landing in Uganda and completing the mission behind enemy lines. Free. 7 p.m., The Peltz Center for Jewish Life, 2233 West Mequon Road, Mequon.
Executive chef at Temple Menorah
The “Warm-Up Winter Brunch @ Temple Menorah” will feature Jason Gorman, executive chef at the Milwaukee Art Museum. In creating the current menu at MAM, Gorman has kept in mind Calatrava’s Spanish heritage as well as his own part-Italian family traditions. The result is a menu filled with Spanish flavors and Wisconsin ingredients. He will present a “Delectable Demonstration” following the Annual Winter Brunch at Temple Menorah. Temple Menorah members $12; non-members $16. RSVP by Feb. 17 to Temple Menorah at 414-355-1120. 10 a.m.
Film: Born into Brothels
Documentary photographer Zana Briski journeyed into Calcutta’s underworld to photograph the city’s prostitutes. In return, she offered to teach the prostitutes’ children the basics of photography so that the kids could document their own lives on the streets of one of the world’s poorest cities. Shown at the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center, 6255 N. Santa Monica Blvd., White%uFB01sh Bay. 7 p.m. Free to all.
Tuesday, Feb. 23
“Grapes of Wrath” book discussion
The Tikkun Ha-Ir Social Justice Book Discussion Group will discuss John Steinbeck’s Pulitzer Award winning novel, “The Grapes of Wrath.” Written in 1939 during the Great Depression, this classic focused on the plight of workers looking for jobs and dignity. Jody Hirsh, Judaic education director at the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center will pose the question of its relevance today. The program is free and open to the public. It will be at a private home at 7:30 p.m. Contact Donna Neubauer, 414-354-5961, redd1neubs@sbcglobal.net or Judy Baruch, 414-247-3750, JBaruch@thi-Milwaukee.org for the location.
Drawing on the transcripts from a landmark trial in the history of Israel, author Ben Hecht offers his own take on the Kasztner Affair. A seemingly insignificant refugee from Hungary accuses an important member of David Ben Gurion’s Mapai party of collaborating with the Nazis during the murder of Hungarian Jewry. Instructor: Dr. Shay Pilnik. Held at the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center by the Milwaukee Jewish Federation’s Nathan and Esther Pelz Holocaust Education Resource Center. 7 p.m. Free to all.
Join Debra Gorra Barash for a baby sign language class. Register for the class by calling Congregation Beth Israel Ner Tamid. Classes will be held at 11 a.m. on Sundays, Feb. 28-April 17. Class size is limited to 10 families. Cost: CBINT members $180 per family, all others $200 per family. 414-352-7310. CbintMilwaukee.org. Congregation Beth Israel Ner Tamid Marvin & Marilyn Zetley Family Campus, 6880 N. Green Bay Road, Glendale.
Survivor tells Holocaust story
“Holocaust Stories: In their Honor featuring Tauba Biterman” is part of a series, the survival stories of members of the Nathan and Esther Pelz Holocaust Education Resource Center’s Speakers Bureau. This program allows community members, both teenagers and adults, an opportunity to listen to the testimonies of our local Holocaust survivors while there is still time to do so, and to recognize these unique individuals for their heroic survival of the Nazi hell and their creation of a new life on American soil. Held at the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center by the Milwaukee Jewish Federation’s Nathan and Esther Pelz Holocaust Education Resource Center. 10 a.m. Free to all.
Film, talk on women and relationships
“Friendship in Spirit” film to be shown, relating to the power of relationships among women. This film will be presented and moderated by Amit Yaniv-Zehavi, Milwaukee Jewish Federation’s community Shlicha. She will share her experiences working with the Wonderful Women Project in Israel in which the Jewish Agency brought together secular women from Mateh Yehuda and haredi women from Beit Shemesh. The women broke stereotypes, built friendships and ultimately made short films about the meaning of being a Jewish woman. The sisterhoods and women’s groups from Milwaukee area Reform, Conservative, Orthodox and Reconstructionist synagogues are invited to join this program to foster a local dialogue and build bridges of understanding. Sponsored by Women of Sinai, National Council of Jewish Women-Milwaukee Section, Women’s Philanthropy of the Milwaukee Jewish Federation and Hadassah. 7 p.m. at Congregation Sinai, 8223 N. Port Washington Road, Fox Point. Contact WomenOfSinaiMKE@gmail.com or 414-353-2970 for more information.
Tuesday, March 1
Israeli Reform rabbi on pluralism
“Shaping the dream: Striving for Religious pluralism and gender equality in Israel” is the title of a talk to be given at Congregation Sinai. Rabbi Ariella Graetz Bar Tuv is visiting from Kehillat Emet VeShalom, Congregation Sinai’s sister congregation in Israel. The synagogue is affiliated with Israel’s Movement for Progressive and Reform Judaism. She is visiting as part of a project sponsored by the Israeli government and IMPJ. The initiative seeks to connect Israel and the diaspora in relevant and meaningful ways. Rabbi Ariella is a Reform rabbi with Orthodox family. Free to all. 7 p.m. More info: 414-352-2970.
Ongoing Health & Support
North shore Al-Anon holds weekly meetings on Mondays, 6:30 p.m. at Congregation Shalom, 7630 N. Santa Monica Blvd., Fox Point, in the Pivar Foyer.
Al-Anon family groups are a fellowship of relatives and friends of substance abusers who share their experience, strength and hope in order to solve their common problems. In Al-Anon you are not alone. Contributions are voluntary. For more information contact Abby at Abby@Cong-Shalom.org or Gerald Melnick at MelnickGerald@gmail.com.
Grief and Loss Support Group
The Grief and Loss Support group is specifically for people who have lost a spouse. Wednesday mornings at 10 a.m. Co-sponsored with Jewish Family Services and held at Congregation Shalom, 7630 N. Santa Monica Blvd., Fox Point. RSVP to Abby at either Abby@Cong-Shalom.org or by phone at 414 352-9288.
Senior living events
Set Your Sights on February Programs at Chai Point
MILWAUKEE – Vision Forward presents "Seeing Better in 2016" on Thursday, Feb. 4, at 1:30 p.m. This presentation offers tips to help maintain eye health and new products to enhance vision. Vision Forward strives to empower, educate, and enhance the lives of people impacted by vision loss through all of life’s transitions. Macular degeneration, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy and other age-related vision loss shouldn’t mean the end of an active life.
"Jewish History Journey at Chai Point" continues on Monday, Feb. 8, at 2:45 p.m., with Judaism through the first millennium CE: Later Rabbis & Gaonim: Gemarah & Talmud; and Monday, Feb. 22, at 2:45 p.m., with Diaspora Jewry-Ashkenaz & Sepharad: Kehillot, Maimonides & Rashi. Facilitated by Rabbi Steven Adams, the series explores the culture and religion from its beginnings to today and beyond. "Jewish History" runs through May 2016; stay tuned for future dates and topics.
Cate Miller, local foodie and owner of Cate’s Kitchen, stirs up a delicious soup in her program, "From Soup to Nuts" on Tuesday, Feb. 10, at 3 p.m. Through her business, Miller coordinates demonstrations for events such as Bastille Days, teaches cooking classes and writes about food for a variety of publications. This demonstration is the first in a series featuring Milwaukee culinary professionals.
On Tuesday, Feb. 16, at 3 p.m., professor Mark Keane presents the interactive program, "Draw Along with Frank Lloyd Wright." Professor Mark Keane teaches design and drawing at the School of Architecture and Urban Planning at UW-Milwaukee and is the director of the Frank Lloyd Wright Initiative. This lecture kicks off the "Designs of Our Lives" series, focusing on the appreciation of design and how it has enhanced our daily living. Speakers will include area architects, product designers, interior designers and photographers.
Concert pianist Zoya Makhlina Goldenberg performs on Thursday, Feb. 18, at 1:30 p.m. The program will include classical, contemporary and jazz selections, including the music of Chopin and Mendelssohn. A native of Ukraine, Goldenberg studied piano from the age of five. After the Chernobyl disaster, she moved from Kiev to Milwaukee, where she established her piano studio.
On Friday, Feb. 26, at 1:30 p.m.,the Latin-Klezmer fusion band Klezmer Libre comes to Chai Point for a return performance. Translated from Yiddish and Spanish, "To Play Music Freely," Klezmer Libre is comprised of faculty members from the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music. The ensemble plays a variety of genres including traditional Eastern-European Klezmer, Latin, contemporary and classical.
All programs and performances are free unless otherwise noted. Free parking is also available under the building at 1414 N. Prospect Ave.
Lectures and music at Sarah Chudnow Community
MEQUON – February starts off at Sarah Chudnow Community, 10995 N. Market St., Mequon, with the first of a three-part lecture series on G-d and religion with Dr. Shimon Salama on Monday, Feb. 1, at 2 p.m. Parts two and three of the series are Monday, Feb. 15, and Monday, Feb. 29, at 2 p.m. Dr. Salama is an Orthodox Jew who holds a Ph.D. in physics and is president of S Square Innovations.
Rabbi Steve Adams continues his series, “Bible Women,” on Mondays, Feb. 1 and 15, at 3 p.m., with “Miriam the Prophetess.” These presentations will include some texts, discussion, and music from a piece called “Bible Women,” written by Elizabeth Swados, who passed away recently. “Bible Women” runs twice monthly through June 2016; stay tuned for future dates and topics.
Bridget Moen, active in county politics and a Sarah Chudnow Community staff member, presents a program on “How to be a delegate to a political convention” on Friday, Feb. 5, at 1:30 p.m. She will also discuss her experience as a delegate at a recent convention.
If lectures and discussions aren’t your cup of tea, there are a variety of music programs from which to choose.
Crowd favorite Gary Wiesner returns for another entertaining musical performance on Thursday, Feb. 4, at 3 p.m.
On Sunday, Feb. 7, at 1:30 p.m., folk singer Craig Siemsen performs. With his classic folk voice, Siemsen is known for impeccable musicianship, playful stage humor and jewel-like original songs.
Pianist and composer Zoe Biller performs on Thursday, Feb. 11, at 3 p.m. Enjoy an afternoon of standard jazz, classical and Yiddish selections, along with some of her original compositions.
On Sunday, Feb. 14, at 3 p.m., musician Terry Morganroth returns to sing the hits of the 40s, 50s and 60s.
The Nightengals, Katie Gorton and Andrea Terek, present a musical variety show on Thursday, Feb. 18, at 3 p.m. With guitar and vocals, they will take guests on a sentimental journey through the decades.
On Sunday, Feb. 21, at 3 p.m. Easy Days Barbershop Quartet returns to SCC. Enjoy the music of this award-winning quartet as they entertain with Big Band music of the 30s and 40s. The quartet was the 2009 Land O’Lakes District Senior’s Champions of the Barbershop Harmony Society.
Songstress Julie Thompson brings her silky and soulful sounds to Sarah Chudnow Community on Sunday, Feb. 28, at 3 p.m. Expect an afternoon of toe-tapping jazz standards.
For more information, visit SarahChudnow.org or call 262.478.1500. Questions? Email info@SarahChudnow.org
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