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Rabbi Manfred Swarsensky (z”l) survived the Holocaust and immigrated to Madison, becoming the first rabbi of Temple Beth El. When he accepted the position in 1940, the synagogue had 12 members, which grew to over 400 families during his 36 years of tenure. He is a beloved figure of Madison’s history; in 2024, Temple Beth […]

Jewish Family Services has opened a new supportive housing residence, aimed at addressing Milwaukee’s affordable housing shortage for senior citizens.    The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Residences at Woodale Crossing Senior Affordable Housing, an $18.7 million project, began welcoming residents in early August.   Located in Brown Deer, the new 56-unit building is a step forward in […]

In July, we had the privilege of a lifetime: to travel with 89 high school students and their chaperones and companions from the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra as part of their tour to Poland and the Czech Republic.   Representing MYSO’s cream of the crop, these highly skilled musicians from across southeastern Wisconsin practiced for months […]

When Rabbi Levi Stein started operating Friendship Circle of Wisconsin in 2017, as a bakery that trained people with special needs, he could not have imagined where he was headed.  In a few years, Stein would observe the weight of the pandemic on teen mental health, then assign a new mission to Friendship Circle. Even […]

Diana Vang-Brostoff is on two simultaneous missions, one for the world and one for herself.  You may know her as the wife of Alderman Jonathan Brostoff, obm, who tragically died by suicide on Nov. 4, 2024, after much of his beloved, left-leaning Milwaukee social network turned on him, post-Oct. 7. While it’s not possible to […]