Courtesy of the local and award-winning chef Gregory Leon, who owns Amilinda, 315 E. Wisconsin Ave., here’s a Sephardic lamb shank recipe to try!  Leon is a four-time James Beard Award nominee, honored as a finalist for Best Chef Midwest in 2022 and 2023 and as a semifinalist for Outstanding Chef in 2024 and 2025.  […]

Planning a Jewish wedding can feel like juggling a dozen moving parts at once, from choosing the perfect venue to deciding which traditions to include. For Jewish couples looking to blend traditional customs and personal style, this can be especially overwhelming. We spoke to three recently married couples who shared their experience and advice, offering […]

Israel Museum show in Chicago  The Israel Museum in Jerusalem is bringing their gift shop to the U.S., and the only place they are stopping in the Midwest is North Shore Congregation Israel, 1185 Sheridan Road in Glencoe, Illinois,   The Trunk Show will be open to the public on Sunday, Nov. 16, noon to 3:00 […]

MADISON – The divisions in 2025 America were on full display on Oct. 22, at the hearing for a bill to define antisemitism.   People spoke with passion, a few minutes at a time, for hours and well through lunchtime on the bill, which is favored by Federations and other mainstream Jewish organizations.   The definition in […]

MILWAUKEE — Jewish Museum Milwaukee is opening a “Violins of Hope” exhibit —  featuring violins connected with the Holocaust and Jewish resilience — as part of a citywide effort to remember and learn though a brief visit of the historic string instruments to southeast Wisconsin.  The museum will showcase 24 violins, from Nov. 5 to Jan. 25, as part of its exhibit, “Violins of Hope: Strings of Jewish Resistance and Resilience.” A special preview […]

Jews emigrating from France to Israel were singing and dancing, while headed into a possible war zone.  The group arrived in Tel Aviv on July 10, little more than two weeks after Israel and Iran struck a deal for a ceasefire that could have been fragile and short-lived. Israel was still reeling, after the 12-day Iran-Israel war sent more than 1,500 missiles and suicide drones into the Jewish state. The weapons hit Israeli civilian areas — including a hospital — and at […]