May 26, 2026 | 10 Sivan 5786
One moment in the ten-year-old Repairing Together program, aimed at a better Milwaukee and a more tolerant world MILWAUKEE – Kellen Abston, the hip-hop performer who goes by “Klassik,” told the kids that he was here today on his birthday. He added that there was nowhere he’d rather be. The Milwaukee showman – who infuses his work with soul, jazz, storytelling and a healthy dose of impressive falsetto – does youth engagement workshops at schools, museums, and elsewhere. This one was […]
Esther Safran Foer was born in Poland, shortly after the end of the war, to Holocaust survivor parents. Her family emigrated to the U.S. in 1949, when she was around 3, and Esther built an only-in-America life. “I was a refugee. I was one of those refugees,” she said. She served as the press secretary for George McGovern in his […]
Drs. Laurel and Brian Bear have called Milwaukee their home their entire married life. Their connection to the Jewish community has been an integral part of the choices they have made for themselves and their family. This is a l’dor v’dor story, a generation-to-generation lift, a baton-passing moment in Jewish philanthropy. “We’ve been blessed through […]
Israeli-born artist Jac Lahav’s “48 Jews” has toured cities around the nation. This March, paintings from the collection are making their way to Milwaukee – with the portraits including people from Jewish Wisconsin. “I started the series thinking about my own personal history,” Lahav said. “This was at the time around where that Adam Sandler […]
Miriam Sushman, Wisconsin mosaic artist, has been accepted into the juried show Class Act 2026 at The Gallery of Contemporary Mosaics in Chicago. Her work titled For Lee, a stained glass mosaic will be exhibited alongside other mosaics of current and former students of The Chicago Mosaic School. The opening was Jan. 16th and the show runs until March 6. The address is: 1127 W Granville Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
The annual Jewish Arts Exhibition got its start during the pandemic, when Chava Edelman was the rebbetzin at the Shul Center in Bayside. “She was just thinking, it’s COVID, people are at home, and they need a creative outlet or something to bring us together and showcase this, and it inspired her to get this started,” Tova Tornek, Edelman’s […]
From above he watched his children play under the blue and white canopy that shielded them from the sun His family had gathered to honor the holiday that invigorated his people It was a day of great celebration and joy He smiled when a flutter of butterflies streamed by making his children gaze in wonder at their beauty Butterflies are like […]
This November and December, Violins of Hope continues its statewide residency, bringing restored violins played by Jewish musicians during the Holocaust to venues across Milwaukee and Madison. Presented by the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra, often in cooperation with local Jewish organizations, including Milwaukee Jewish Federation, the initiative blends music, history and education to honor resilience and remembrance. In Madison, the […]
The remarkable story of a courageous group of university students who stood up against the Nazi regime will come to life in November when First Stage performs the “Rose of Treason.” The play is about the White Rose Society resistance group in 1943 at the University of Munich that distributed anti-Nazi leaflets. The 90-minute play will be […]
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 […]
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