September 05, 2025 | 12 Elul 5785
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 […]
KENOSHA – Rabbi Hannah Wallick is back to serving a congregation – the work she loves most. Wallick is the new spiritual leader for Beth Hillel Temple in Kenosha, having started Aug. 1, after a career so far spanning different facets of Jewish leadership. Beth Hillel Temple seems just right for a rabbi who wants […]
MILWAUKEE — For more than two decades, Blane Goodman Funeral Service has served the Milwaukee area Jewish community, seeking to offer not just professional expertise but also a personal touch. “When you’re gone what kind of feeling do you leave behind for people?” Charlie Goodman asked rhetorically, thinking about his own life. “How did you […]
Rebbitzin Chava Edelman, known for her love of children and the Jewish people, died on Aug. 9, 2025, after battling cancer for about three and a half years. The Bayside resident was 41. She is survived by her husband, Rabbi Cheski Edelman, and their children: Sender, Rosie, Fishel, Fayga and Mushka. She is also survived […]
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 […]
Yopps resigned from JFS John Yopps resigned in July from his position as president and CEO of Jewish Family Services. The Board of Directors appointed Dan Fleischman as interim president and CEO. He will continue serving as vice president of housing at Jewish Family Services and president of JFS Housing, according to the two closely […]
In August 2024, we arrived in this wonderful place — the Milwaukee Jewish community. Although we came after a long and intense process of applying, training, and preparing to be ShinShinim* in an American Jewish community — living independently with unfamiliar host families, learning how to represent Israel in countless ways — we still didn’t […]
Flash floods swept through Milwaukee and its surrounding areas Aug. 9-10, leaving significant damage – including to parts of the local Jewish community. While many Jewish organizations were largely spared from water damage, others were not so fortunate. “Several Chabad rabbis’ homes, which are also used for connecting with community, were damaged with flooding of […]
The Jewish Caucus of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin called for the release of the hostages, a mutually agreed upon ceasefire, and an increase of aid into Gaza, according to a statement issued by the organization. In an Aug. 4 vote, 8-3, the Caucus decided to issue the statement making several points related to “the […]
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