September 12, 2025 | 19 Elul 5785
“What does the Holocaust have to do with Gaza?” My 17-year-old daughter and I were wandering through the Dane County Farmer’s Market in August. I love walking from stand to stand sampling unfamiliar produce. My favorite spot is always the small patch of real estate with the Capitol building as its backdrop. This is where […]
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 […]
When a documentary illustrated Sweden’s role as a haven for Jews during the Holocaust, some audience members took note of the positive take on a terrible moment. About 70 people gathered on Tuesday, Aug. 5, at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Curtin Hall for a screening of “Passage to Sweden.” The film was co-presented by the […]
InPamsKitchen Honey-glazed, air-fried chicken thighs with apples and onions are a flavorful and symbolic dish that is perfect for Rosh Hashanah—the Jewish New Year. Apples and honey are among the most beloved Rosh Hashanah foods, and their significance is layered with meaning. Apples are symbols of beauty, sustenance, and healing. Honey represents sweetness and abundance. […]
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 […]
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