Monday October 07, 2024 | 5 Tishri 5785
I always liked my uncle Abe Shedrofsky. He was a neat guy who drove a big truck for Consolidated Forwarding Company in Milwaukee and delivered goods and packages to businesses in the city. He was very proud of his excellent driving record and told me he learned all the necessary skills from driving cabs and […]
Noah Sumner will be embarking on his third year at Congregation Emanu-El B’ne Jeshurun this month, but he is a long-time veteran in the field of education. He began his career 29 years ago teaching English at Spotted Eagle High School, a Native American immersion school for at-risk youth. Since then, he has taught elementary […]
Books for the New School Year “One Small Spark: A Tikkun Olam Story,” by Ruth Spiro, illustrated by Victoria Tentler-Krylov, published by Dial Books for Young Readers A spectacular, deeply moving picture book that embraces the depth of tikkun olam while also giving children permission to ask for help. The gorgeous illustrations, reflecting our diverse […]
Sat. Oct. 7 5 a.m. CEO of Federation wakes to the news of the attack 6 a.m. First meeting with MJF security, who dispatched security to all Jewish spaces and ensured our Orthodox community members were informed Sun. Oct. 8 First Zoom community wide gathering for Milwaukee was organized That night, Federation leaders spoke […]
Milwaukee Jewish Federation We all went to bed on Oct. 6 and woke up to a new, surreal reality both in Israel, and here in America, including Milwaukee. As the full impact was settling in, we here at Milwaukee Jewish Federation marshaled a response. Our Milwaukee Jewish community, like all Jewish communities around the world, […]
Holocaust rescuer Sir Nicholas Winton followed a simple rule during his remarkable life. He believed that when we see a wrong or when someone needs help, we have an obligation to act. “He believed that to be a good person, it wasn’t enough to not be a bad person. To be a good person, you […]
The community will get a chance to hear the stories of descendants of Holocaust survivors when the Nathan and Esther Pelz Holocaust Education Resource Center invites The Braid, a Jewish story company, to Milwaukee in September. The center will host the theater’s show “Remembrance of Things Present” at the Ivy House at 4 p.m. on […]
American Jewish artist Bernard Perlin is best-known for his work creating iconic images to support the war effort during World War II. But he also faced discrimination: An artist for the military and later a war correspondent during World War II, he was not allowed to serve himself because he was openly gay. After […]
There’s a midrash associated with the Yom Kippur service called Eleh Ezkerah, or the martyrology, which Rabbi Joel Alter describes as “praying over these really searing tellings… of the murder by the ancient Romans of ten great rabbis of the founding generation of Judaism.” “Theologically, the idea is that we recall our martyrs, of whom, […]
The Federation has been responding expertly to crisis and is ready for whatever comes next, even as the nonprofit supports joyful Jewish living in Milwaukee — this was the message when Milwaukee Jewish Federation held its Annual Meeting on Aug 15, 2024. A new board of directors was elected, accomplishments were celebrated, and Dr. Judy […]
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