June 20, 2026 | 5 Tammuz 5786
Grew up in an at home daycare in Oshkosh, then went to school for business and into sales, then wanted out Isabella “Ms. Bell” Roberts started her career at Gan Ami Mequon over two years ago after realizing she wasn’t passionate about her then-job. Roberts attended UW-Milwaukee and earned two business degrees, one in marketing and one […]
Book reviews for kids from Liza Wiemer, longtime local Jewish educator “Under the Rubble: The Hidden Letters of the Warsaw Ghetto,” by Elisa Boxer, illustrated by Oksana Drachkovska, published by Apples and Honey Press In this powerful, emotional, and exquisitely written and illustrated picture book, readers learn about Hersh Wasser, the only person alive after World War […]
Today in a world shadowed by fear and struggle, the Jewish people have wisdom learned Hope flew when I was a child. Each summer I washed and rinsed dusty kosher pickle jars in preparation for the trek that my father and I took to an alley a few blocks away, where a rugged stand of milkweed nestled alongside a […]
Here’s what I learned: We must not take our friends for granted Let me set the scene for you. In the vast cathedral-like atrium of the Ronald Reagan Building on Pennsylvania Avenue, more than 550 people gathered to support Israel, confront antisemitism, and stand with the Jewish people. Speaker after speaker celebrated the enduring relationship between the […]
Israeli Independence Day! The April 26 Yom HaAtzmaut event in Milwaukee featured a torch from Israel.
A grassroots effort of local volunteers is cutting and crocheting plastic bags into mats for the homeless. It’s a triple mitzvah – serving the homeless, reusing plastic bags to benefit the environment, and bringing together different groups in the Jewish community. The mats are called “Mercy Mats” and are made of crocheted plastic grocery bags. They offer warmth and are less apt to get muddled with water and mold for people who are unhoused and need a portable mattress. In recent […]
Have the conversations, collect the information, and make choices before end of life You don’t want to read this. You probably should. Those who work with grieving families agree: Preplanning is so much better, well before we get to those terrible days of pain and confusion, when a loved one passes away. You can create a written plan at […]
Rabbis and funeral directors: please talk about end-of-life plans beforehand Rabbi Gil-Ezer Lerer, spiritual leader of Temple Menorah in Milwaukee, has seen it too many times. The family is scrambling. They don’t know who to call. They call him: “What are we supposed to do?” He asks: “Do you have any arrangements?” “No, we never really wanted to.” “My dad didn’t want to talk about it.” “My sister […]
It’s not what you might expect Say you are having a casual conversation with someone who probably doesn’t know you are Jewish. That has happened to me many times. My name and appearance doesn’t fit our stereotypes. You are discussing current events, and the conversation gets to rising gas prices and how long that might last. And they start to tell you that the Iran war […]
MILWAUKEE — Confirmed antisemitic incidents in Wisconsin surged to 174 in 2025, an 83% increase from 2024 to 2025, according to the 2025 Audit of Antisemitic Incidents released in late May by the Jewish Community Relations Council of Milwaukee Jewish Federation. This sharp increase marks 2025 as a statistically distinct year and signals a troubling shift in the […]
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