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Opinion: We must stand up to antisemitism, not demonize people

Opinion: We must stand up to antisemitism, not demonize people

Posted on: March 13th, 2025 | 13 Adar 5785 by Special to the Chronicle

I am writing in response to the Trump Administration’s new efforts to “fight antisemitism.” They claim to establish an antisemitism task force and a Project Esther written by the same people who wrote Project 2025, neither of which had any Jewish organizational input or advice. And I am very concerned with the direction, or non-direction, […]

Major Jewish groups raise alarm

Posted on: March 13th, 2025 | 13 Adar 5785 by Special to the Chronicle

The Jewish Council for Public Affairs issued a statement — with signatories from throughout the Jewish world, including major Reform and Conservative organizations — expressing “deep alarm over recent attacks on democratic norms.”  This statement was issued Feb. 7, by the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, and the […]

Try some pizza hamantaschen, recipe-tested from a Glendale kitchen

Try some pizza hamantaschen, recipe-tested from a Glendale kitchen

Posted on: March 11th, 2025 | 11 Adar 5785 by Rob Golub

InPamsKitchen  When I say “hamantaschen,” what do you think about? Apricot? Cherry? Prune? (Not my favorite – sorry, prune lovers.) How about pizza?   Yes, pizza! Pizza hamantaschen are an innovative fusion that combines this traditional Jewish pastry with a classic Italian favorite, pizza. This recipe has a thicker dough, like a deep-dish pizza crust.    Purim, […]

April 1 race for Brostoff seat 

Posted on: March 11th, 2025 | 11 Adar 5785 by Rob Golub

Daniel Bauman and Alex Brower won a packed primary on Feb. 18 for the Milwaukee Common Council seat vacated by Jonathan Brostoff, who died by suicide in November.  After beating out six other candidates, Bauman and Brower will go head-to-head on April 1 for the District 3 seat. The winner will hold the seat until […]

Passover food drive to focus on matzah 

Passover food drive to focus on matzah 

Posted on: March 11th, 2025 | 11 Adar 5785 by Rob Golub

The Community Passover Food Drive is focused on matzah this year, according to organizers.  The Community Passover Food Drive (Ma’ot Chittim) is an annual event. This year, food will be collected from Sunday, March 9 through Sunday, March 30, at several sites throughout the community. Distribution will be Sunday, April 6. Matzah is the only […]

Good Deeds Day, created in Israel, is coming to Milwaukee on April 6

Good Deeds Day, created in Israel, is coming to Milwaukee on April 6

Posted on: March 11th, 2025 | 11 Adar 5785 by Rob Golub

Good Deeds Day, an international event that was born in Israel and then spread to more than 100 countries, is coming to Milwaukee.   Good Deeds Day started in Israel with just 7,000 volunteers in 2007. In recent years, the annual Good Deeds Day has attracted around 4 million volunteers annually, often working on community-improvement projects […]

Funding for refugees suspended 

Funding for refugees suspended 

Posted on: March 11th, 2025 | 11 Adar 5785 by Rob Golub

They were dreaming of America. They came so close.  “There are clients who we were expecting to receive – we were informed that they were in route. And we’re hearing from community members too, of folks who were enroute to the airport, or maybe had already started some of their travel, meaning that they were […]

We witnessed, firsthand, the impact of community support through Milwaukee Jewish Federation

We witnessed, firsthand, the impact of community support through Milwaukee Jewish Federation

Posted on: March 10th, 2025 | 10 Adar 5785 by Special to the Chronicle

In January, Tzipi Altman-Shafer, Vice President of Jewish Communal Life and Learning, and Susie Rosengarten, Associate Director of the Israel Center, traveled to Israel to visit sites funded by the Milwaukee Jewish Federation over the past year. Over five days, they visited more than 30 locations across the South and North, witnessing firsthand the impact […]

A new Chabad teen lounge is a space for high schoolers of the Homestead Jewish Club to gather

A new Chabad teen lounge is a space for high schoolers of the Homestead Jewish Club to gather

Posted on: March 10th, 2025 | 10 Adar 5785 by Special to the Chronicle

The Peltz Center for Jewish Life now houses a new Chabad teen lounge for highschoolers of the Homestead Jewish Club to use for events and recreation. The Club is a chapter of CTeen, an international network of Jewish teens.   The newly remodeled lounge is equipped with a Nintendo gaming console, a ping-pong table, a pool […]

JCC to host ‘Untangled: The Jewish Hair Saga’

JCC to host ‘Untangled: The Jewish Hair Saga’

Posted on: March 10th, 2025 | 10 Adar 5785 by Special to the Chronicle

A former coworker kept telling Reva Fox that her hair looked great when she wore it straight.  They told her: “Your hair looks so good like this. You should wear it like this every day.”  But to Fox, curly hair feels tied to her Jewish identity, and the comments didn’t sit right with her. Today, […]