Sunday May 28, 2023 | 8 Sivan 5783
Jonah Geller wants to help the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center put “the ‘J’ back into the JCC.” Geller started in January as the organization’s new chief innovation officer. In that role, Geller said he is charged with overseeing some of the JCC’s programs – such as its food pantry and inclusion […]
One Saturday morning, so many decades ago, AV was not there when I arrived for work. Abe told me that AV’s car wouldn’t start and he was going to take the wrecker (tow truck) and go get the car and AV and so he did. I watched the two guys push the car onto the […]
“I’m a big advocate for anyone who needs one.” Matty Powell is a gift to the children in our Jewish community, looking out for their educational and social-emotional needs. In her fourth year on the staff of Congregation Shalom, Matty teaches 5th-grade Hebrew and the Hebrew Through Movement Specialty. Matty found her way to synagogue […]
Honoring thy father and thy mother has a personal meaning for Mike Silverman. Both of his parents passed away in the last few years, and their picture on his workplace computer screensaver reminds him daily of his commitment to them and to keeping Jewish senior citizens safe and respected. Working in Jewish senior living facilities […]
Jewish Museum Milwaukee is undertaking the formidable task of digitizing its entire collection, an enterprise that began in fall 2016 and still has many more years to go. The museum, located at 1360 N. Prospect Ave., celebrates Jewish heritage and the history of Wisconsin’s Jewish community. In addition to its physical exhibitions, staff, interns and […]
Rabbi Jessica Barolsky would most certainly never have wished for cancer, but there’s no denying the silver lining. The new spiritual leader of Congregation Emanu-El B’ne Jeshurun connected more deeply with her congregation because of it. The Maryland native stayed in town, put down roots, and now, starting July 1, she will be the Reform […]
Even those casually acquainted with the history of World War II and the Holocaust remember that the Beer Hall Putsch was instrumental in the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party. But one man has done extensive research into the role beer, beer halls and other alcohol consumption played in the Nazi reign of […]
During World War II, Milwaukee’s very own Harley-Davidson produced the U.S. Army’s Liberator, a motorcycle that soldiers drove into Holocaust camps to liberate them. “Just imagine you’re a Holocaust survivor. You’re in a camp and you hear a motorcycle, and it’s not the Germans. It’s the Americans coming,” said Samantha Abramson, executive director at Nathan […]
University of Wisconsin-Madison students Carly Shindler and Jacob Mandel help set the tables for the first of three Passover Seders held at the UW Chabad, where 750 students participated.
Congregation Shalom’s Tikkun Shabbat Congregation Shalom will be hosting its second annual Tikkun Olam Shabbat on Friday, May 19. The event will begin at 6 p.m. and will be followed by a “green” Oneg Shabat that features speaker Meenal Atre, an advocate for plastic-free communities. Meenal Atre, the co-founder of Plastic Free MKE, is an […]
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