Thursday March 30, 2023 | 8 Nisan 5783
ChatGPT is a free (so far) artificial intelligence application that has the tech world abuzz with delight and trepidation. OpenAI released the “chatbot” in November, and it can respond conversationally to complex requests. Google and some college professors see trouble in ChatGPT, because of competition and the potential for cheating, respectively. But as with some […]
Samantha Abramson, executive director of the Nathan and Esther Pelz Holocaust Education Resource Center, a program of Milwaukee Jewish Federation, has joined the Wexner Field Fellowship, where she is to obtain new leadership skills and discuss pressing issues impacting the Jewish community. The Wexner Foundation is an organization which aims to create a diverse group […]
Congregation Beth Israel Ner Tamid, 6880 N. Green Bay Ave., Glendale is launching a “CBINT Gap Camp” for young children, Aug. 14-18 2023. “We really hope to provide an affordable, local, Jewish option for parents in the Milwaukee community, and of course to give people a reason to get to know our awesome staff,” said […]
Rabbi Marc Berkson was sitting behind a family as Congregation Emanu-El B’ne Jeshurun elected his successor. The father in the family grew up in Berkson’s prior congregation. Berkson arrived just as the father became a bar mitzvah and was the rabbi when the man was confirmed. The father was present with his son, who has […]
It’s one of life’s journeys. A speech therapist has become a marriage coach, and the Milwaukee native is now helping marriages everywhere. Rivke Gardner, born and raised in the Milwaukee Twerski community, is a marriage coach focused on working with women to help create transformation in their marriage. In 2018, Gardner started her journey as […]
Below is our occasional listing of support groups affiliated with the Jewish community. We update this list with the newest information available each time we run it. Do you run a support group not listed here? Contact Chronicle@MilwaukeeJewish.org, so that we can include it in our future listings. Please be aware that the community offers […]
Michael Gilbert is a local retail executive who has launched a non-profit with a focus on creating a positive mindset for young people. Its online social platform focuses on the mental health of young adults. And it is featured in the upcoming seventh season of the Wisconsin TV series, “Project Pitch It” Gilbert’s nonprofit, Lumin-us, […]
Finally, after more than 30 years of discussion, the East Side Eruv is in use. For Jews living within this symbolic border, observing Shabbat is now significantly easier. The new eruv serves a large part of Milwaukee’s Upper East Side neighborhood, Shorewood and part of Whitefish Bay. Its borders roughly span from Silver Spring Drive […]
Starting on March 22, Hillel Milwaukee’s new executive director will be Rabbi Joshua Herman. Herman pursued rabbinical studies in Cincinnati and spent two years as an intern at the Cincinnati Hillel, according to Hillel Milwaukee. He trained students to lead services and planned events. He continued to work at Hillel, afterwards moving to work with […]
One local start-up is offering chunky-knit soft chenille blankets, custom handmade to order. It’s the work of Milwaukee knitters Camilla Adelman and Jaime Levine, the entrepreneurs behind LYNKS and members of the local Jewish community. Levine said she and Adelman are creating blankets and pillows in beautiful color combinations with patch and charm embellishments tailored […]
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