Tuesday October 03, 2023 | 18 Tishri 5784
Climate change and Rosh Hashanah? I can’t consider the two together without returning, as I do so often, to the opening chapter of Torah, which describes the fundamental nature of the world and our place in it, according to our ancestors’ understanding. The enduring power of Genesis 1 attests to our deep identification with its […]
Women who believe the system is not organized in their interest can speak out. Sometimes, they speak through art. A new fiber arts exhibit coming to the Jewish Museum Milwaukee in September is one way women and women’s advocates seek to reclaim the genre historically patronized as “women’s craft” to use it as a launching […]
Friday, Sept. 1 Pickleball Tournament Join the Labor Day Weekend Pickleball Tournament on the JCC Outdoor Courts! Inviting all 2.5-3.0 level players to participate in a mixed scramble tournament. Sept. 1, 8:30 a.m. Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center, 6255 N. Santa Monica Blvd., Whitefish Bay. $25. Questions or to register, contact Jess Lanke: […]
Rabbi David Cohen, of Fox Point’s Congregation Sinai, spoke outside the mammoth Fiserv Forum, into a bullhorn: “The Republican Party has stood by Israel for decades and continues to be committed to Israel’s security and to strengthening those important bonds.” “Today, however, Israel is under a new kind of threat, not coming up from […]
Todd L. Pittinsky’s article (“Opinion: Why I don’t love ‘Jew hate’ as a substitute for ‘antisemitism’,” July Chronicle) fails to persuade me that “antisemitism” serves as a more effective term than “Jew hate.” Pittinsky’s thoughtful article reminds us that we need to think carefully about the ways in which we use language. He deserves recognition […]
Odessa’s children will have no sea to play in this summer because of waste from the destruction of the Kakhkovka Dam. The sea is a nourishing supplement to the mind as well as the body. So much has been taken from the children by this gruesome war. I grew up in Atlantic City, known then […]
BAYSIDE – If you’ve ever looked to rent an apartment in the Milwaukee area, you’re probably familiar with Katz Properties. Their rental signs are ubiquitous, found at spots like the Juneau Village Towers, or on Oakland Avenue, or Prospect Avenue, or in Whitefish Bay, and even in Madison and elsewhere. But Dan Katz says he’s […]
Early one winter morning, a small Jewish boy named Daniel is startled out of bed to the sound of someone walking in fresh snow. He peers out of his room’s window to see his father carrying a mysterious box away from his home. What happens next in “Out and About: A Tale of Giving” the […]
For this activist future rabbi, climate change is not just a theory to read about in textbooks. Recent college graduate Savannah (Lipinski) Lipner says that just about every summer, her parents’ backyard in Colorado glows red from area forest fires. The house is not far from Rocky Mountain National Park. “Sometimes you can see just […]
“Rifka’s Presents,” by Laurie Wallmark, illustrated by Adelina Lirius, published by Random House Studio In this beautifully written and illustrated picture book, elementary school children will get an inside view into the lives of Rivka and her family as Jewish immigrants to New York in 1918. Although Rivka was looking forward to going to school, […]
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