Sunday December 03, 2023 | 20 Kislev 5784
The round tables were draped with linen. A cantor sang Hebrew melodies at the dais. It was all just a bit of something, a gesture. No amount of honor could possibly be enough. Interviewing at her round dinner table, Faina Balterova remembered when she was a girl in Ukraine, shocked to have just learned that […]
Milwaukee Jewish Day School students held a “Shabbat Sing,” in support of Israel after the attacks of Oct. 7.
“Our young artists came up with wonderfully decorated notes to articulate their heartfelt support to our friends and families in Israel, said Jacqueline Cabessa Redlich, art teacher at Bader Hillel Academy. “Some students used their short time period in art class to produce truly meaningful and artistic poems – an expression of love and kindness […]
The most terrible images and threats are all over social media, and our kids are seeing at least some of it. For advice, we turned to Dr. Jeremy Chapman, a Congregation Shalom congregant, and a child and adolescent psychiatrist who treats young people exposed to horrific stimuli. Chapman noted that children will see police cars […]
Four teenagers will share their experiences with mental health at an upcoming youth advocacy event on Nov. 12 hosted by the Wisconsin Friendship Circle. The Ted Talk-style function, One Thing I Wish You Knew, is part of the organization’s UMatter initiative, which aims to help teens and adults destigmatize mental illness and foster inclusivity. The […]
Lexie Niskanen, a college student, stood at the front of the gathering and urged people to check on one another. “There’s a lot of things we can do as students and as a community in these negative times. First, we can check in on each other and make sure we are not alone,” she said. […]
Mark Brickman, a lifelong Jewish community leader who served in countless ways, died on Oct. 5, 2023, surrounded by his loved ones. He was 89. He devoted much of his life to the Milwaukee Jewish community. Brickman was board chair for Milwaukee Jewish Federation, annual campaign chair, and Jewish Community Foundation chair, among many, many […]
The World Zionist Organization is asking owners of vacant Israeli properties to lend their apartments to displaced people. The organization pledged to ensure that apartments loaned to Israeli families through its new program, “My Home is Your Home,” are left in their original condition., Contract agreements will help accomplish this, according to the organization’s news […]
She’s a local woman who moved to Israel, is immersed in grotesque tragedy, and wants bridges built to Palestinians. Ma’ayan Oren, 26, is a Nicolet High School graduate who made aliyah eight years ago. Her cousin was among those brutally murdered by terrorists on Oct. 7. Oren is able to explain what happened to her […]
When Avner Porat and Meni Godard met each other as teenage soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces, back in the late 1960s, they would sometimes kick a soccer ball around, blow off some steam. When they weren’t doing that, they were training – in the Golan, soon after the 1967 Six-Day War – to find […]
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