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Coming Events, Sept. 2024 

Coming Events, Sept. 2024 

Posted on: September 5th, 2024 | 2 Elul 5784 by Special to the Chronicle

Saturday, Sept. 7  Jeruvian Lunch An authentic Jewish and Peruvian meal! Join Own Your Judaism for a homemade lunch in Mequon with a Shabbat teaching by Moishe Steigmann, The Mindful Rabbi. Sept. 9, 1 p.m. Address provided upon RSVPing. $36/person. RSVP by 9/3. Contact: moishe@ownyourjudaism.org  Sunday, Sept. 8  Tapestry of the Arts Festival 2nd Annual JCC Tapestry […]

Wisconsin summer for Israeli kids

Wisconsin summer for Israeli kids

Posted on: September 5th, 2024 | 2 Elul 5784 by Special to the Chronicle

Israeli campers attended the Steve & Shari Sadek Family Camp Interlaken JCC in Eagle River for two weeks this past summer. They are all now back in Israel. They were part of the Campers2Gether program, which brought young people from all over Israel to camps across the United States, after evacuation from their homes since Oct. […]

Steps to vote in November: Your polling questions answered.  

Steps to vote in November: Your polling questions answered.  

Posted on: September 5th, 2024 | 2 Elul 5784 by Special to the Chronicle

Tuesday, Nov. 5 will be a big day: Election Day. But before we get there and the votes start pouring in, there are things to do to make sure you are prepared. We are here to answer potential questions to ensure your vote is counted come November.   Q: How do I make sure I am […]

Dear college students: You have a choice

Dear college students: You have a choice

Posted on: August 29th, 2024 | 25 Av 5784 by Special to the Chronicle

Dearest College Students,  This fall you will be entering campus with many important choices to make. You will be choosing majors, thinking about career opportunities and figuring out which exciting extracurricular activities to participate in. You will also be faced with a choice that students in years before you have not had to make.   The […]

Commemoration set for Oct. 7

Commemoration set for Oct. 7

Posted on: August 29th, 2024 | 25 Av 5784 by Special to the Chronicle

Milwaukee Jewish Federation and partners from throughout the community are planning a commemoration of the attacks of Oct. 7, set for the one-year anniversary, which this year falls between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.  The commemoration is set for Monday, Oct. 7, 2024.   The horrific day of the attacks was a turning point in modern […]

IN PICTURES: Museum at the convention

IN PICTURES: Museum at the convention

Posted on: August 28th, 2024 | 24 Av 5784 by Rob Golub

Deb Rodak, representing the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center, stands at the museum’s table in the Baird Center at the Republican National Convention, which was from July 15-18. Rodak greeted delegates and others, and she talked about Holocaust education. Photo by Rebecca Spezzano. 

Middle grade novel relates to PTSD, the Yom Kippur War

Middle grade novel relates to PTSD, the Yom Kippur War

Posted on: August 28th, 2024 | 24 Av 5784 by Special to the Chronicle

On April 2, 2024, Mequon resident, Deborah Lakritz, finally saw her debut middle novel, “Things That Shimmer,” come into the world. The journey from idea to publication took 25 years.  Lakritz said the idea came to her early on in her writing journey and was based on  elements of her childhood. Raising five children took […]

How teaching the Holocaust led me to start a podcast for people over 50 

How teaching the Holocaust led me to start a podcast for people over 50 

Posted on: August 28th, 2024 | 24 Av 5784 by Special to the Chronicle

When people find out I have a podcast called “Making Midlife Magic,” they see it as a departure from my career as a Holocaust educator, and in some ways, it is. In a deeper sense, though, my podcast comes directly out of my work on the Holocaust, specifically two things I’ve learned.   First, life is […]

Golf outing 

Golf outing 

Posted on: August 28th, 2024 | 24 Av 5784 by Special to the Chronicle

JEM, or Jewish Experience of Madison, had their 13th annual golf tournament at the River Club in Mequon on  June 18. Pictured is Neil Wallace, Ian Schulman, Dr. David Sandock and Jim Deshur.  Photo by Miriam Yarmush. 

Wexler, 81, writes strong female characters 

Wexler, 81, writes strong female characters 

Posted on: August 22nd, 2024 | 18 Av 5784 by Rob Golub

Charlene Wexler, an 81-year-old author who recently published yet another book, knows what it is to live in a man’s world.  “We listened and we did what we were told, you know, as women,” Wexler said, about growing up in the 1950s – a time when the women’s movement and the role of women were […]