“What Do You See? On Purim,” by Bracha Goetz, published by Judaica Press This is the perfect introduction to Purim for infants to toddlers. This board book highlights everything that is needed to celebrate Purim. Photographs of children in costumes, ingredients to bake hamantashen, different megillahs to read, graggers to count, items for mishloach manot, […]
My grandma Bessie Wolkenstein had three brothers: Max, Charlie, and Jake Katz. Max was married and he and Ida had a house on the north side of Milwaukee. Charlie and his wife Ruth lived on the west side, but I didn’t know where Jake lived. Max owned a heating and sheet metal shop, Charlie worked […]
Meet Tova (Noll) Tornek, a first-grade Judaic Studies teacher at Bader Hillel Academy and a Hebrew school teacher for 4- and 5-year-olds at Milwaukee Community Hebrew School. Tornek grew up in Glendale, traveled for a few years and recently returned to the Milwaukee area in June 2023. Teaching has always been Tornek’s passion, she said. […]
Passover Food Drive serves local community Passover Food Drive serves local community MILWAUKEE – Food donations for the Community Passover Food Drive (Ma’ot Chittim) will be collected Monday, March 25 until Wednesday April 10 at several sites throughout the community, including the Milwaukee Jewish Federation, Harry and Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center and local […]
Shabbat Sing, an enduring hallmark of Milwaukee Jewish Day School, now has a CD album. The weekly burst of energy and hamishness has children dancing and singing every Friday morning in a large room filled with parents and grandparents. The songs are led by Mara Kleiman and Wendy Cohen. Kleiman is director of Jewish life […]
Here is our up-to-date list of Wisconsin Jewish camps! The camps are: Beber Camp, Mukwonago, WI Camp Chi, Lake Delton, WI Camp Moshava, Wild Rose, WI Camp Ramah, Conover, WI Camp Shalom and Camp Shalom Noar-Bogrim,Verona, WI Camp Young Judaea Midwest, Waupaca, WI Chabad – Lubavitch of Wisconsin • Camp Gan Israel, Bayside, WI […]
Jewish artists stood beside their art and chatted with one another and with art fans. It was a Sunday afternoon devoted to art, and some respite from the troubling news facing the Jewish people in recent months. The Jewish Artists’ Exhibition was held Feb. 18, 2024, at The Shul Center in Bayside. The theme was […]
“The Chosen” will be performed at the Milwaukee Repertory Theater, March 5-31, 2024 , at the Milwaukee Repertory Theater. The show is presented by the Milwaukee Jewish Federation. Above are Hillel Rosenshine and Eli Mayer in rehearsal for “The Chosen.” The photo below is a set model, in preparation for the show.
Queer joy, queer belonging, queer homes, queer coziness, and queer adventures are a profound and constant thread in my adult life as an out, high femme Milwaukee queer. I lean on our community all the time for smiles, fresh recipes, dog sitting help, and during tougher times too. Likewise, my faith is a major part […]
Sunday, March 3 Bookmaking Learn techniques to make books and hear remarkable stories about the origin of books, their power in our culture, and their potential to serve as outlets of creative resistance. Members $10. Community $20. March 3, 1 p.m. Jewish Museum Milwaukee, 1360 N. Prospect Ave., Milwaukee. Register at JewishMuseumMilwaukee.org/events. Contact Info@JewishMuseumMilwaukee.org. Monday, […]