Saturday May 11, 2024 | 3 Iyyar 5784
“The Chosen,” the story of a pair of Jewish boys growing up in Brooklyn in the 1940s, began life as a novel by Chaim Potok, first published in 1967. It was adapted into a movie in 1981 and then, in 1999, Aaron Posner worked with Potok to turn it into a stage play. That play […]
A child who grows up in a Jewish home will typically get the message that getting a good education is key. My parents were Jewish immigrants from Poland, who survived the atrocities of World War II, and the emphasis on education was more than key. It was of utmost importance! If I brought home a […]
Chabad of Glendale & River Hills is hosting Myron Sugerman, the son of Jewish mobster Barney “Sugie” Sugerman, for a men’s night on Tuesday, Feb. 13 at 7:30 p.m. Sugerman worked as a manager for Meyer Lansky’s organization operating slot machines in the 1970s. He reintroduced the slot machine business into New York City, where […]
You might say Senator Herb Kohl’s breathtaking record of service to Jewish Wisconsin, and beyond, started when he was a boy. In 1948, the Chronicle reported, in the tiniest of tiny articles, that a teenaged Herb Kohl “turned over the money he recently received as Bar Mitzvah gifts … to the campaign for the Milwaukee […]
Sunday, Feb. 4 Bagels, Books & Babies Families with babies two and under are invited to meet for a story, music and play. All are invited to attend. Feb. 4, 10-11 a.m. Congregation Shalom, 7630 N. Santa Monica Blvd., Fox Point. Contact Brian Avner at Brian@Cong-Shalom.org or 414-352-9288, Ext. 122. Create a photo estate Cover […]
NextGen held a Chanukah party at the Brewhouse Inn & Suites, Milwaukee, on Dec. 12. There were drinks, appetizers, three craft vendors, a typewriter poet, and a live musician! Attendees also got to make Chanukah candles. NextGen is a Milwaukee Jewish Federation program for people in the community ages 22-45. For more information about NextGen, […]
“The Promise,” by Bridget Hodder and Fawzia Gilani-Williams, illustrated by Cinzia Battistel, published by Kar-Ben Publishing This touching story is about two friends—a Muslim boy named Hassan and a Jewish boy named Jacob—and their respect and love for one another. Set in Morocco during World War II, this book is inspired by true events. Jacob […]
“Judaism wants us to have the joy of becoming our best selves, and the Torah is the handbook to help us get there.” Yonina Schlussel’s fifth through seventh grade students say those words every morning as class begins. She teaches her students that learning Torah is a privilege, and through study, they can gain a […]
The CEEBJ Band will perform at its first-ever “Shabbatpalooza” worship service on Friday, January 12, 7 p.m., at Congregation Emanu-El B’ne Jeshurun, 2020 W. Brown Deer Road, River Hills. The service will be in the style of the shul’s former Torahpalooza services that it held from 2004 through 2013, said Cantor David Barash. The community […]
Rebecca Guralnick became the new chair of the Women’s Philanthropy campaign of Milwaukee Jewish Federation, in the weeks before the attacks of Oct. 7. Since then, some things have remained the same, like her desire to have honest conversations with people in the community about their priorities and the needs of the Jewish people. Some […]
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