Friday, May 2 Renewal Shabbat This uplifting service will be led by Cantor Mimi Rozansky, Rabbi Noah, and musicians from the community. Inspired by the joyful spirit of Jewish Renewal, the evening will feature prayer, music, and moments of reflection. All are welcome to attend this spiritually enriching Shabbat celebration. May 2, 6 p.m. Congregation Shalom, […]
This year’s Yom HaShoah marks 80 years since the Holocaust’s end. The Holocaust Education Resource Center invites the community to gather in remembrance on Sunday, April 27, at 3 p.m. at the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center in the Daniel M. Soref Community Hall. Their featured speaker, Jordan Bielsky — an actor, […]
Yamim 2025, three days of commemoration for the Jewish community, falls this year between April 27 and May 4. They are Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day; Yom Hazikaron, or Israel’s Day of Remembrance; and Yom Haaztmaut, or Israel’s Independence Day. RSVP at Milwaukeejewish.org/Yamim. The Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day event, is slated for […]
Tuesdays, April 1 Kids Art & Baking Weekly on Tuesdays at Friendship Circle from April 1st through May 13 excluding April 15 for Passover. April 1, 4-6 p.m. Friendship Circle of Wisconsin, 8649 N. Port Washington Rd., Fox Point. Thursday, April 3 Women and objects “Bezalel’s Daughter: How Jewish Women Make Objects” Without Jewish American women, […]
Good Deeds Day, an international event that was born in Israel and then spread to more than 100 countries, is coming to Milwaukee. Good Deeds Day started in Israel with just 7,000 volunteers in 2007. In recent years, the annual Good Deeds Day has attracted around 4 million volunteers annually, often working on community-improvement projects […]
A former coworker kept telling Reva Fox that her hair looked great when she wore it straight. They told her: “Your hair looks so good like this. You should wear it like this every day.” But to Fox, curly hair feels tied to her Jewish identity, and the comments didn’t sit right with her. Today, […]
Merzy Eisenberg, a founding Hebrew teacher at the Milwaukee Jewish Day School, will headline the dozens of area educators who will be honored at this year’s Salute to Jewish Educators awards ceremony held each year by Milwaukee Jewish Federation’s Coalition for Jewish Learning. Eisenberg will be honored with the Lifetime Impact Award for her 22 […]
Monday, March 3 Trivia Ha-Ir fundraiser Show off your knowledge of useless facts, local trivia and Jewish knowledge while supporting the work of Tikkun Ha-Ir. Proceeds support Tikkun Ha-Ir’s mission to build a more just community by uniting Jews of all backgrounds in study, action and civic engagement. March 3, 5:30-7 p.m. Arts @ Large, […]
We come from around the country and from around the world. We’re intimidating-looking men and women dressed in leathers, chaps, doo-rags, and of course, our cuts. We come on two and three wheels with the wind in our face. Who are we? We are the JMA – the Jewish Motorcyclists Alliance. We are 50+ clubs […]
MILWAUKEE – Let’s not blame Chicago. Yes, yes, it’s true. Wisconsin finally has a Jewish motorcycle club, after representatives of the Chicago Jewish motorcycle club literally rode down here to ask the Chronicle, what gives? Your city is the home of Harley-Davidson, and you don’t even have a Jewish motorcycle club? Never mind that Chicago […]