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Danny M. Cohen, Holocaust expert from Northwestern, to speak at Yom HaShoah commemoration 

Danny M. Cohen, Holocaust expert from Northwestern, to speak at Yom HaShoah commemoration 

Posted on: April 17th, 2024 | 9 Nisan 5784 by Special to the Chronicle

A specialist on how people learn about Holocaust history and prejudice will speak in Milwaukee.   That speaker, Danny M. Cohen, is an associate professor of instruction in the School of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University. He teaches courses on Children and the Holocaust, The Holocaust and Education and Holocaust Memory, Memorials and Museums.  […]

Passover and Earth Day coincide this year 

Passover and Earth Day coincide this year 

Posted on: April 17th, 2024 | 9 Nisan 5784 by Special to the Chronicle

Why is this night different from all other nights?  Well, it’s Passover. It’s also Earth Day.   Both holidays celebrate renewal and redemption. The yearning for freedom, of Passover, has been compared to the yearning for liberation from the great issues facing the Earth.  If you’re looking to celebrate the Earth before or after your Seder, […]

Coming Events, April 2024 

Coming Events, April 2024 

Posted on: April 1st, 2024 | 22 Adar II 5784 by Rob Golub

Monday, April 1  2024 Passover Food Drive  The Community Food Drive is happening again this year. Food will be collected through April 10 at several sites throughout the community. Distribution will be Sunday, April 14. For more information visit MilwaukeeJewish.org/PassoverFoodDrive. Contact Laura Slatky-Verkuilen at (414) 967-7145 or lslatky-Verkuilen@jccmilwaukee.org.  Tuesday, April 2   All About Passover  Come […]

Play about addiction is set at Passover

Play about addiction is set at Passover

Posted on: April 1st, 2024 | 22 Adar II 5784 by Special to the Chronicle

“Freedom Song” is a musical performance unlike just about all others. For one thing, it combines the story of a family and their struggle with addiction with the telling of the Exodus story. For another, all people involved are in some stage of addiction recovery.   Frequently performed nationwide, the show will come to Milwaukee for […]

The Shabbat morning singalong is a hallmark of Milwaukee Jewish Day School

The Shabbat morning singalong is a hallmark of Milwaukee Jewish Day School

Posted on: March 11th, 2024 | 1 Adar II 5784 by Rob Golub

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 […]

IN PICTURES: ‘The Chosen” in production 

IN PICTURES: ‘The Chosen” in production 

Posted on: March 5th, 2024 | 25 Adar I 5784 by Special to the Chronicle

“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.  

Coming Events, March 2024 

Coming Events, March 2024 

Posted on: March 1st, 2024 | 21 Adar I 5784 by Special to the Chronicle

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, […]

Cantor Berman to receive lifetime impact award 

Posted on: February 14th, 2024 | 5 Adar I 5784 by Special to the Chronicle

For decades, Congregation Shalom Cantor Karen Berman had her hand in education, from teaching music to coordinating and teaching the synagogue’s b’nai mitzvah tutorial program.  For her work, Berman will receive the 2024 Salute to Jewish Educators Lifetime Impact Award.   The award ceremony will be held at Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center […]

Wisconsin-born playwright brings “The Chosen” to Milwaukee  

Wisconsin-born playwright brings “The Chosen” to Milwaukee  

Posted on: February 14th, 2024 | 5 Adar I 5784 by Special to the Chronicle

“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 […]

‘Last Jewish Gangster’ event Feb. 13 

‘Last Jewish Gangster’ event Feb. 13 

Posted on: February 9th, 2024 | 30 Shevat 5784 by Special to the Chronicle

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 […]