October 28, 2025 | 6 Heshvan 5786
The State of Israel will turn 75 in 2023, and Jewish organizations in the Milwaukee area are planning to start the year of celebration with a mini-film festival, throughout the month of January. The Harry & Rose Samson Family JCC and Milwaukee Jewish Federation will present the “Faces & Voices of Israel” film event. It […]
The small moments stay with Robert Jan van Pelt. An expert on the history of Auschwitz, van Pelt recalls a blueprint he reviewed for barracks at the concentration camp in Poland. It showed the capacity for prisoners in the bunks based on an assumption that each inmate would have two feet by six feet of […]
Above: Raisa Koltun, Tanya Arbit, Susan Lubar, Susan Strait, Joan Lubar, Andrea Schneider, Debra Katz, Sara Hermanoff, Idy Goodman, Barbara Glazer and Melissa Taylor from Milwaukee Jewish Federation’s Women’s Philanthropy joined more than 1,200 women philanthropists from 80 communities around the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, and Israel at Jewish Federations of North America’s three-day International […]
Thursday, Dec. 1 Mel Brooks The Steve Solochek Memorial Lecture Series featuring Patrick McGilligan, author of “Funny Man: Mel Brooks.” An audience-driven Q&A follows. 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1. Jewish Museum Milwaukee, 1360 N. Prospect Ave. Museum members $5. Nonmembers $10. Candle Making Prepare for the season of light with Tapestry Arts & Ideas, […]
Thursday, Sept. 1 Heroes of Humanity Hear from Rabbi Yoseph Zaltzman and Ellie Schuster as they share what it takes to live a life of faith and kindness under communism in Romania. Presented by Mequon Torah Center. Sept. 1 at 7 p.m., Peltz Center for Jewish Life, 2233 W. Mequon Road. Learn more and […]
Monday, July 4 March with JCC Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center to march in parade, Monday, July 4, 11:10 a.m. Join the JCC for the Whitefish Bay Fourth of July Parade. Meeting location to be determined. JCC to provide the holiday swag! Wear a JCC T-shirt if you have one. Fill out an […]
Wednesday, June 1 JCC Annual Meeting Join the Harry & Rose Samson Family JCC for its 2021-22 Annual Meeting that will install the 2022-23 board of directors, recognize awardees and share the state of the JCC and vision for the future. June 1 at 7 p.m. Daniel M. Soref Community Hall at the Harry […]
Sunday, May 1 Brewers Game Cantor Barash from Congregation Emanu-El B’ne Jeshurun will be stepping up to the plate and singing the National Anthem as well as during the seventh inning stretch at the Milwaukee Brewers game vs. the Chicago Cubs. Tune in to watch! Sunday, May 1 at 1:10 p.m. Monday, May 2 […]
Friday, April 1 Hillel Milwaukee Shabbat Join Hillel Milwaukee for its second annual Cream City Community Shabbat that celebrates the students and young adults of Hillel Milwaukee with the rest of the Milwaukee Jewish community. The program will include awards, Shabbat blessings, and a performance by Jewish bluegrass/Americana band, Nefesh Mountai. Community members can join […]
Tuesday, March 1 Comedy for Peace The Israel Center of Milwaukee Jewish Federation will a lead a series of programs called Month of Dialogue in March that initiate conversations across audiences and faith groups within the general Milwaukee community. The first of this series is a comedic event where Muslim and Jewish stand-up comedians […]
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