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Coming Events, October 2023

Coming Events, October 2023

Posted on: September 27th, 2023 | 12 Tishri 5784 by Special to the Chronicle

Friday, Oct. 6  Farm with Tikkun Ha-Ir  Join Tikkun Ha-Ir to Glean on the Farm! Friends and family welcome for a fun day in the sun, serving the community through Food Justice. Pick fresh produce from the lovely grounds of this CSA farm in Waukesha. Perfect for families with children 3 and over. Pre-registration required […]

The personal is political

The personal is political

Posted on: September 19th, 2023 | 4 Tishri 5784 by Special to the Chronicle

Amy H. Shapiro believes everyone leads political lives.  By political, Shapiro said, she doesn’t mean the choices voters might make at their polling place or the ordinances they might lobby aldermen to enact. Rather, the emerita professor of philosophy and humanities from Alverno College in Milwaukee is talking about how personal choices and identities are […]

Jewish Museum Milwaukee examines how fiber artists amplify women’s voices on social issues

Jewish Museum Milwaukee examines how fiber artists amplify women’s voices on social issues

Posted on: September 4th, 2023 | 18 Elul 5783 by Special to the Chronicle

Women who believe the system is not organized in their interest can speak out. Sometimes, they speak through art.  A new fiber arts exhibit coming to the Jewish Museum Milwaukee in September is one way women and women’s advocates seek to reclaim the genre historically patronized as “women’s craft” to use it as a launching […]

Coming Events, September 2023

Coming Events, September 2023

Posted on: August 31st, 2023 | 14 Elul 5783 by Special to the Chronicle

Friday, Sept. 1  Pickleball Tournament Join the Labor Day Weekend Pickleball Tournament on the JCC Outdoor Courts! Inviting all 2.5-3.0 level players to participate in a mixed scramble tournament. Sept. 1, 8:30 a.m. Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center, 6255 N. Santa Monica Blvd., Whitefish Bay. $25. Questions or to register, contact Jess Lanke: […]

Liza Wiemer’s new book is on giving

Liza Wiemer’s new book is on giving

Posted on: August 11th, 2023 | 24 Av 5783 by Special to the Chronicle

Early one winter morning, a small Jewish boy named Daniel is startled out of bed to the sound of someone walking in fresh snow. He peers out of his room’s window to see his father carrying a mysterious box away from his home.    What happens next in “Out and About: A Tale of Giving” the […]

IN PICTURES: Touch-a-Truck Festival 

IN PICTURES: Touch-a-Truck Festival 

Posted on: August 3rd, 2023 | 16 Av 5783 by Special to the Chronicle

Disposal and fire trucks lined the JCC parking lot, while around the corner on the JCC lawn, information booths, food trucks, a bounce house and a mini truck race course lined the lawn.   * * * Touch-a-Truck Festival  The kids were climbing in truck cabs, pounding away at horns and twisting steering wheels with vigor, […]

Geoff Colvin spoke to business leaders at Federation’s Economic Forum 

Geoff Colvin spoke to business leaders at Federation’s Economic Forum 

Posted on: July 28th, 2023 | 10 Av 5783 by Special to the Chronicle

“The recession has always been six months from now, so is it coming?” retorted Geoff Colvin at the Milwaukee Jewish Federation’s June 26 Economic Forum. Colvin, the keynote speaker, delivered a talk on this and more for area business leaders.  The CBS Radio commentator primarily discussed challenges to business in the modern world including artificial […]

Jewish bikers rumble and roll into Milwaukee

Jewish bikers rumble and roll into Milwaukee

Posted on: June 30th, 2023 | 11 Tammuz 5783 by Rob Golub

WHITEFISH BAY – One of the motorcycles zoomed into the JCC parking lot bearing a pair of large, flowing Israeli flags, fluttering off the ends of poles at the back of the chopper. Wendy and David Hefter rode the bike all the way from Baltimore.  “It’s a privilege and an honor,” David said. “It’s a […]

Coming events, July 2023

Coming events, July 2023

Posted on: June 28th, 2023 | 9 Tammuz 5783 by Special to the Chronicle

Tuesday, July 4  March with the JCC  Join the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center for the Whitefish Bay Fourth of July Parade. JCC to provide the holiday swag. Wear a JCC T-shirt if you have one. July 4, 11:10 a.m. Meeting location: TBD. Register online. JCCMilwaukee.org. Questions? Contact Rachel Pressman at RPressman@JccMilwaukee.org.  […]

Madison conference on ‘Jews and Leisure’ 

Posted on: June 9th, 2023 | 20 Sivan 5783 by Special to the Chronicle

The Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Wisconsin Madison is hosting its 23rd Annual Greenfield Summer Institute, “Jews and Leisure,” from July 17-20, 2023. The summer institute features different topics relating to Jewish life and culture each year.  This year’s programming will feature different scholars who will discuss the ways in which Jews […]