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IN PICTURES: Fox Point serendipity

Posted on: May 9th, 2024 | 1 Iyyar 5784 by Rob Golub

Oh, hello! Three current and former presidents of the Village of Fox Point stumbled upon one another at the same performance of “The Chosen,” unaware that the other two were also attending. The current president of the village of Fox Point, and her two predecessors, attended the Milwaukee Repertory Theatre’s performance on March 29, 2024. […]

Microgrants on Israel, antisemitism 

Microgrants on Israel, antisemitism 

Posted on: May 9th, 2024 | 1 Iyyar 5784 by Special to the Chronicle

Milwaukee Jewish Federation is offering “microgrants” for organizers of programming related to Israel or antisemitism.  The Israel and Overseas Committee of Milwaukee Jewish Federation is offering the microgrants. Organizations can apply for microgrants ranging from $500 to $2,000 per group. If organizations partner with one another, those amounts can double. Programs must be held by […]

On relationships with mothers, for Mother’s Day 

On relationships with mothers, for Mother’s Day 

Posted on: May 9th, 2024 | 1 Iyyar 5784 by Special to the Chronicle

Relationships between mothers and their children are complicated. Our mothers are our first teachers, intentionally and unintentionally showing us how to be good people, how to treat and care for others, how to navigate the world, and how to overcome challenges. If you are as lucky as I have been, your mother will also teach […]

Nicolet prom offered kosher 

Posted on: May 6th, 2024 | 28 Nisan 5784 by Rob Golub

Nicolet High School offered kosher-for-Passover meals at prom, on April 27, toward the end of the Passover week.  Nicolet is a public school, with one of the largest Jewish populations in the state.   “We’re trying to be accommodating of the front end,” Superintendent Greg Kabara said. He credited the staff: “When students ask or say, […]

State to fund Holocaust education

State to fund Holocaust education

Posted on: May 6th, 2024 | 28 Nisan 5784 by Rob Golub

Gov. Tony Evers signed a bill to allocate $400,000 to Milwaukee’s Holocaust education center, over a two-year period, to help train educators statewide.  The bill was approved unanimously by the state legislature after representatives of the Nathan and Esther Pelz Holocaust Education Resource Center testified at hearings in Madison. The state Senate passed the bill […]

Israeli psychotherapist visiting for Yom HaZikaron  

Israeli psychotherapist visiting for Yom HaZikaron  

Posted on: May 1st, 2024 | 23 Nisan 5784 by Special to the Chronicle

The work of psychotherapists and other mental health counselors has seen rising importance in recent years, especially since the attacks of Oct. 7, 2023.   On May 13, Israeli Eitan Spiegel, who performs such services, will visit Milwaukee to discuss his work as part of the annual commemoration of Yom HaZikaron. The day serves as Israel’s […]

Climate activist to speak  

Posted on: May 1st, 2024 | 23 Nisan 5784 by Special to the Chronicle

Comedian and climate activist Josh Burstein is to speak at the Tikkun Olam Shabbat at Congregation Shalom, May 17 at 6 p.m.   Burstein is an Emmy Award winner and a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Burstein will speak at 6 p.m., after the 4:30 showing of “The Last Glimpse,” a documentary about the Maldives, […]

Coming Events, May 2024

Coming Events, May 2024

Posted on: May 1st, 2024 | 23 Nisan 5784 by Special to the Chronicle

Sunday, May 5  Community Art Project Honor the legacies of fallen Israeli soldiers through an exhibit in the Surlow Promenade. In collaboration with the Milwaukee Jewish Federation, the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center presents an exhibition that pays tribute to the legacies of fallen Israeli soldiers. Artists will be asked to create their […]

Museums can help combat antisemitism 

Museums can help combat antisemitism 

Posted on: April 22nd, 2024 | 14 Nisan 5784 by Special to the Chronicle

To bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance. In his 1790 letter of reply to the Hebrew Congregation of Newport, Rhode Island, George Washington echoed the words of first generation Jewish-American Moses Seixas who had penned them as part of a congratulations and query to the newly inaugurated first U.S. president with the aim of […]

Antisemitism is a threat to all

Posted on: April 22nd, 2024 | 14 Nisan 5784 by Special to the Chronicle

Six years ago, a group of neo-Nazis and white supremacists orchestrated a violent attack on an anti-racism protest in Charlottesville, Va. held as a counter to their own rally. They planned for weeks, down to what to wear and even what to bring to lunch and how they would claim self-defense when one of them […]