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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, […]

Liza Wiemer’s monthly recommendation: Travel back to ancient Egypt 

Liza Wiemer’s monthly recommendation: Travel back to ancient Egypt 

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

“Afikomen,” story by Tziporah Cohen, Illustrated by Yaara Eshet, published by Groundwood Books.  In this stunning wordless picture book, “readers” will follow three children who travel back in time from their Passover seder to ancient Egypt. It follows what happened to baby Moses and how he was saved from the Nile River. There is a […]

What’s Nu? April 2024

Posted on: April 5th, 2024 | 26 Adar II 5784 by Special to the Chronicle

Free kit to discuss Israel   Local Jewish organizations have come together to offer free “A Place to Talk Kit” to help friends and family gather and discuss what is happening in Israel.   Each kit contains stickers, blue ribbons, discussion questions, an Israeli flag, Israeli chocolate and more. The kits are sponsored by the Harry & […]

Asian American history to be included in curriculum for Wisconsin schools 

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

MADISON – The state legislature passed a bill requiring K-12 public schools to include Asian American and Hmong American history and contributions within curricula across the state.  As of late March, the legislation was headed to the desk of Gov. Tony Evers, who was expected to sign the bill into law.   The bill received […]

Liza Wiemer’s monthly recommendation: Purim for young children 

Liza Wiemer’s monthly recommendation: Purim for young children 

Posted on: March 14th, 2024 | 4 Adar II 5784 by Special to the Chronicle

“What Do You See? On Purim,” by Bracha Goetz, published by Judaica Press  This is the perfect introduction to Purim for infants to toddlers. This board book highlights everything that is needed to celebrate Purim. Photographs of children in costumes, ingredients to bake hamantashen, different megillahs to read, graggers to count, items for mishloach manot, […]

What’s Nu? March 2024

What’s Nu? March 2024

Posted on: March 11th, 2024 | 1 Adar II 5784 by Special to the Chronicle

Passover Food Drive serves local community  Passover Food Drive serves local community  MILWAUKEE – Food donations for the Community Passover Food Drive (Ma’ot Chittim) will be collected Monday, March 25 until Wednesday April 10 at several sites throughout the community, including the Milwaukee Jewish Federation, Harry and Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center and local […]

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 […]

2024 guide to Wisconsin Jewish Summer camps

Posted on: March 6th, 2024 | 26 Adar I 5784 by Special to the Chronicle

  Here is our up-to-date list of Wisconsin Jewish camps! The camps are: Beber Camp, Mukwonago, WI Camp Chi, Lake Delton, WI Camp Moshava, Wild Rose, WI Camp Ramah, Conover, WI Camp Shalom and Camp Shalom Noar-Bogrim,Verona, WI Camp Young Judaea  Midwest, Waupaca, WI Chabad – Lubavitch of Wisconsin • Camp Gan Israel, Bayside, WI […]

Happy staff, happy campers

Posted on: February 20th, 2024 | 11 Adar I 5784 by Special to the Chronicle

A study grounded in research involving the Foundation for Jewish Camp has found a key to increased well-being at camp, something sorely needed for today’s post-pandemic campers, according to a news release.  The study suggests that increased staff well-being and feelings of support are related to increased youth well-being at camp. The study was published […]

Gan Ami Early Childhood Education says the field ‘chose her’

Gan Ami Early Childhood Education says the field ‘chose her’

Posted on: February 20th, 2024 | 11 Adar I 5784 by Special to the Chronicle

Shelly Eiland, educator of 3- and 4-year-olds at Gan Ami Early Childhood Education in Whitefish Bay, was going to school for social work when she decided to switch to a career in early education.   Twenty-five years later, Eiland is still loving the profession that she said “chose her.” While attending class at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee […]