Sunday October 24, 2021 | 18 Heshvan 5782
MILWAUKEE – Residents asked for positive public art, so positivity is what local artist LaNia Sproles poured into the new Jewish Community Pantry Mural. On Aug. 31, 2021, Sproles gave a tour of the mural she painted onto a wall outside the Jewish Community Pantry, 2900 W. Center St. The mural was funded by […]
Wisconsinite Julia Appel, 19, recently completed a gap year, including spring and summer in Israel, before starting as an undergraduate at Tufts University. She wrote this article about her participation in a four-month program in the fall and summer called Project TEN with NEXT. The program offers young adults the chance to “give of […]
When five local Jewish leaders went on a pandemic-era Milwaukee Jewish Federation Solidarity Misson trip to Israel in June 2021, the experience was heartfelt and met with warmth at a time of great pressure for Israel. The trip occurred following the May 2021 ceasefire in the war between Israel and the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas. “We wanted to show the Israeli people that […]
This month the Milwaukee Jewish Federation is launching a first-of-its-kind development program for Milwaukee Jewish communal lay leaders: the Gerald z”l and Louise Stein Leadership Institute. The goal is to provide volunteers with the knowledge, skills and peer network necessary to most effectively guide local organizations. The institute will combine national courses led virtually […]
Kris Kittell, who is running to unseat an incumbent in a Mequon-Thiensville School Board recall election, says the Holocaust references he posted to social media were not intended maliciously. “I don’t have an antisemitic bone in my body,” he said. Scarlett Johnson, Charlie Lorenz, Cheryle Rebholz and Kittell are all running to recall current […]
MILWAUKEE — If you’ve ever talked to older relatives, perhaps those who grew up in the 1930s or 40s, you might have heard them mention the “rag man” or the “junk man.” Today the image of the neighborhood rag man remains fixed in history, almost cliché. But a new exhibit opening this month at […]
This month the Milwaukee Jewish Federation is launching a first-of-its-kind development program for Milwaukee Jewish communal lay leaders: the Gerald z”l and Louise Stein Leadership Institute. The goal is to provide volunteers with the knowledge, skills and peer network necessary to most effectively guide local organizations. The institute will combine national courses led virtually […]
It likely comes as no surprise to anyone involved in the Milwaukee and international Jewish communities that Joan Lubar was asked to fill the top lay leader position at the Milwaukee Jewish Federation. Locally, Lubar has excelled in many key Federation volunteer roles, including Women’s Philanthropy Campaign Chair, Women’s Philanthropy President, Annual Campaign Chair and […]
MILWAUKEE – About 20 alumni of the local George Weinstein Fellowship Program are meeting, planning and writing curriculum to overhaul the program that trained them. The program has always sought to develop the next generation of leaders, but now the alumni are making major adjustments to strengthen that aspect. Recruitment for the next cohort […]
Jeremy Millman wakes up every day and asks his mother when he can go back to Beber Camp. A 21-year-old with developmental disabilities, Jeremy has discovered his happy place in an inclusion program at the independent Jewish summer camp in Mukwonago, about 20 miles southwest of Milwaukee “It’s the best thing that ever happened […]
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