Monday December 17, 2018 | 9 Tevet 5779
An anti-Semitic video was posted on social media and anti-Semitic fliers were posted outside a school in Baraboo. Both were related to what appears to be a Nazi salute in a junior prom photo that garnered worldwide attention. A seven-minute video was posted on Sunday to the paid social networking website minds.com by a […]
In my first two interviews, they sat in separate rooms on different days and said the exact same words. I didn’t ask them for it. They just said it. Rabbi Noah Chertkoff and Shay Pilnik each said that it could “get worse before it gets better.” So I started asking my other interviewees, is […]
MILWAUKEE – Start-up culture requires some key ingredients. Technology companies need to get ethical. Big change is coming. Those were among the messages of Kara Swisher, a New York Times contributing opinion writer who spoke at the Milwaukee Jewish Federation’s Economic Forum 2018. Held Oct. 30 at The Pfister Hotel in Downtown Milwaukee, the […]
Eva Huffaker was shocked and horrified. Before she started classes on a day in November, the Baraboo School District freshman learned about a photo of her peers. The image, which dates back to prom in the spring, appears to show boys in the then-junior class posing in the position of a sieg heil – […]
Looking to make more friends, have fun and explore your Jewish identity? If you are a Jewish teen in grades 9-12, register for NFTY-NO Winter Kallah. The event is one weekend long, from Friday, Jan. 4 at 6 p.m. to Sunday, Jan. 6. No need to travel far. The event is local and hosted […]
Ferrante’s Restaurant & Signature Catering in Mequon has delighted taste buds and filled stomachs for over four decades. Many of its dishes are original family recipes from Rome that have remained unchanged. Like some Italian-American restaurants, Ferrante’s—as its name suggests—offers catering. But unlike other Italian-American restaurants, Ferrante’s offers kosher catering. How’d that come to […]
“There Are Jews Here,” directed by Brad Lichtenstein of Milwaukee, will make its U.S. television premiere and streaming debut in early December. It’s to show through the World Channel and WorldChannel.org as part of the current season of America ReFramed, public media’s award-winning documentary series. It will also be available to stream for free […]
Seth Meyers will return as the headline performer for Laugh It Up Milwaukee, the annual fundraiser that celebrates community partnership, organized by the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center. Meyers is an Emmy Award-winning screenwriter and current host of NBC’s Late Night with Seth Meyers. He will take the Pabst Theater stage at 8:30 […]
For those getting married and starting a family in their early twenties or even late teens, attending university is often a means to an end. Eager to get started on a family and career, and to contribute financially, many Torah Academy of Milwaukee alumni strive to finish their education “as soon as they can,” […]
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