September 06, 2025 | 13 Elul 5785
A 56-year-old man got much more than he likely bargained for when, according to police, he decided to drop leaflets containing antisemitic speech on several occasions in Kenosha over the last eight months. In addition to getting slapped with 23 tickets for littering, which could cost him $4,300, the man who hoped to spread […]
Several Wisconsin advocacy groups, including some from the Jewish community, issued a joint statement to “decry” a U.S. Supreme Court decision that sided with a Seattle-area coach who led post-game prayers. The Wisconsin organizations said the decision is a threat to the American tradition of separation of church and state. The organizations are the […]
Thursday, Sept. 1 Heroes of Humanity Hear from Rabbi Yoseph Zaltzman and Ellie Schuster as they share what it takes to live a life of faith and kindness under communism in Romania. Presented by Mequon Torah Center. Sept. 1 at 7 p.m., Peltz Center for Jewish Life, 2233 W. Mequon Road. Learn more and […]
Local college students went on a trip to Israel, with visits to Palestinian cities, and came back with a core lesson: We need to listen more intently to one another. Hillel Milwaukee brought together 17 students — both Jewish and non-Jewish — for an “all-encompassing, immersive” trip to Israel from May 23 through June […]
Brickman to receive leadership award The Milwaukee Jewish Federation will honor Mark Brickman with the inaugural Distinguished Leadership Award at its 2022 Annual Meeting on Tuesday, August 9. Brickman has held top leadership positions at the Federation including chair of both the Milwaukee Jewish Federation and the Jewish Community Foundation. He has inspired and […]
Imagine you’re a 17-year-old boy from abroad whose parents have both belief in the value of education and the means to achieve it — sufficient means to send you to a private boarding school in the United States for high school as the first step to an American university education. As your senior year […]
Justin Hirsch, a Homestead High School senior, says he likes reviewing grant applications and studying projects that need funding. Justin gets this experience and much more through his membership on the Teen Philanthropy Board, a program of the Milwaukee Jewish Federation. For more than five years, the Board has brought Jewish teens together to […]
MILWAUKEE – While the overturning of Roe vs. Wade took many by surprise, Rabbi Bonnie Margulis saw it coming. Margulis, with decades of experience as a leader in the pro-choice movement, was preparing for a post-Roe world even before a draft of the Supreme Court decision was leaked. Now, the possibility of a post-Roe […]
Ten years after his Milwaukee Jewish Day School trip to Israel, Zach Sinykin was there again, planning a presidential visit. Milwaukee-area native Sinykin, a 23-year-old advance associate for the Biden administration, helped organize the President’s recent trip to Israel from July 13 to 15, 2022. “In Israel, it’s a very big deal for the […]
Tables Across Borders, a local volunteer-led initiative, is featuring Ukrainian cuisine Aug. 8 at the Lazy Susan restaurant in Milwaukee. The event’s family of chefs are the Stanishevkas, from the local Jewish community. The co-founder of Tables Across Borders, Kai Gardner-Mishlove, runs that initiative to highlight the cuisine of local refugee chefs. The organization […]
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