August 06, 2025 | 11 Av 5785
A couple of years ago, Rabbi Levi Stein, who runs Friendship Circle, a Milwaukee organization that works with children and adults with disabilities, had a perplexing situation on his hands. One of the organization’s new employees, a disabled man in his 40s, did not show up the first few times he was scheduled to […]
The Marquette University Student Government Senate passed a resolution supporting the boycott, divest and sanction movement against Israel on April 25, 2022, in a unanimous vote of those present. “Given the current climate of increased antisemitism and isolation that many Jewish students experience on various college campuses and given the current antisemitic attacks that […]
Evonne Marzouk spent twenty years writing this novel, and her passion radiates from every page. She shares a profound spiritual journey that is deeply rooted in Jewish mysticism. There is nothing like this in the book world as readers learn about the special role a Jewish teen, Rachel, embarks on to fulfill her gifts […]
Wednesday, June 1 JCC Annual Meeting Join the Harry & Rose Samson Family JCC for its 2021-22 Annual Meeting that will install the 2022-23 board of directors, recognize awardees and share the state of the JCC and vision for the future. June 1 at 7 p.m. Daniel M. Soref Community Hall at the Harry […]
With wedding season just around the corner, this is a reminder to take a moment and just breathe. Planning a wedding can be an overwhelming experience filled with lots of emotions. All the preparations lead to what is supposed to be one of the best days of your life; however, sometimes stress and expectations […]
Annette Schwartzman, a retired attorney, said there’s a lot that’s good in her Grandparents Chavurah, which is co-organized by Mequon Jewish Preschool and Ovation Communities. Ovation Communities is a local Jewish faith-based organization, offering a continuum of senior living and care options. Mequon Jewish Preschool and Ovation Communities have combined efforts to help grandparents […]
Bader Hillel Academy named a new principal and assistant principal, both within the last year. In September, Rabbi Sholom Ber Munitz was named Bader Hillel Academy’s Judaic Studies principal. Prior to the appointment, he taught fifth and sixth grade Judaic studies at Bader Hillel for 11 years, in addition to serving as the rabbi […]
As tragedy unfolded at the Ukraine-Polish border, two women from Jewish Milwaukee went there to see it, understand it, and report back. Representatives of Milwaukee Jewish Federation traveled to the Ukrainian border in Poland to witness what has become the largest humanitarian crisis since World War II, in the wake of Russia’s bloody Ukraine […]
Love watching Shark Tank? Wisconsinites can also view a local, more positive take on the hit television show. Every week, viewers across Wisconsin can tune in for a new episode of “Project Pitch It,” a show where Wisconsin entrepreneurs can pitch their ideas to a panel of leading business moguls and win awards to […]
The Milwaukee-area Walk for Israel is back and set to happen in-person again, for the first time since the pandemic abruptly shuttered Wisconsin in March 2020. The event marks Yom HaAtzmaut, the Israeli Independence Day, and it has historically been the largest annual pro-Israel event in the state. But the community last walked in-person […]
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