August 05, 2025 | 11 Av 5785
Congregation Emanu-El B’ne Jeshurun will be hosting a Singing for Ukraine concert on June 2 at 7 p.m. Community members can attend in-person or online through a live-stream on CEEBJ’s Youtube or Facebook. The evening will feature three acts, each performing a 20 to 30 minute set of music. Performing will be Robin Pluer […]
John Nickoll, 87, remembers how fond he was of his grandfather Benjamin. Now, the grandson is building on the grandfather’s local Jewish work. The Benjamin E. Nickoll Young Leadership Award, an award for young men who lead in the local Jewish community, has been granted by Milwaukee Jewish Federation since 1962. Now, sixty years […]
Sunday, May 1 Brewers Game Cantor Barash from Congregation Emanu-El B’ne Jeshurun will be stepping up to the plate and singing the National Anthem as well as during the seventh inning stretch at the Milwaukee Brewers game vs. the Chicago Cubs. Tune in to watch! Sunday, May 1 at 1:10 p.m. Monday, May 2 […]
University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor Francine Hirsch studies Russia and the Soviet Union, yet even she didn’t know the war in Ukraine would be so arduous. “It has been a completely brutal war of aggression with all kinds of war crimes and crimes against humanity. I don’t think anyone expected that,” Hirsch said. In the […]
When the Brewers beat the Cubs on May 1, as they most surely will, it will be with the singing support of Cantor David Barash. Cantor David Barash from Congregation Emanu-El B’ne Jeshurun will be singing the National Anthem at the Milwaukee Brewers vs. Chicago Cubs baseball game on Sunday, May 1 at 1:10 p.m. […]
Al Rosen loved people. When he passed away, his family received letters and condolences from all over the world, a testament to the impact of his life. Al was not rich or famous or superhuman. He was a man from Milwaukee, husband, father, door-to-door salesman, and Jewish man of faith whose mother had cultivated […]
Daniel Singer, a Wisconsin native, has been a cantor at Stephen Wise Free Synagogue in New York City, a historic place of worship, for 16 years. His journey has taken him from growing up without Jewish community to serving a synagogue in Manhattan. “All of my formative years were in Superior, Wisconsin. I was […]
A joyous north African tradition is celebrated by many in Israel, on the day after Passover, and this year, Milwaukeeans can get a taste of the Jewish-Muslim celebration known as Mimouna. The origins of Mimouna, a tradition dating back to the mid-18th century, are unknown. Some say that the Jews of North African descent, […]
Many people may not be aware that Jews fought in the American Civil War. Searching for Jewish soldiers has become my retirement project. That period of American history was probably the most transformative period of our country. I believe that combining Jewish and Civil War histories of Wisconsin is of interest to the Jewish […]
‘Sydney A. Frankel’s Summer Mix-up’ by Danielle Joseph, published by Kar-Ben. Middle grade novel. When Sydney Frankel’s best friend, Maggie Stein, begs Sydney to switch summer school classes with her, it seems like a win-win for team Frankelstein. Sydney takes the reading class Maggie’s mother signed her up for — it’s Sydney’s ideal summer […]
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