August 05, 2025 | 11 Av 5785
Linda Frank and other community members started a grassroots fund for the Jewish community’s refugee resettlement efforts in mid-March. The fund is held at the Jewish Community Foundation of the Milwaukee Jewish Federation, though it is not a Federation fund. “It is for the benefit of people and groups in the community who are helping […]
$464,590 raised for Ukraine relief The Milwaukee Jewish Federation’s portion of the Jewish Federations of North America’s Ukraine Emergency Relief Fund has raised $464,590 from 597 gifts. The estimated 200,000 Jews living in Ukraine have been profoundly affected by the political and economic instability that have wracked the country, according to Milwaukee Jewish Federation. […]
In the midst of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, Jews across the Midwest will have the opportunity to hear from an expert on politics in Israel, who recently came back from a journalistic visit to the border of Ukraine and Moldova. On Wednesday, April 6 at 8 a.m., Gil Hoffman, chief political correspondent and […]
Carthage College, Milwaukee Jewish Federation, and others are holding an event, “Antisemitism in Our Community: What to know, how to help,” on Thursday, April 7, 7 p.m. Speakers are to include Rabbi Dena Feingold, Kenosha Beth Hillel Temple; Kenosha Alderman Jack Rose; a representative from the Anti-Defamation League; and several representatives from the Federation. […]
Magen David Adom, Israel’s national paramedic organization, is aiding refugees and the wounded in Ukraine, Poland, Moldova and Israel. The American Friends of Magen David Adom launched a Ukraine Emergency Appeal to support this effort. As the attacks have escalated, MDA has flown four armored ambulances to Poland, which will be driven into Ukraine […]
Jewish organizations and leaders in Wisconsin are calling on U.S. Senator Ron Johnson to end his opposition to the confirmation of Dr. Deborah Lipstadt as the United States Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combatting Anti-Semitism and allow a vote on her confirmation to move forward. The Senate Foreign Affairs committee was slated to vote on […]
A month ago, Maria Stanishevska was attending college in Ukraine, studying biotechnology and bioengineering, texting with her boyfriend and friends on her iPhone. “We lived our best life, and we didn’t think that anything was going to happen,” she said. “We were just like, everything will be fine and trying to be calm. But […]
Milwaukeeans have been spending more time than ever in the home. As a result, people have been aiming to make their homes more functional and convenient, which is reflected in the latest trends in interior design. “We are seeing a lot of people spending more time in their homes and realizing what hasn’t worked […]
Dilli Kittner attends Mount Mary University, an all-girls private Catholic school with fewer than 640 undergraduate students. She joined Hillel Milwaukee last semester and is now the organization’s social justice chair. “I know one or two other Jews at my school, so it’s not really a big community,” she said. But at Hillel Milwaukee, […]
More than 400 free seder meals will be delivered April 10, 2022 to Jews in need, fulfilling a decade’s long tradition in the greater Milwaukee Jewish community known as ma’ot chittim. Ma’ot chittim refers to the age-old practice of donating funds prior to Pesach to help the poor cover their seder expense. With the […]
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