August 06, 2025 | 12 Av 5785
A recent study commissioned by the Nathan and Esther Pelz Holocaust Education Resource Center shows its programs can be a game changer. HERC programming significantly changes the way the young participants think about antisemitism, racism and the Holocaust, according to the survey results. Of about 400 students studied, in both middle and high schools, 77% […]
The overnight camp OSRUI has been updating itself in anticipation of summer 2022, with a new teaching kitchen and the restoration of an original building, among other projects. OSRUI is the Reform movement’s summer camp in the upper Midwest. Over the past several years, OSRUI has taken on a variety of projects aimed at […]
Camp Young Judaea Midwest, a small overnight summer camp in Waupaca that serves people from varying Jewish backgrounds, has focused recent efforts on mental health. Due to the pandemic, camp staff have found that children can struggle to interact with other campers and socialize without the use of screens, according to executive director Robin […]
A young Polish girl, wearing a peasant skirt with her hair in braids and a handkerchief covering her head, showed up unexpectedly one day at the Gestapo headquarters in Warsaw. She told the guards she needed to speak with an official inside about a personal matter. “They showed her to the office. She went […]
The 2022 Salute to Jewish Educators awards will be held at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, March 6 as an event for both in-person and virtual attendees. The awards celebration is an annual recognition of educators sponsored by Milwaukee Jewish Federation’s Coalition for Jewish Learning. The honorees include: Lifetime Impact Award – Doris Shneidman (founding director […]
When Amnesty International issued a report that accused Israel of being an “apartheid state,” it was “sad” and “frustrating,” according to Yinam Cohen, the consul general of Israel to the Midwest. Cohen commented on the Amnesty International report and other issues during a Feb. 2, 2022, interview with the Chronicle, as he was in […]
Local educator Jennifer Saber is teaching other Jewish educators nationwide, and now a $20,000 boost for the work will be like squirting lighter fluid on a fire, she said. “It is very, very helpful,” Saber said. “This will increase the impact that we’re making and increase the number of people with disabilities who we […]
Children who are adopted can face challenges, from the trauma of separation to the task of developing their own identities. These troubles can be compounded by stereotypes. ”I wish more people understood that there isn’t just one way to be Jewish. There isn’t just one silhouette of what it looks like to be a […]
The Milwaukee Jewish Federation is organizing a “Month of Dialogue” for March, starting with a live comedy event, all of it aimed at generating discussion related to Israel and the interfaith world. “The Month of Dialogue is an opportunity for us to engage in difficult and multilayered conversations in hopes of seeing the nuance […]
The Arava Institute for Environmental Studies has taken on two seemingly impossible tasks. One is that it exists to assist our beleaguered natural world. Two, it does so by bringing Jews and non-Jewish Middle Easterners together in the Israeli desert to work and study. Yes, together, and no, it does not go perfectly. Dr. […]
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