November 07, 2025 | 16 Heshvan 5786
Diane McGeen, who is part of the Chabad Waukesha faith community, has started a GoFundMe to help her mother and others who had to race out of a condominium building that was deemed unsafe and could fall down. On Dec. 2, 48 families were given 15 minutes’ notice to evacuate the six-story building, according […]
Milwaukee Teen Philanthropy Board member Talia Bernstein has been chosen to represent the board nationally as a Youth Ambassador on the Jewish Teen Funders Network Youth Ambassador Council. The Council is a group of youth philanthropists from across North America with the goal of connecting the Jewish Teen Funders Network directly with youth philanthropists […]
The Milwaukee Jewish Teen Philanthropy Board is seeking proposals for funding, which will be disbursed in May 2022. The Milwaukee Jewish Federation program is to award a total of 4-8 grants of up to $4,500 each. The Board is seeking to fund the following areas: poverty/homelessness; antisemitism; domestic violence/mental health; environmental sustainability; and disability […]
Jewish Insider, a political site, published a Jan. 13, 4000-word article on Rep. Mark Pocan and Israel: “Pocan pokes Israel — but where are his constituents?” The site talked with people from the Wisconsin Jewish community expressing different views on the Madison Democrat, who has been critical of Israel. Jewish Insider noted that Rep. […]
Let’s face it, wandering through the desert for 40 years was probably about as much fun as it sounds. So you may not be surprised to learn that given what our people have endured, we sometimes needed a little bit of a boost to find ways in which to “increase in joy.” As we […]
Former Milwaukee Bucks player and general manager Ernie Grunfeld is believed to be the only athlete in NBA history whose parents survived the Holocaust. A longtime figure in the public eye, audiences know very little about Jewish aspects of his life. His son, Dan Grunfeld, himself a former professional basketball player for eight seasons, […]
Rabbi Jay Brickman, founder of Congregation Sinai, who had prolific interests and touched many lives, died Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. He was 97. Rabbi Brickman was a forever student, a humorist, and a counselor to others, who felt strongly that God must be central to Jewish thought. He never stopped pursuing his passions, right […]
Tuesday, Feb. 1 Virtual fine arts program RUACH, a Milwaukee-based Jewish arts and music nonprofit organization, will present a virtual program called “A Journey Through Jewish Music with the Amernet String Quartet.” This virtual program will sample the spectrum of Jewish-related works and composers over the last 150 years, connecting the European Jewish experience […]
Mark Brickman, a longtime Jewish community mega-volunteer, isn’t quite as involved as he used to be. But give him a break, he’s 87. Brickman still goes to work and works out, and that’s despite being treated for cancer. “I come to my office every day. I work. I’ve got a portfolio of properties that I manage for people that I put them into over many years. […]
Many of you have probably never heard of the Secure Community Network, but it’s an important Jewish community watchdog, and I was glad to represent our Jewish community at the Network’s Homeland Security Summit. The Secure Community Network is the official homeland security and safety initiative of the organized Jewish community in North America. Founded in 2004, under the auspices of The Jewish Federations of […]
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