November 09, 2025 | 17 Heshvan 5786
MILWAUKEE — Dr. David Margolis used to be known as the arm guy. With season tickets to the Bucks, the longtime superfan would wave one arm from the fourth row of the stands to show his support for what for years was considered a struggling team. Years later, as his beloved basketball team began […]
My favorite part of a road trip is the pit stops along the way to taste the local culinary delights. Similarly, as I travel along my Jewish life journey, I make my way through the Jewish calendar using my senses. You understand, don’t you? There’s the aromatic smell of a grandmother’s chicken soup simmering […]
Does your family have a project? Maybe you do puzzles together, or maybe you work to improve a Wisconsin lake house? For the Chudnow family, the project is Timna Park, a desert park in Israel offering camping, hiking and archeological finds. No, no, their family project is not just visiting the park. They’re devoted […]
Linda Frank never anticipated becoming a fiction writer. “I had some jobs with local, weekly papers, including a Jewish newspaper in Denver a long time ago,” Frank said. “And I did PR and marketing, but most of my career was in financial services in the securities business.” So, Frank said, “writing fiction was kind […]
The two shin shins who arrived to start their year of Milwaukee service in August came for similar reasons – they’re thinking about Israel’s relationship with the world and the Jewish people. Gal Garti and Itay Rokban, both 18, also say people back in Israel are excited that they’ve come to the city of […]
Wow! What a journey. I can’t believe my shin shin year is over already. I remember the moment I received the phone call and was told that I was accepted to be Milwaukee’s next shin shin, knowing I was going to have once-in-a-lifetime experience, leaving my friends and family. I hopped on a plane […]
This is our monthly recommendation from local Jewish educator Liza Wiemer … “Adventure Girl: Dabi Digs in Israel.” Picture book. Written and illustrated by Janice Hechter. Published May 10, 2021 by Alazor Press. In this lovely picture book, Dabi travels to Israel with her parents to visit family. Because of Dabi’s love for exploration, […]
A man arrived at a local hospital’s front desk. He had trouble remembering some things. He seemed anxious. He admitted he’d been drinking. So, who cares, right? Just a guy who drank too much. But he was standing there. At the hospital reception desk. An admitting receptionist didn’t know what to do. She paged […]
MILWAUKEE – The Water Council, a Third Ward-based nonprofit that encourages freshwater innovation, has granted a key award to an Israeli product after its developers connected with Jewish Milwaukee. The Water Council’s corporate sponsors selected PANI, an Israeli water equipment product, as the winner of a spring 2021 Tech Challenge. PANI was created by […]
JCC offers Pickleball Beginning in September, Pickleball is coming to the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center and will be offered three days a week for teens and adults ages 16+. Pickleball is a fun and competitive sport that is a mash up of tennis, ping pong, wiffle ball, and badminton, […]
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