November 09, 2025 | 17 Heshvan 5786
About two dozen local activists gathered at a rally organized by Milwaukee Jews for Climate Action outside Sen. Tammy Baldwin’s Milwaukee office to call on her to stay strong against climate change. “We want to thank Sen. Baldwin for what she’s done,” said Rabbi Michal Woll, speaking at the foot of The Clark Building, […]
Deborah Lipstadt, the Emory University Holocaust historian, is awaiting Senate confirmation to serve as the State Department’s antisemitism envoy. President Joe Biden announced Lipstadt as his pick in late July. In August, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on the Senate to confirm her so she can begin work in this “critical moment,” […]
Congregations in the Milwaukee area and throughout Wisconsin are preparing for the annual practice of tashlich as the year 5782 begins. Each year, as Jews celebrate Rosh Hashanah and approach Yom Kippur, they gather at bodies of water to cast away their sins and begin the next year afresh. Each congregation takes its […]
The High Holidays have arrived again, but the pandemic never left. In fact, with the Delta variant now the predominant strain of COVID-19 in Wisconsin, the coronavirus is spreading rapidly. Wisconsin is typically reporting at least 1000 new daily cases of COVID-19 in recent weeks. The pandemic keeps changing and it’s impossible to predict […]
Everyone should wear a mask indoors when in public, even if fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services and the North Shore Health Department. Also, people should get vaccinated, according to health departments. In Wisconsin, 54 percent of residents have received at least one dose of the vaccine against […]
COVID-19 shut down the world in 2020 and continues to affect the way we live and work. In the earliest days of the shutdown, hospitals were overrun, and most public schools closed. We became a nation of shut-ins, trying to figure out how to cope with a new and alien reality. People proudly displayed […]
Emma Jacobson, who turns 11 on Aug. 2, is entering sixth grade in the Washington, D.C., area. Milwaukee is her second home, and she has many friends and family here. She is a camper this summer at the Steve & Shari Sadek Family Camp Interlaken JCC in Eagle River. Almost one year ago I wrote […]
The Milwaukee north shore’s COVID-19 community transmission rate has been labeled “high” by the North Shore Health Department. Everyone should wear a mask indoors when in public, even if fully vaccinated, said the department’s interim health officer, Kathleen Platt, RN, BSN. Platt acknowledged that “everyone is tired of masking and taking precautions,” but said it’s important to […]
The Orthodox Union awarded a $5,000 grant to the Anshe Sfard Kehillat Torah synagogue for its TeLeM program, which seeks to bring people back to synagogue life. An OU committee selected 35 synagogues, including ASKT in Glendale, from among 300 submissions across 34 states. The ASKT program was one of those chosen for “both […]
When thousands of mostly east-coast people gathered in Washington, D.C., to stand up against rising antisemitism, Milwaukee was there. The coalition of groups and individuals rallied in Washington, D.C., to stand in solidarity in the face of rising antisemitism. A Cream City contingent held up signs indicating “Milwaukee” solidarity. “I had a number of […]
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