Friday April 19, 2024 | 11 Nisan 5784
University of Wisconsin System schools have been asked to consult a central calendar and minimize conflicts with major religious holidays, under a new policy adopted in the wake of a conflict between Rosh Hashanah and the first day of school. The new University of Wisconsin System policy, approved Nov. 9, 2022, comes after two years […]
Ten years ago this past August, a gunman walked into the Sikh Temple in Oak Creek and opened fire, killing six people in an apparent act of hate. The attack ripped through the heart of Milwaukee, sending shock waves across the area’s close-knit faith community. But Marvin Tick refused to sit idle in the […]
Thursday, Jan. 5 Film: ‘Karaoke’ “Faces & Voices of Israel: Film Screening of ‘Karaoke.’” First in a three-part film series presented by Harry & Rose Samson Family JCC, Milwaukee Jewish Film Festival, and Milwaukee Jewish Federation examining aspects of life in Israel. Films followed by talk-backs and group discussions featuring Community Shaliach Uria Roth. […]
Milwaukee native Henya Federman is on life support following a tragic accident in the Virgin Islands. Henya and her husband, Rabbi Asher Federman, have been the Chabad Lubavitch Emissaries to the Virgin Islands for the past 17 years. Henya is the daughter of Rabbi Yisroel and Devorah Shmotkin, founders and leaders of Chabad Lubavitch […]
NextGen, a program of Milwaukee Jewish Federation, is planning a holiday-inspired, football-crazed celebration of lights and touchdowns. The Green Bay Packers host the Rams Monday, Dec. 19, 7:15 p.m. A pre-game gathering with appetizers and drinks starts at 6 p.m., with the event planned to run until 11 p.m. Attend the event, at Amped […]
A talk with an Israel water expert has been rescheduled from an earlier date in November to Jan. 8, 10 a.m., 10-11:30 a.m. “Cleaning Lakes and Fighting Climate Change Two Birds – One Stone?” is sponsored by Congregation Sinai’s Israel Connection program. Oori Weisshaus, PhD, is chief technology officer at Blue Green Water Technologies, […]
Leaders from Milwaukee Jewish Federation joined more than 1,200 Jewish communal leaders in Chicago at Jewish Federations’ three-day General Assembly, where they set the shared Jewish communal agenda for the year ahead and heard from a diverse array of voices on critical issues facing the North American Jewish community, according to a news release. […]
The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle is offering a remote journalism internship for college students. The Chronicle has one opening for summer 2023 and another for fall 2023 during the school year. Full-time jobs and other internships often require or prefer previous professional experience. The Chronicle internship is designed to provide you with a good rung […]
He’s concerned, so he wrote about it. In 2018, former judge Charles Benjamin Schudson, a Jewish Milwaukee native, published a book exploring the pressures on the independence of judges. Today, his concerns have only continued, or grown larger. “Independence Corrupted: How America’s Judges Make Their Decisions,” is a tour of what happens behind the scenes […]
“It is important for families to think about the homes that they want to create for their families before they are married and before raising children,” said Rabbi Noah Chertkoff, Congregation Shalom, Fox Point. “If they have decided on having a Jewish home in which one parent is not Jewish then they might consider […]
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