November 28, 2025 | 8 Kislev 5786
The Jewish Caucus of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin called for the release of the hostages, a mutually agreed upon ceasefire, and an increase of aid into Gaza, according to a statement issued by the organization. In an Aug. 4 vote, 8-3, the Caucus decided to issue the statement making several points related to “the […]
Milwaukee’s Holy Redeemer Institutional Church of God in Christ, led by Dr. Valerie Daniels and Pastor Jeremy Q. Henry, hosted a blood drive in collaboration with American Friends of Magen David Adom and Blood Centers of America. On June 25, local members of Holy Redeemer Institutional Church of God in Christ, a predominantly African American […]
Rabbi Rocky Anton says he started Jewish Experience of Madison in a moment of “insanity.” “You’ve got to be a little bit meshuggah in order to start a nonprofit organization,” Anton said. Perhaps Anton was “meshuggah,” as he joked, or perhaps it was an observation of his that led him 20 years ago to bring […]
When freelance archivist Sharon Levy opened a damp, musty cardboard box in a storage room at Congregation Emanu-El of Waukesha, she discovered mildew. It seemed to be coming from a backpack in the box, long forgotten and blooming with gray spores, with religious school papers that were salvageable. “It’s really nice to be able to […]
On a recent summer morning, Stella Schneider begged her mother not to take her to a speech therapy appointment so she could instead take the bus with her friends to the Albert & Ann Deshur JCC Rainbow Day Camp, where she has spent the last couple of months rediscovering her childhood. “She was like, ‘We […]
For more than 80 years, a cross marked the grave of Paul Singer, a young Jewish airman from Shorewood, killed in World War II. In May, the cross was replaced with a Star of David. “When you see that cross get lifted up and, very respectfully, put on a crate, on a sort of a […]
BROOKFIELD — Dr. Ramona Tenorio, co-founder and executive director of Tiyuv, has been named to the newest cohort of The Collective, a leadership program operated by Elluminate that supports Jewish women nonprofit leaders in the U.S. and Israel. Tenorio is one of ten women selected nationally and the only participant from Wisconsin. Elluminate’s Collective is […]
Each time Eitan Goldmeer tosses his axe during a competition, it is in commemoration of lives lost and dozens who are still being held hostage by Hamas in the protracted conflict in Gaza. That is because his custom axe is emblazoned with the date October 7, 2023, the words, “Bring Them Home” and a yellow […]
WASHINGTON — Alexander Schmelzling, Brody Weiss and Caitlin Reindl, students at Nicolet High School in Glendale, are 2025 third-prize prize winners in C-SPAN’s 21st annual StudentCam competition and will receive $750 for a documentary video about gun violence in Milwaukee. The video is called “Shots Fired.” C-SPAN also recognizes Katherine Romenesko, an educator at the […]
Milwaukee Jewish Federation has created a new community security service, called the Wisconsin Jewish Security Network. Launched in recent weeks, the Wisconsin Jewish Security Network is projected to grow from its current roster of about 15 full-time, armed security officers, to at least 30 over the next 18 months. The immediate roster of 15 is […]
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