August 25, 2025 | 1 Elul 5785
We last told you about Lauren Stein to celebrate that she earned a $5,000 scholarship from the Hecht Family Memorial College Scholarship Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation of Milwaukee Jewish Federation. Therapists, tutors and more to assist with Lauren’s Asperger syndrome can get expensive, but help came along for Lauren’s family, in the form […]
371 Productions, a Milwaukee based media company, won an Emmy this year for their film “When Claude Got Shot.” Brad Lichtenstein, founder of 371 Productions, is also known for having directed the 2018 film, “There Are Jews Here,” among other work. “When Claude Got Shot” was awarded the Emmy in exceptional merit in documentary […]
The Milwaukee Jewish Film Festival runs this year from Oct. 23-Nov. 6, 2022, with several in-person and remote film screenings, including one on a Jewish family that preserved the home and plantation of Thomas Jefferson, a national landmark stained by slavery. The Milwaukee Jewish Film Festival highlights Jewish voices and is a project of […]
Simchat Torah is a joyous time and Wisconsin synagogues are ready to party. The Jewish holiday – observed Oct. 16-17 – celebrates and marks the conclusion of the annual cycle of public Torah readings and the beginning of a new cycle. Congregation Emanu-El B’ne Jeshurun, Congregation Beth Israel Ner Tamid and Temple Beth El […]
Former U.S. Senator Russ Feingold has issued a warning about a conservative movement to trigger a Constitutional Convention, and he’s got a proposal to revise the Constitution, to better protect it. Feingold noted in an interview with the Chronicle, that “should this convention be called, there are no rules, and the far right is […]
I feel like I knew Jeff German, the Jewish Milwaukee boy who moved to Las Vegas. I know the type, the fearless journalist who lives in the job. When I was an editor at a daily, I felt like I worried about that reporter on my staff more than they worried about themselves. They […]
Whatever college students want Madison Hillel to be, Sophie Shapiro is here to make it happen. The 22-year-old graduate of University of Minnesota took on the job of student life associate at the Jewish campus organization at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She looks forward to helping students “cultivate their own Jewish identity outside of what […]
Greetings from my home’s front foyer in Mequon. I’m staring quizzically deep into the bowels of my work bag. What do I need to pack in order to tackle today’s adventure I affectionately refer to as Jewish education? Today, I know what to pack in my school bag. An olive branch. One that I will […]
For decades, Isabel Bader was a well-known figure and prominent philanthropist in Milwaukee who, along with her husband Alfred, gave away millions of dollars to charities across the city and around the globe, including to many Jewish organizations. So when Isabel Bader died on Aug. 28, 2022, at age 95, it was natural that […]
Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022 Family Fun Day Family Fun Day (ages 2-5), at the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center, 6255 N. Santa Monica Blvd., Whitefish Bay. It will include a ninja obstacle course and sukkah decorating. $8 members/$10 community, per family. Oct. 2, 11-1 p.m. Israeli archeologist The Milwaukee Area Biblical […]
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