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Are you planning to watch the Ken Burns’ PBS documentary, “The US and the Holocaust,” Sept. 18-20? Here are five things to know, which could be helpful as you watch. The Nazis studied Jim Crow. Although legal racism against racial and ethnic minorities in the United States did not make the rise of Nazism […]
As another High Holiday season is upon us, I can’t help but recall what I thought about as we ended last year’s High Holiday season. “I am so hungry!” We all hunger for “things” in our lives. We have physical hunger – such as after a 24-hour fast. We have hunger for loving relationships; […]
More than two million people have fled their homes in Ukraine and passed into Poland, as a result of the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, said Tanya Arbit, Milwaukee Jewish Federation’s Women’s Philanthropy President, in a webinar last month. “To put this into context this number is larger than the population of two Milwaukees and […]
Volunteer Harriet Lavin recently was driving a female Afghan refugee to a doctor’s appointment when she asked the mother of six whether she would want to learn how to drive in the future. “Women, no drive, no school. No work, no shopping,” the Afghan woman said to Lavin. “Taliban.” Her simple answer cast a […]
Jewish Family Services has assisted fewer than a dozen Ukrainian Jewish families who have fled to Wisconsin since the outbreak of war, because only that small amount have sought assistance so far. JFS is available to assist more families and if you’re aware of newcomers, you’re invited to connect them with JFS. “If you’re […]
“It kind of just fell into my lap one day,” 22-year-old Wisconsinite Hannah Gold said, describing the opportunity to represent the United States in Women’s ice hockey at Israel’s Maccabiah Games, one of the largest sports competitions in the world. From July 14-28, 2022, the Games hosted 10,000 athletes from 60 countries, in Jerusalem. […]
Gan Ami selected for accreditation The National Accreditation Commission for Early Care and Education programs selected both campuses of Gan Ami Early Childhood Education, Mequon and Whitefish Bay, for accreditation for a second time. The re-accreditation process involved administrators, staff and parents evaluating the program in accordance with Accreditation Standards, according to a news […]
A 56-year-old man got much more than he likely bargained for when, according to police, he decided to drop leaflets containing antisemitic speech on several occasions in Kenosha over the last eight months. In addition to getting slapped with 23 tickets for littering, which could cost him $4,300, the man who hoped to spread […]
Several Wisconsin advocacy groups, including some from the Jewish community, issued a joint statement to “decry” a U.S. Supreme Court decision that sided with a Seattle-area coach who led post-game prayers. The Wisconsin organizations said the decision is a threat to the American tradition of separation of church and state. The organizations are the […]
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