December 30, 2025 | 10 Tevet 5786
Madison Hillel is one of 13 university Hillels around the country that added a new role to their team to act as an in-between for students and campus administration, given the increasingly antisemitic environment on campuses since Oct. 7. “In addition to seeing record levels of antisemitic incidents, we’re also seeing record levels of engagement […]
FREDONIA – Joey, 17, stood on a high school stage, next to a chuppah, before a very not-Jewish audience of dozens of teenagers, and explained the breaking of glass at a Jewish wedding. “Even in our happiest moments, we still remember that there’s brokenness in the world, like the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, but it officially marks the end of the ceremony and then the […]
MADISON – The divisions in 2025 America were on full display on Oct. 22, at the hearing for a bill to define antisemitism. People spoke with passion, a few minutes at a time, for hours and well through lunchtime on the bill, which is favored by Federations and other mainstream Jewish organizations. The definition in […]
New Israeli Consulate lead Elad Strohmayer has started his tenure in Chicago with the Consulate General of Israel to the Midwest as its new consul general. The Bat Yam native, who started the role in September, worked for more than 15 years in U.S.-Israel diplomacy in several U.S. states and most recently Jerusalem, according to a press […]
Maccabi USA and Maccabi Media are now accepting applications for their 2026 Maccabi Media Program, a career-development opportunity for Jewish college students and recent graduates pursuing sports media. Selected participants will cover the Maccabiah Games in Israel and attend a pre-departure training camp in Philadelphia from June 25 to July 20, 2026. Eligible applicants must […]
In July, we had the privilege of a lifetime: to travel with 89 high school students and their chaperones and companions from the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra as part of their tour to Poland and the Czech Republic. Representing MYSO’s cream of the crop, these highly skilled musicians from across southeastern Wisconsin practiced for months […]
When Rabbi Levi Stein started operating Friendship Circle of Wisconsin in 2017, as a bakery that trained people with special needs, he could not have imagined where he was headed. In a few years, Stein would observe the weight of the pandemic on teen mental health, then assign a new mission to Friendship Circle. Even […]
In August 2024, we arrived in this wonderful place — the Milwaukee Jewish community. Although we came after a long and intense process of applying, training, and preparing to be ShinShinim* in an American Jewish community — living independently with unfamiliar host families, learning how to represent Israel in countless ways — we still didn’t […]
When I was younger, I was told by multiple people passing through my life, including my third grade teacher, that I wasn’t Jewish. I have a Jewish extended family, celebrated holidays, and went to shul once in a blue moon. For me growing up, that was enough. Then came college. I attend a big public […]
University of Wisconsin Chabad and Taglit-Birthright Israel together took 150 students to Israel in May 2025. This photo was shot at the foot of Masada during the trip.
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