October 11, 2026 | 30 Tishri 5787
“Everything that we’re doing at WITS is all about kindness, all about giving and helping people.”
– Rabbi Dovid Brafman, Wisconsin Institute for Torah Study
Attention teens or parents of teens! If you know someone who is passionate about leadership, service, and making a difference, don’t miss these opportunities. Student to Student (Grades 11–12): Help build understanding by sharing your personal Jewish story with middle and high school classrooms. As a presenter, you’ll foster meaningful conversations and help others better understand Jewish life today. Learn more […]
Dimmed lights and plush carpeting are helping kids stay focused Plush carpeting, dimmed lights, a body compression glove, a nugget couch, a swing, and tons of games and puzzles fill the sensory room in the basement of Yeshiva Elementary School in Milwaukee. The sensory room, opened as part of a new program at the start […]
Local young adults are loving their jobs at Rainbow Day Camp, giving back to the Jewish community They were smiling, enthused and vibrant. There was no slogging, early-morning commuter vibe here. Rainbow Day Camp counselors arrived early for buses to camp one morning in July, to chat with the Chronicle and pose for photos. It turns out, they are loving camp and have a […]
One moment in the ten-year-old Repairing Together program, aimed at a better Milwaukee and a more tolerant world MILWAUKEE – Kellen Abston, the hip-hop performer who goes by “Klassik,” told the kids that he was here today on his birthday. He added that there was nowhere he’d rather be. The Milwaukee showman – who infuses his work with soul, jazz, storytelling and a healthy dose of impressive falsetto – does youth engagement workshops at schools, museums, and elsewhere. This one was […]
At University of Wisconsin-Madison, an anti-Israel resolution muscled through the process is a sign of the times in divided America Rep. Jianda Ni refused to support an anti-Israel resolution in University of Wisconsin-Madison student government, because he believes in focusing on having a safe campus and serving everyone, not divisive international politics. After he spoke his mind on this, at a meeting, the resolution was quickly pushed through the legislative process, appearing to […]
Yeshiva Elementary School, an institution closely linked to the West Side Twerski community, is facing space issues, with a student population that has grown by about 25 percent since 1999. Administrators are making plans for expansion. Construction could begin in the next couple years, to physically grow the Orthodox school at 5115 W. Keefe Ave. In 1999, before a 2001 expansion, the school had […]
Seemingly half of the school is suddenly juggling. OK, half may be hyperbole. But Chana Laya Gilden observes more of her classmates than usual at Torah Academy of Milwaukee are honing skills commonly spotted under the big top as they prepare to put on their annual play. “One teacher said, ‘I feel like I’m walking into a circus every […]
I remember playing teacher as a little girl. It was something all the girls my age did. We begged our parents to buy us white boards and colorful expo markers so we could role play the people we looked up to most. There was something in that youthful activity that spoke to me; it wasn’t […]
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 […]
