Motivated by her Jewish social justice values, Samantha Angelina, of Madison, partnered with the River Food Pantry to create Food NOW (“Nights Or Weekends”), an outdoor emergency food locker program. These lockers contain a short-term supply of shelf-stable foods that can be accessed by anyone, at no cost. Angelina’s acts of tikkun olam started at […]
The Bayside Shul’s new 3- and 4-year-old class, at its Milwaukee Community Hebrew School, started in September. It runs weekly on Sunday mornings. This photo features an event with Chava Edelman, director. In this picture, are students from preschool and kindergarten classes.
Miryam Rosenzweig, president and CEO of Milwaukee Jewish Federation, visited a Milwaukee Jewish Day School class during its tzedakah unit, to discuss the 8 levels of tzedakah and how the Milwaukee Jewish Federation lives those values. Teacher Yoni Schlussel’s students wrote articles after the visit. The student writers included Sivan Wallace, who wrote that kindness […]
MILWAUKEE – When Israeli Gal Dahan came to America to play basketball for Cardinal Stritch University in Glendale, she came, at least in part, for the superior American basketball facilities. “They call America the land of opportunity, not for nothing,” Dahan told the Chronicle, when she was a 24-year-old junior, back in 2021. Maybe it’s […]
The details were exquisite, right down to the miniscule, rolled up papers, each smaller than an eraser head. The rolls, all violet, made up a three-inch model of a Torah cover – with one yellow roll for each of the Torah handles. Students at Torah Academy of Milwaukee created massive art banners, three-dimensional models and […]
Here’s our annual list of local young people who have met the requirements of their local Jewish institutions. Dozens and dozens of Wisconsin young people have taken this step into Jewish adulthood, with confirmation or graduation from our state’s Jewish institutions. If you’d like to see the list from your synagogue or Jewish institution included […]
University of Wisconsin-Madison students Carly Shindler and Jacob Mandel help set the tables for the first of three Passover Seders held at the UW Chabad, where 750 students participated.
Ten students in Madison have been meeting with Holocaust survivors nationwide, by Zoom, as part of Chabad’s Stories That Live program. Chabad at the University of Wisconsin-Madison offers the program in Madison. Stories That Live is a program that connects students with Holocaust survivors. Started at a Chabad that serves students in Pennsylvania, the programming […]
Third grade was a hard time for Milwaukee Jewish Day School teacher Linsey Kimmel. Her teacher made her feel inadequate. The teacher was not good at differentiating and made Linsey feel incapable. In fifth grade, she had a teacher who empowered her by calling her a “shining star.” She decided to become a teacher so […]
I had a great experience at the BBYO International Convention. Consider coming along next year! Here is what I learned from my experience: Find ways to meet new people – It is important that when attending a convention with thousands of Jewish teens from around the world that you take the opportunity to meet new […]