Tuesday June 06, 2023 | 17 Sivan 5783
Tikkun Ha-Ir’s Food Justice Walk Tikkun Ha-Ir, a Jewish social justice and social action organization, is hosting a Food Justice Walk. The walk is in celebration of the organization’s 20th anniversary. The walk will be taking place on June 4, 2023, from 9-11 a.m. at Urban Ecology Center-Riverside, 1500 E. Park Place, Milwaukee. The public […]
Congregation Shalom’s Tikkun Shabbat Congregation Shalom will be hosting its second annual Tikkun Olam Shabbat on Friday, May 19. The event will begin at 6 p.m. and will be followed by a “green” Oneg Shabat that features speaker Meenal Atre, an advocate for plastic-free communities. Meenal Atre, the co-founder of Plastic Free MKE, is an […]
Attorney General Josh Kaul spoke Attorney General Josh Kaul spoke on Feb. 17 at a “Repro Shabbat” event at Congregation Emanu-El B’ne Jeshurun, River Hills. The talk was part of a nationwide National Council of Jewish Women effort to focus on reproductive freedom. The local NCJW chapter has about 250 members. Kaul said he travels […]
Craig Johnson seeks office Craig Johnson, an attorney with Sweet and Associates in Milwaukee, and a resident of Whitefish Bay, is running for Whitefish Bay municipal judge. The part-time position serves the Traffic Court. Johnson is a former vice president of the Congregation Sinai board and is on the board of the Jewish Community Relations […]
Madison tops Ramah College Network The University of Wisconsin Madison is one of 11 “top Ramah colleges,” according to a ranking released by Reset Ramah, an affiliate of the Conservative movement. Camp Ramah is the camping arm of Conservative Judaism, and the colleges were ranked by the number of students enrolled at a school after […]
371 Productions wins Emmy 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 […]
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 […]
$464,590 raised for Ukraine relief The Milwaukee Jewish Federation’s portion of the Jewish Federations of North America’s Ukraine Emergency Relief Fund has raised $464,590 from 597 gifts. The estimated 200,000 Jews living in Ukraine have been profoundly affected by the political and economic instability that have wracked the country, according to Milwaukee Jewish Federation. […]
Weiss-McQuide assists Whitefish Bay musical Nancy Weiss-McQuide, a local theater, dance and Yiddish educator, spoke to students at the Whitefish Bay High School Theater about their upcoming “Fiddler on the Roof” spring production. Yiddish undergirds the way people speak and the humor, she said. “It all stems from Yiddish,” she said. “Even though it’s […]
Jewish Insider examines Pocan on Israel Jewish Insider, a political site, published a Jan. 13, 4000-word article on Rep. Mark Pocan and Israel: “Pocan pokes Israel — but where are his constituents?” The site talked with people from the Wisconsin Jewish community expressing different views on the Madison Democrat, who has been critical of […]
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