Tuesday June 19, 2018 | 5 Tammuz 5778
Write a Mother’s Day poem? Would you like to see your Mother’s Day poem printed in the Chronicle? Submit your original poem to the Chronicle Mother’s Day Poem Search and if yours is selected, it will appear in the May edition. Submit your poem by Tuesday, April 10, to Chronicle@MilwaukeeJewish.org or postmarked by April […]
Coalition for Jewish Learning offers grants MILWAUKEE – The Coalition for Jewish Learning of Milwaukee Jewish Federation has launched a grant program to support innovative ideas for education. The grants, which will range from $2,500 to $10,000, are aimed at exposing more children to Jewish education by lowering barriers, and creating excellent, sustainable and impactful […]
Ryan opponent labeled anti-Semitic Paul Nehlen, who is running to unseat Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) in the Aug. 14 primary, has been accused of anti-Semitism. “Paul Nehlen Is an Anti-Semitic Clown,” reads a Jan. 24. headline in the Atlantic. The Forward reported he “spent the morning after Christmas being anti-Semitic on Twitter.” Nehlen’s Twitter account […]
Grants and scholarships available MILWAUKEE – The Milwaukee Jewish Federation has several grants and scholarship opportunities: One Happy Camper provides grants up to $1,000 for first-time campers at Jewish overnight camps. Scholarships available for Jewish overnight camps and summer Israel programs for young people. Semester or year in Israel from the Sarah B. and Louis […]
Book: Milwaukee native’s harrowing experience Milwaukee native Myles “Mick” Levine is the subject of a book about his family’s harrowing experience. “The Levine Project,” a new non-fiction book on an Arizona contractor’s alleged “campaign of terror” against his clients, features Mick as one of the victims. Mick was born in Wisconsin and graduated in 1965 […]
Jewish museum seeks volunteers MILWAUKEE – The Jewish Museum Milwaukee is looking for volunteer docents. The museum is looking for people who love history, talking with other people, learning and teaching, to be volunteer docents at Jewish Museum Milwaukee, 1360 N. Prospect Ave. “Our volunteers have the chance to make an impact on the community, […]
Young accepts Mequon library position Rachel Muchin Young of Oak Creek is the new library director of Frank L. Weyenberg Library of Mequon-Thiensville. She joined the Weyenberg Library August 7, after four years as director of the Franklin Public Library in southern Milwaukee County. She also currently serves on the Board of Directors of Congregation […]
Tikkun Ha-Ir accepted into accelerator program MILWAUKEE – Tikkun Ha-Ir of Milwaukee has been selected for support from UpStart, a San Francisco-based organization that seeks to advance innovative ideas that contribute to the growth and vitality of Jewish life. Tikkun Ha-Ir will participate in the UpStart “accelerator” program, which is supporting nine other Jewish organizations […]
Dallet running for Wisconsin Supreme Court MADISON – Judge Rebecca Dallet is running to serve on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Dallet was elected to the Milwaukee County Circuit Court in 2008, and re-elected in 2014, after serving as presiding court commissioner. She previously worked for 11 years as a prosecutor, in both state and federal […]
Cruise with Waukesha cantor WAUKESHA – The World Union for Progressive Judaism is hosting a Royal Caribbean Adventure of the Seas cruise in February of 2018 with Cantor Deborah Martin of Congregation Emanu-El of Waukesha. “Igniting the Music of the Jewish Soul in the Caribbean” will sail Feb. 17-24, 2018. Martin and other Jewish […]
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