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Workplace, January 2024

Posted on: December 28th, 2023 | 16 Tevet 5784 by Special to the Chronicle

Amanda Ruppenthal Stein  Amanda Ruppenthal Stein, Ph.D., lecturer in music at Carroll University, presented on the panel, “Anti-Semitism, Music, and Music Studies: Views from the Field,” at the annual meeting of American Musicological Society on Nov. 9, 2023, in Denver. Stein serves on the board of the Jewish Studies and Music Study Group of the […]

Workplace, August 2022

Posted on: July 26th, 2022 | 27 Tammuz 5782 by Special to the Chronicle

  Doris Appelbaum  Doris Appelbaum, CEO of Appelbaum’s Resume Professionals, Inc., was selected as an honored guest by the War Memorial Center for their fireworks event on July 3, 2022. Her employment and volunteer records, particularly with veterans for 20 years, were noted. 

Workplace 

Posted on: June 29th, 2021 | 19 Tammuz 5781 by Special to the Chronicle

  Aaron Biterman  Aaron Biterman received his Lifetime teaching license from the state of Wisconsin in social studies and special education. Biterman currently teaches in Milwaukee Public Schools. 

Workplace, October 2020

Posted on: September 29th, 2020 | 11 Tishri 5781 by Special to the Chronicle

  Michael W. Taibleson Michael W. Taibleson has joined Godfrey & Kahn’s Employee Benefits Practice Group. Taibleson has in-depth knowledge and experience in compensation and benefits that meets the needs of clients in the private, not-for-profit, government, health care, higher education and transportation sectors, according to a news release.  

Former resettlement client now leads Jewish Family Services

Former resettlement client now leads Jewish Family Services

Posted on: June 17th, 2020 | 25 Sivan 5780 by Special to the Chronicle

Jewish Family Services has been an anchor in Olga Vaynshtok’s life. Through the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, Vaynshtok relocated from St. Petersburg, Russia in 1991 with her son and was resettled by JFS. Her husband, Sam, had already moved to the Milwaukee area in 1989. Her husband’s family had a close friend in southeastern Wisconsin […]

Tasse is new director for Jewish Community Relations Council

Tasse is new director for Jewish Community Relations Council

Posted on: June 15th, 2020 | 23 Sivan 5780 by Special to the Chronicle

Jenny Tasse’s work is, in large part, the fight against antisemitism. What motivates her is the antisemitic experiences of her maternal grandparents in Wisconsin. “They were never physically targeted for their faith, to my knowledge, but they both recounted incidents of discrimination and verbal harassment in their youth and even to a degree in their […]

At Kenco Label & Tag, the story is also Jewish

At Kenco Label & Tag, the story is also Jewish

Posted on: April 30th, 2020 | 6 Iyyar 5780 by Rob Golub

The story about Kenco Label & Tag in the secular media is real. The company developed a face shield that the user can stick onto other items protecting the head and face. Kenco came up with this after speaking with a local neurosurgeon about the discomfort of wearing a face shield stuck to an elastic […]

Tips for a job hunt

Tips for a job hunt

Posted on: April 23rd, 2020 | 29 Nisan 5780 by WJC Staff

Looking for a job? Don’t despair! Everyone has done it, and all you need is one. Here are some tips: Work your contacts. If you don’t volunteer or aren’t on a board or committee, consider getting yourself started. Besides feeling good about contributing to the world, you’ll make new contacts outside your circle. The world […]

Elana Kahn put talents to work for Jewish Milwaukee

Elana Kahn put talents to work for Jewish Milwaukee

Posted on: April 22nd, 2020 | 28 Nisan 5780 by Special to the Chronicle

Honest, credible, authentic. Those words describe Elana Kahn’s approach to drawing people into a dialogue. The departing 10-year director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Milwaukee Jewish Federation tells it like it is in a way that leads people to believe that different groups can be brought together to strengthen the relationship of the […]

Moser is executive director of Jewish Community Foundation

Moser is executive director of Jewish Community Foundation

Posted on: April 13th, 2020 | 19 Nisan 5780 by Special to the Chronicle

The Milwaukee Jewish Federation has just welcomed Mitch Moser as the new executive director of the Jewish Community Foundation, following the retirement of Caren Goldberg, who has served the Federation for 23 years. Moser starts April 1. “Mitch has served in nearly every leadership position for the Federation over the years and will bring his […]