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The Shabbat morning singalong is a hallmark of Milwaukee Jewish Day School

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Shabbat Sing, an enduring hallmark of Milwaukee Jewish Day School, now has a CD album.  The weekly burst of energy and hamishness has children dancing and singing every Friday morning in a large room filled with parents and grandparents. The songs are led by Mara Kleiman and Wendy Cohen. Kleiman is director of Jewish life and learning, and Cohen is a Judaic music specialist, for Milwaukee Jewish Day School. The Shabbat Sing tradition is 40 years old, now a woven into Milwaukee Jewish Day School identity. In recent years, parents and others have become regulars, invited to the lively...

Opinion: This visit to Israel was different 

Opinion: This visit to Israel was different 

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Both of us have been to Israel many, many times. Both of us left for the Jewish Homeland thinking that we knew a lot about the current situation and the repercussions of the Hamas War on the people in our partnership region of Sovev Kineret.    Our four days in the region, from Jan. 15-18, made […]

A message from the Israel Economic Mission

A message from the Israel Economic Mission

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Israel the “Startup Nation,” has long cultivated values of entrepreneurship and resilience as a nation. Home to over 2,000 startups founded in the last decade alone and with the highest R&D expenditure as share of GDP worldwide in 2022, the country attracts hundreds of global corporations.   With the horrific attacks on Oct. 7 and the […]

Marquette condemns Hamas and attacks, weeks later 

Marquette condemns Hamas and attacks, weeks later 

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In Marquette University’s original statement following the Oct. 7 massacre, the school neither condemned Hamas nor mentioned terrorism. But in a new statement released almost one month after the attacks, Marquette did both.    The university’s Oct. 10 statement, labeled “Praying for peace in the Middle East,” broadly referenced “devastating violence” and called for “an end […]

Opinion: I will return to Israel

Opinion: I will return to Israel

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I have lived a good life and am now a retired guy with extra time on my hands. These days I devote much of my time to volunteer work; one specifically, the Jewish National Fund Water Task Force.   Relying on my expertise in water, hydraulics and pumps, I have visited Israel on frequent “water missions” […]

Local Marquette student is saving lives as an EMT — from Milwaukee to Israel

Local Marquette student is saving lives as an EMT — from Milwaukee to Israel

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Five years ago, Benny Gustafson’s brother died while studying abroad in an incident that might have been averted, if only paramedics been called sooner.   Now a junior at Marquette University, Gustafson is on a mission to assist those in need as an emergency medical technician in both Milwaukee and Israel. He said he aims to […]

From opposing sides of the conflict, they talk 

From opposing sides of the conflict, they talk 

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In the aftermath of Hamas’ attacks, two panelists who worked on opposing sides of Israel-Palestine peace negotiations spoke at Congregation Sinai, and they agreed on more than you might think.  “What Hamas did on October 7th can only be described as one thing. It is terrorism, nothing else,” said Ghaith al-Omari, who once worked for […]