MILWAUKEE – They gathered around the table, their knives falling against cutting boards.  It became a symphony of clicks and clacks, like rain on pavement – this is what volunteerism for the Veggie Chop Shop sounds like, the prepping of food for those in need.  “We get most of our food from farmers markets, and […]

The shin shin program has brought Israeli young people to Wisconsin for decades, but this time the annual visitors know that things are different. This year’s shin shins say the current moment is more important than ever.  They have come to represent Israel in a post-Oct. 7 world.  The new shin shins for 2024 are […]

The 27th annual Milwaukee Jewish Film Festival is scheduled for Oct. 27-31 at Marcus North Shore Cinema in Mequon.   Tickets for community screenings are $12 per person; stream-at-home viewing is $18 per household. All films will be available for at-home streaming Nov. 4-10 on Eventive, a website built for viewing independent movies.   A $200 “VIP” […]

In 2018, I wrote a column for the Badger Herald, one of University of Wisconsin-Madison’s student newspapers. Determined to correct the narrative on the now-infamous nazi salute in Baraboo, Wisconsin, I discussed how some symbols, despite their contexts, cannot be sanitized. They cannot be isolated from their history, despite our best — or worst — […]

“How are things on campus? Are you and your students safe?” We’ve heard those questions a lot over the past year, as concerned community members read troubling accounts in the news.   Certainly, there are reasons for concern. What might be a surprise to the community is that there are also reasons for hope. From our […]

Hey everyone! It’s Eitan Mizrachi and Tom Ram, the shin shinim of 2023-2024.  Over the past year, we experienced it all – we felt excited, sad, grateful, united, and emotional, but no matter what we were together as one strong community.    So how can we summarize such a crazy year in only one article? We […]