Lloyd Levin gave this speech beside a bridge in Trévé, France, known for its ties to World War II history. During the event on Aug. 4, 2024, he paused repeatedly so a translator could speak his words in French. Lloyd and Sheri Levin attended a total of five related events that day, marking liberation, lives […]

Students sometimes chat with Liran Gerassi about Judaism at the Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology. He gets asked in the seminary cafeteria about Jewish blessings before meals. To this, he has explained that there are separate blessings for food and wine.   Gerassi leads The Lux Center for Catholic-Jewish Studies at the seminary, which […]

Last year, right after the Oct. 7 attack, Congregation Sinai Rabbi David Cohen called his friend Fatih Harpci, a religion professor at Carthage College. The pair of local religious leaders were about to teach a course about Judaism and Islam for the second year.   The rabbi asked: Was this the right time to gather members […]

When one local high school student was undergoing chemotherapy, she felt powerless and isolated, she said. At times, she was hospitalized for a couple days during treatment, causing her to lose her sense of control.   In the “Wish You Knew” podcast by the Friendship Circle of Wisconsin, she said that going through treatment showed her […]

A ketubah made by Milwaukee native Judith Joseph may hang in a house you’ve visited. They’re on walls everywhere.  “Someone once said to me, it’s probable that every weekend in this country, somebody’s getting married with one of your ketubahs, and I think that’s probably true,” she said.   Joseph’s work spans across mediums, including woodcuts, […]

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 […]