Jewish Social Services of Madison has moved – just down the street – doubling its physical space to accommodate its growing staff of more than 20. The agency, which moved April 1, had grown beyond the capacity of its previous space. “Our refugee resettlement team, which is the largest department that we have right now, was housed in a different location than our administrative and our family, services, social workers and volunteers,” said Kai Yael Gardner Mishlove, executive director. “They were in a different building.” The new, combined space brings the resettlement team...
On Friday Afternoon: A Shabbat Celebration, by Michal Babay, illustration by Menachem Halberstadt, published by Charlesbridge On Friday Afternoon is the perfect picture book to bring Jewish pride and joy into your home. The text is engaging and energetic, capturing the afternoon preparations for Shabbat. The dog and cat, and all the antics, will delight […]
Jewish solidarity will be on full display in Milwaukee when the Jewish National Fund-USA annual Breakfast for Israel is held here later this month. The May 30 breakfast, chaired by local philanthropists Diane and Eric Zall, is a free, annual community event. This year the event will focus on the organization’s Israel Resilience Campaign, intended […]
To bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance. In his 1790 letter of reply to the Hebrew Congregation of Newport, Rhode Island, George Washington echoed the words of first generation Jewish-American Moses Seixas who had penned them as part of a congratulations and query to the newly inaugurated first U.S. president with the aim of […]
For Ryan Kelly, 18, trading sports jerseys with an Israeli player whose kibbutz was attacked on Oct. 7 will be a moment he never forgets. The exchange of jerseys was a moment in Ryan’s recent participation in international Jewish games overseas. The Franklin native said that meeting other athletes helped him “understand what some of […]
This is Lori Fisher’s second year teaching sixth and seventh grade at Congregation Sinai, but don’t let that fool you; she is no stranger to teaching or to Sinai! Fisher says she practically grew up there. Her mother, Marsha Fensin, was the cantorial soloist at Sinai for many, many years, and Fisher spent the first […]
Why is this night different from all other nights? Well, it’s Passover. It’s also Earth Day. Both holidays celebrate renewal and redemption. The yearning for freedom, of Passover, has been compared to the yearning for liberation from the great issues facing the Earth. If you’re looking to celebrate the Earth before or after your Seder, […]
“Afikomen,” story by Tziporah Cohen, Illustrated by Yaara Eshet, published by Groundwood Books. In this stunning wordless picture book, “readers” will follow three children who travel back in time from their Passover seder to ancient Egypt. It follows what happened to baby Moses and how he was saved from the Nile River. There is a […]
Television show creator, director and writer Joey Soloway, an alum of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will return to the school this month for two days to discuss their lifelong work and screen a pilot episode for an unreleased show. The two-time Emmy-award-winner known for creating and writing the Amazon hit “Transparent” and producing and […]
MADISON – The state legislature passed a bill requiring K-12 public schools to include Asian American and Hmong American history and contributions within curricula across the state. As of late March, the legislation was headed to the desk of Gov. Tony Evers, who was expected to sign the bill into law. The bill received […]
My grandma Bessie Wolkenstein had three brothers: Max, Charlie, and Jake Katz. Max was married and he and Ida had a house on the north side of Milwaukee. Charlie and his wife Ruth lived on the west side, but I didn’t know where Jake lived. Max owned a heating and sheet metal shop, Charlie worked […]
Meet Tova (Noll) Tornek, a first-grade Judaic Studies teacher at Bader Hillel Academy and a Hebrew school teacher for 4- and 5-year-olds at Milwaukee Community Hebrew School. Tornek grew up in Glendale, traveled for a few years and recently returned to the Milwaukee area in June 2023. Teaching has always been Tornek’s passion, she said. […]
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 […]
Here is our up-to-date list of Wisconsin Jewish camps! The camps are: Beber Camp, Mukwonago, WI Camp Chi, Lake Delton, WI Camp Moshava, Wild Rose, WI Camp Ramah, Conover, WI Camp Shalom and Camp Shalom Noar-Bogrim,Verona, WI Camp Young Judaea Midwest, Waupaca, WI Chabad – Lubavitch of Wisconsin • Camp Gan Israel, Bayside, WI […]
Jewish artists stood beside their art and chatted with one another and with art fans. It was a Sunday afternoon devoted to art, and some respite from the troubling news facing the Jewish people in recent months. The Jewish Artists’ Exhibition was held Feb. 18, 2024, at The Shul Center in Bayside. The theme was […]
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