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So what can you switch up? What new recipe can you serve?

So what can you switch up? What new recipe can you serve?

Posted on: April 4th, 2025 | 6 Nisan 5785 by Special to the Chronicle

I dreaded going to my grandmother’s house during the Passover season for the seder. But not for the reasons you might think. Grandma Seaman’s brisket was blue-ribbon worthy. Being surrounded by my older cousins always drummed up fun. But there was one part of the evening that filled me with absolute trepidation. Right there in black […]

Author visiting to discuss book about first woman to serve in a U.S. presidential cabinet.

Author visiting to discuss book about first woman to serve in a U.S. presidential cabinet.

Posted on: March 28th, 2025 | 28 Adar 5785 by Special to the Chronicle

Author Rebecca Graham is coming to Milwaukee to discuss her new book about the life and work of Frances Perkins, the first woman to serve in a U.S. presidential cabinet.   In partnership with the Nathan and Esther Pelz Holocaust Education Resource Center, Graham will give a presentation on her book, published in January, “Dear Miss Perkins: […]

Coming Events, April 2025 

Coming Events, April 2025 

Posted on: March 27th, 2025 | 27 Adar 5785 by Special to the Chronicle

Tuesdays, April 1  Kids Art & Baking  Weekly on Tuesdays at Friendship Circle from April 1st through May 13 excluding April 15 for Passover. April 1, 4-6 p.m. Friendship Circle of Wisconsin, 8649 N. Port Washington Rd., Fox Point.    Thursday, April 3  Women and objects “Bezalel’s Daughter: How Jewish Women Make Objects” Without Jewish American women, […]

Mike Levey supports the Annual Campaign and the Jewish people, with involvement in the Cardozo society and more

Mike Levey supports the Annual Campaign and the Jewish people, with involvement in the Cardozo society and more

Posted on: March 25th, 2025 | 25 Adar 5785 by Special to the Chronicle

Mike Levey is among the Annual Campaign volunteers who are working tirelessly to help raise dollars for the community campaign, and some of his involvement is with the Business and Professional Network (BPN) and its local society for attorneys.  Levey has been actively involved as a volunteer in Milwaukee Jewish Federation campaigns for about 40 […]

Alpha Epsilon Pi sees growth 

Alpha Epsilon Pi sees growth 

Posted on: March 20th, 2025 | 20 Adar 5785 by Special to the Chronicle

Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity has grown by more than 1,500 members and eight chapters across various colleges this past fall term.  The fraternity’s growing numbers are “despite, or perhaps, due to, rising campus antisemitism and tensions,” according to an AEPi press release.  Florida International University, University of Southern California and Wayne State University are among […]

Jody Lansing loves education, teaching senior kindergarten at Milwaukee Jewish Day School

Jody Lansing loves education, teaching senior kindergarten at Milwaukee Jewish Day School

Posted on: March 20th, 2025 | 20 Adar 5785 by Special to the Chronicle

Jody Lansing’s love for education began early. A Milwaukee-area native, Lansing attended Good Hope Elementary School, where an accelerated math program in third grade first sparked her interest in math and education. By fifth grade, inspired by her teacher Vicki Olsen’s warm, personalized classroom environment, Lansing knew she wanted to be a teacher.    “Connecting with […]

When it comes to native plants, Barbara Federlin is Milwaukee’s connoisseur

When it comes to native plants, Barbara Federlin is Milwaukee’s connoisseur

Posted on: March 20th, 2025 | 20 Adar 5785 by Special to the Chronicle

Barbara Federlin loves to get up close and personal with plants. She thinks of paintings by the renowned artist Georgia O’Keeffe, who was known for her depictions of flowers. Federlin said she appreciates how O’Keeffe would enlarge flowers in her paintings to show what’s inside. Similarly, Federlin, said she enjoys seeing how plants connect with […]

Dr. Joshua Liberman quit big healthcare nearly two years ago  — here’s how that went

Dr. Joshua Liberman quit big healthcare nearly two years ago  — here’s how that went

Posted on: March 20th, 2025 | 20 Adar 5785 by Special to the Chronicle

Dr. Joshua Liberman quit big healthcare nearly two years ago to prove that quality, patient-centered, independent medical care is possible. Here’s what he said he can now report: It worked.  Liberman said he quit corporate healthcare to avoid burnout and in an effort to deliver better care and patient satisfaction. This has allowed the preventative […]

Opinion: We must stand up to antisemitism, not demonize people

Opinion: We must stand up to antisemitism, not demonize people

Posted on: March 13th, 2025 | 13 Adar 5785 by Special to the Chronicle

I am writing in response to the Trump Administration’s new efforts to “fight antisemitism.” They claim to establish an antisemitism task force and a Project Esther written by the same people who wrote Project 2025, neither of which had any Jewish organizational input or advice. And I am very concerned with the direction, or non-direction, […]

Major Jewish groups raise alarm

Posted on: March 13th, 2025 | 13 Adar 5785 by Special to the Chronicle

The Jewish Council for Public Affairs issued a statement — with signatories from throughout the Jewish world, including major Reform and Conservative organizations — expressing “deep alarm over recent attacks on democratic norms.”  This statement was issued Feb. 7, by the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, and the […]