February 21, 2025 | 23 Shevat 5785
“Twist, Tumble, Triumph: The Story of Champion Gymnast Ágnes Keleti,” by Deborah Bodin Cohen and Kerry Olitzky, illustrated by Martina Peluso, published by Kar-Ben Publishing During World War II, Hungary implemented a law barring Jewish athletes from participating in sports. Gymnast Ágnes Keleti could no longer practice with her teammates. Together with another gymnast, she […]
MADISON – Temple Beth El in Madison installed Rabbi Jonathan (Jon) Prosnit as senior rabbi on Friday, December 13, during Shabbat services. Special guests — including Rabbi Prosnit’s former clergy colleagues as well as his father, Rabbi James Prosnit, and brother, Rabbi Ethan Prosnit — participated in the installation ceremony, along with the synagogue’s cantor, […]
Our featured educator this month, Rebecca Fine, teaches first through third grade at Congregation Beth Israel Ner Tamid on Sundays. Her students engage with Torah, Jewish traditions, and culture through hevruta, art and music. This is Fine’s first year teaching young children, although she holds a degree in early childhood education. Growing up in Round […]
We come from around the country and from around the world. We’re intimidating-looking men and women dressed in leathers, chaps, doo-rags, and of course, our cuts. We come on two and three wheels with the wind in our face. Who are we? We are the JMA – the Jewish Motorcyclists Alliance. We are 50+ clubs […]
MILWAUKEE – Let’s not blame Chicago. Yes, yes, it’s true. Wisconsin finally has a Jewish motorcycle club, after representatives of the Chicago Jewish motorcycle club literally rode down here to ask the Chronicle, what gives? Your city is the home of Harley-Davidson, and you don’t even have a Jewish motorcycle club? Never mind that Chicago […]
Torah Academy of Milwaukee holds an annual performance, and the show this year is an adaptation of Mark Twain’s classic, “The Prince and the Pauper,” now set in Victorian England during the late 1830s. This photo is of rehearsal. The story follows two young girls — Princess Victoria, heir to the throne, and Penny Canty, […]
During the Holocaust, most European governments failed to protect their Jewish populations from the Nazis. One exception was Denmark, where about 95 percent of the Jewish community survived the war. More than 7,000 Danish Jews were evacuated to Sweden after the Rosh Hashanah holiday in 1943, and hundreds more were saved when they were removed […]
MILWAUKEE – The case against Zechariah and Peter Mehler, accused of removing a swastika mural from private property, is headed for trial. At a Jan. 14 preliminary hearing, the case was referred to trial. The men are charged with criminal damage to property, as a felony. A trial date has not yet been set, as […]
MILWAUKEE – Rabbi Joel Alter stepped to the podium and asked six questions: “Are we celebrating? Are we joyful? Are we grateful? Are we furious? Are we frustrated? Are we grieving?” Murmurs from the audience answered the six questions: “Yes.” Alter agreed. It’s “yes,” he said, “to all of them.” Speakers approached the podium with […]
Rosie Vayner and Samantha Gorelik, co-chairs of the NextGen Council, are focused on engaging young Jewish Milwaukeeans through the Milwaukee Jewish Federation’s NextGen program. “We know that when we bring people in, and they feel welcome and start to feel more of a personal connection to Federation, that they’re more likely to stay involved for […]
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