Sunday December 29, 2024 | 28 Kislev 5785
Rabbi Wes Kalmar and others from Anshe Sfard Kehillat Torah in Glendale attended the July 14 Milwaukee Brewers game. About 50 people from the synagogue, at a tailgate, remembered the hostages still held in Gaza. At the tailgate and in the stands, congregants held up signs with images of hostages taken by Hamas and its […]
Beaded Stars of David and embroidered pomegranates will soon travel from Milwaukee to hang on a wall in Israel. Some of those close to Israel’s north or south fronts have been displaced from their homes and are now living at Hotel Nof Kinneret in Tiberias. To show their love, the Local Emergency Volunteerism Support of […]
The Milwaukee Jewish Federation raised the alarm on “inaccurate or hateful ideology,” after a protest near the Republican National Convention reportedly featured accusations of “genocide” against Palestinians and the chant, “we don’t want no Jewish state, we want 1948!” The Coalition to March on the RNC held the protest in downtown Milwaukee on July 15, […]
MILWAUKEE – After a pro-Palestinian social media account issued an apparent threat to local Jewish organizations, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee released a statement denouncing the “intimidating language.” An Instagram account attributed to UWM Popular University for Palestine, named uwm4palicoalition, displayed the threatening statement on Friday, July 19. The post is no longer visible. The post […]
The past nine months haven’t been the most hopeful time in history, when it comes to yearning for peace between Israel and Palestinians. But in August, a Milwaukee-area synagogue will host an event aimed at laying the groundwork for peaceful resolution – including the appearance of both an Israeli and a Palestinian. The event, which […]
Those final weeks of summer are typically pure bliss for children, soaking up their last days without school. But that may not be the reality for parents as they scramble to find childcare during the gap between when summer activities end and school begins. That’s why Beata Abraham, executive director at Congregation Beth Israel New […]
This will be the last summer the Jewish Community Center will operate the Hy & Richard Smith JCC Water Park. Summer 2024 operations will continue as scheduled through Labor Day. The water park has consistently operated at a six-figure deficit to the overall agency budget, and the updates needed would require a significant capital investment […]
Thursday, Aug. 1 Torah’s Solutions Join Chabad Mequon and discover the Torah’s timeless guidance on issues of security, strategy and warfare, revealing a clear path toward a safer future. Aug. 1, 7 p.m. Learn more at ChabadMequon.org/summer. Saturday, Aug. 3 Shabbat Hike Join us for a Shabbat hike led by Moshe Katz at South Shore Park. Send […]
Finn and Ezra’s Bar Mitzvah Time Loop, by Joshua S. Levy, published by Katherine Tegen Books This middle grade novel is a brilliantly crafted, laugh-out-loud page turner that will keep readers in suspense until the end. As Finn and Ezra relive their bar mitzvah weekend celebrations dozens and dozens of times, they must find a […]
As a graduate of University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, I was shocked to hear about UWM Chancellor Mark Mone’s “agreement” that disturbed and angered much of the Jewish community. It echoes the same problems we have here at Harvard University where university president Claudine Gay was over-coached and so concerned about free speech that she spoke as […]
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