Friday November 15, 2024 | 14 Heshvan 5785
In her new role as camp director of Camp Young Judaea Midwest since November 2022, Rabbi Hannah Wallick, formerly of Milwaukee Jewish Federation, works year-round recruiting campers, hiring staff, and building the program calendar. All of these separate puzzle pieces ar meant to contribute to making sure camp feels magical. Although her daughter attended Camp […]
A child who grows up in a Jewish home will typically get the message that getting a good education is key. My parents were Jewish immigrants from Poland, who survived the atrocities of World War II, and the emphasis on education was more than key. It was of utmost importance! If I brought home a […]
MADISON – Advocates testified last month in support of a bill to provide state funding for the Holocaust education center. The state Legislature is considering the bill to provide funding to Wisconsin’s Holocaust education center, after 2021 legislation requiring Holocaust and genocide education in schools led to increased demand for educator training and resources. Advocates […]
On Oct. 6, Homestead High School Senior Adin Gendelman FaceTimed a friend from Israel while she danced in the streets — the very same streets that Hamas would occupy a mere 12 hours later. Gendelman is one of many in the Jewish community connected to those impacted by the events on Oct. 7. “I have […]
Hillel Milwaukee is planning a series of themed Shabbats — including events focused on voting, refugees and pride — among other activities, in an effort to reach students more effectively than ever. “Hillel has grown in recent years… and we’ve engaged a lot of different students from a lot of different campuses,” Executive Director Rabbi […]
Avner Tarica-Lechter, or Reb Avner as the students call him, never planned to become a teacher. He studied marketing in college. He says it was divine providence (hashgachat pratis) that led him to the field of education. Years ago in Crown Heights, he and his wife would go to people’s homes for Shabbat, and he […]
If a teen joins Milwaukee Jewish Philanthropy this year, they’ll find themselves working with an enthused future rabbi whose talents include connecting Taylor Swift’s music and Torah. Dalilah Bernier is the new director of teen initiatives for Milwaukee Jewish Federation; the role is to include overseeing Milwaukee Jewish Teen Philanthropy and serving teens through Federation […]
Motivated by her Jewish social justice values, Samantha Angelina, of Madison, partnered with the River Food Pantry to create Food NOW (“Nights Or Weekends”), an outdoor emergency food locker program. These lockers contain a short-term supply of shelf-stable foods that can be accessed by anyone, at no cost. Angelina’s acts of tikkun olam started at […]
The Bayside Shul’s new 3- and 4-year-old class, at its Milwaukee Community Hebrew School, started in September. It runs weekly on Sunday mornings. This photo features an event with Chava Edelman, director. In this picture, are students from preschool and kindergarten classes.
Miryam Rosenzweig, president and CEO of Milwaukee Jewish Federation, visited a Milwaukee Jewish Day School class during its tzedakah unit, to discuss the 8 levels of tzedakah and how the Milwaukee Jewish Federation lives those values. Teacher Yoni Schlussel’s students wrote articles after the visit. The student writers included Sivan Wallace, who wrote that kindness […]
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