Friday September 27, 2024 | 24 Elul 5784
Here’s our annual list of local young people who have met the requirements of their local Jewish institutions. Dozens and dozens of Wisconsin young people have taken this step into Jewish adulthood, with confirmation or graduation from our state’s Jewish institutions. If you’d like to see the list from your synagogue or Jewish institution included […]
University of Wisconsin-Madison students Carly Shindler and Jacob Mandel help set the tables for the first of three Passover Seders held at the UW Chabad, where 750 students participated.
Ten students in Madison have been meeting with Holocaust survivors nationwide, by Zoom, as part of Chabad’s Stories That Live program. Chabad at the University of Wisconsin-Madison offers the program in Madison. Stories That Live is a program that connects students with Holocaust survivors. Started at a Chabad that serves students in Pennsylvania, the programming […]
Third grade was a hard time for Milwaukee Jewish Day School teacher Linsey Kimmel. Her teacher made her feel inadequate. The teacher was not good at differentiating and made Linsey feel incapable. In fifth grade, she had a teacher who empowered her by calling her a “shining star.” She decided to become a teacher so […]
I had a great experience at the BBYO International Convention. Consider coming along next year! Here is what I learned from my experience: Find ways to meet new people – It is important that when attending a convention with thousands of Jewish teens from around the world that you take the opportunity to meet new […]
No doubt, you would be hard-pressed to come up with a more important life lesson than fixing a mistake, not just moving on and leaving it. Teens were learning that hard lesson outside Milwaukee Jewish Day School on a cold afternoon, March 14, 2023. They were removing glue from wood, to re-set the wood properly. […]
For the first time since Veterans Outreach of Wisconsin started a small village of tiny homes for homeless veterans, a group of students has joined the cause. Nine sixth, seventh and eighth grade students at Milwaukee Jewish Day School are building a tiny home to join 15 others in the James A. Peterson Veteran Village […]
When local rabbis from different denominations were asked for their top Jewish values in a roomful of students, they found a lot to agree on, including truth, tikkun and kindness, among other values. Milwaukee Jewish Day School hosted a talk with four rabbis from different denominations on Feb. 2. The goal of the conversation was […]
Torah Academy of Milwaukee’s Portals to the Past was a school-wide project that highlights major events in Jewish history. This student-driven project had groups produce a banner, an audio-visual presentation and a three-dimensional model. Five banners were presented in a Feb. 6, school assembly, shown in one photo. In the other photo, a banner highlights […]
“An Invitation to Passover,” by Rabbi Kerry Olitzky and Rabbi Deborah Bodin Cohen, illustrated by Mariia Kolker, published by Kalaniot Books When grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins cannot attend Hannah’s family seder, her parents are thrilled when Hannah suggests inviting friends. This is a beautiful picture book, welcoming a diverse group of guests to celebrate […]
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