Milwaukee has also a large Jewish community, the first congregation having been established in 1852. It has now no less than 5 congregations; and there are congregations in 13 other towns of the state of Wisconsin.Iowa: The oldest congregation in Iowa is that of Keokuk, founded in 1856....
I have my suspicions about ol’ Marcus, red diaper scion of an immigrant “West Russian” Jewish family who moved to Milwaukee in the early 1900s. He’s lauded as an American philosopher and social critic who co-founded the progressive (Marxist) Institute for Policy Studies in 1963 which ai...
From the colonial age to the American Founding, from the Civil War to the World Wars to the civil rights movement, Americans have looked to Tanach to help give voice to America’s loftiest aspirations, at home and abroad. In this innovative enrichment program, students will have the opportunit...
I need to move a disabled client from a group home in 21215 to 21... looking for ride from lakewood to baltiomore, sunday the 24th, fo... Looking for someone to condo-sit for 10-12 weeks at Strathmore To... Found a small, leather rose colored siddur with the name Rivka De... ...
Milwaukee father and son to stand trial for allegedly destroying antisemitic mural Charges allege Rabbi Peter and Zechariah Mahler defaced artwork created by Palestinian-American artist juxtaposing Star of David and Nazi swastika Daniel Edelson, New York|22:25 | 11.18.24 ...
Milwaukee, Northwestern Mutual has more than $308 billion in total assets; one of the new impact fund’s first investments is in The Gateway Capital Fund, a Black-led venture capital fund. “While we believe the number of great ideas per capita is equally di...
(family name was Leibowitz)… Former longtime technology columnist forThe Wall Street Journal,Walter S. Mossberg… Executive director at Milwaukee’s Grand Avenue Club,Rachel Forman… Chairman and CEO of First International Resources,Zev Furst… Sports agent,Leigh Steinberg… Host of...
Atlanta is one of six U.S. regions EMI is focused on. The others are the New York City metropolitan area; Little Rock, Ark.; Milwaukee, Wisc.; Dallas, Texas; and the Los Angeles area. According to Frank, JCPA was focused on criminal justice reform even before the murder of George Flo...
Jewish. When successive waves of Jewish immigrants arrived in Milwaukee, Kander took steps to help them to settle in and to Americanize. Koenig writes: “Kander’s most influential project was a set of cooking classes she developed for new immigrants held at a local settlement house. During ...
young and old, every ethnicity you could fathom, every language and history and height. In the room next to mine was a sixteen-year-old with leukemia. Next to him a grandfather. We all had the same beating heart and the same desire to get home, back to our families and back to our...