Sunday: Salute to Jewish Educators
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Feb. 26 | 2:30-4 pm | Free
Harry & Rose Samson Family JCC - Daniel M. Soref Community Hall,
6255 N. Santa Monica Blvd.
The MJF's Coalition for Jewish Learning invites you to this annual awards program and recognition of all Jewish educators.
View the list of award winners.
RSVP Now
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Nominees Sought for
Friebert Social Justice Award
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The Jewish Community Relations Council of MJF is seeking nominees for its third annual Robert H. Friebert Social Justice Award.
The award will be given to an individual who has demonstrated leadership, courage and compassion as a social justice advocate, while working to eliminate discrimination and injustice in the greater Milwaukee area.
Nomination deadline: March 12.
Nominate Now
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Community Passover Food Drive
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Save the Date: Holocaust by Bullets Opening Program, Exhibit
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Holocaust by Bullets reveals the lesser-known side of the Holocaust with eye-witness testimonies, photographs and archival materials: 2.2 million Jews and Roma executed by Nazi mobile killing units | 1,893 execution sites in 7 countries identified | 4,714 videotaped eyewitness testimonies.
Opening Program: April 19 | 7 pm | $10 | Jewish Home - Rubenstein Pavilion, 1414 N. Prospect Ave. | Docent-led tours | Guest speaker Fr. Patrick Desbois |
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Exhibit: April 20 - May 23 | Free | Helfaer Community Service Building, 1360 N. Prospect Ave. |
Learn More
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Save the Date for Yamim 2017
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Yom HaShoah - Holocaust Remembrance Day
Sunday, April 23 | 3 pm
Harry & Rose Samson Family JCC, 6255 N. Santa Monica Blvd.
Yom HaZikaron - Day of Remembrance
Sunday, April 30 | 6 pm
Harry & Rose Samson Family JCC, 6255 N. Santa Monica Blvd.
Yom HaAtzmaut - Israeli Independence Day
Sunday, May 7 | 4-6:30 pm
Milwaukee County War Memorial Center, 750 N. Lincoln Memorial Drive. FREE parking at event and FREE transportation available from various North Shore locations! Watch for details.
Learn More
Yamim 2017 is brought to the community by MJF's Israel Center and Nathan & Esther Pelz Holocaust Education Resource Center, Harry & Rose Samson Family JCC, and generous sponsors.
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Students in 7th-12th Grade: Enter the Holocaust Essay Contest
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Choose an example of survival, resistance or rescue from the Holocaust that has an impact on you
, and explain how it infuences the way you behave in the world today.
Submission deadline: March 1.
Read More
The contest is a program of the Harry & Rose Samson Family JCC and Nathan & Esther Pelz Holocaust Education Resource Center of MJF. Sponsored by the Habush Family Foundation.
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Kids in 4th-6th Grade: Enter the
Passover Cover Design Contest
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The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle encourages students in 4th-6th grade to enter the Passover section cover contest. The winning artist receives a $25 prize and the art will publish in the April edition!
Submission deadline: March 9.
Entry Form
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'Fabric of Survival' Exhibit Now Open at Jewish Museum Milwaukee
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Fabric of Survival:
The Art of Esther Nisenthal Krinitz
Now - May 26
Jewish Museum Milwaukee, a program of the MJF, 1360 N. Prospect Ave.
Fifty years after defying Nazi orders at the age of 15, Esther was determined to show her daughters the family she had lost. She created a series of 36 hauntingly beautiful, exquisitely detailed works of fabric collage and embroidery.
Learn More
Exhibit Programs:
* March 2 | 7-9 pm:
Diversity in Cloth: Culture and Catharsis
* March 14 | 12-1:30 pm:
20th Century Immigration
* March 19 | 1-4 pm:
Sewing Sunday with Madam Chino
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Young Professionals:
'Lunch with a Legend' Series
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The Young Leadership Division of Milwaukee Jewish Federation invite young professionals (45 and under) to a series of exclusive lunches with legends from the local Jewish community.
March 28
| 12-1:30 pm | Betsy Green
Helfaer Community Service Building, 1360 N. Prospect Ave.
May 23 | 12-1:30 pm | Bob Habush
Helfaer Community Service Building, 1360 N. Prospect Ave.
Cost is $10 per lunch. Dietary laws observed. Limited seating; tickets are required. RSVP for March lunch by March 21.
Buy Tickets
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| Upcoming Events in our Community |
Check the
Community Calendar for even more events!
Young Leadership Division Happy Hour
Feb. 23 * 5:30-7 pm
Balzac, 1716 N. Arlington Place
Yitzchok Moully Chassidic Pop Art
Feb. 23 * 7-9 pm
Chabad of the East Side, 3030 E. Kenwood Blvd.
Havdalah Concert
Feb. 25 * 6:30-8:30 pm
Congregation Beth Israel Ner Tamid, 6880 N. Green Bay Ave.
Safety Pin Discussion Group
Feb. 26 * 10 am
Congregation Sinai, 8223 N. Port Washington Rd.
BBYO - Chapter Meeting
Feb. 27 * 7-9 pm
Congregation Sinai, 8223 N. Port Washington Rd
Israeli Film Series
March 2 * 7-9 pm
Harry & Rose Samson Family JCC, 6255 N. Santa Monica Blvd.
Father Daughter Dance at the JCC
March 4 * 7-8:30 pm
Harry & Rose Samson Family JCC, 6255 N. Santa Monica Blvd.
Jewish Life Class
March 5 * 9:30-11 am
Congregation Emanu-El of Waukesha, 830 W Moreland Blvd.
Third Annual Vashti's Spa Day - Celebration for Women
March 5 * 1-4 pm
Congregation Beth Israel Ner Tamid, 6880 N. Green Bay Ave.
International Women's Day Milwaukee
March 5 * 1-4 pm
Hyatt Regency Center, 333 W Kilbourn Ave.
Jewish Film at the JCC
March 5 * 3-5 pm
Harry & Rose Samson Family JCC, 6255 N. Santa Monica Blvd.
Torah Academy of Milwaukee Banquet
March 5 * 5:30 pm
Four Points by Sheraton, 8900 N. Kildeer Rd.
Family Sports Night
March 5 * 6 pm
Congregation Emanu-El B'ne Jeshurun, 2020 W. Brown Deer Rd.
PJ Library Purim Program
March 6 * 5:15-6:15 pm
Harry & Rose Samson Family JCC, 6255 N. Santa Monica Blvd.
Adopt-a-Safta: Hamantaschen Making
March 8 * 1:30-3 pm
Hillel Milwaukee, 3053 N. Stowell Ave.
The Brides of Jerusalem - art exhibit by Barbara Kohl-Spiro
On display through May
Sarah Chudnow Community,
10995 N. Market St, Mequon
--Save The Date--
* Farewell to the Zehavi Family & 50 Years of Shlichut Celebration, June 25
* Music of Rabbi Michel Twerski performed by MSO, June 25
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