Tuesday: Yom HaAtzmaut
Community Feedback Meeting
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Jan. 17 | 7-8:30 pm
Falafel Guys, 105 W. Freistadt Rd., Mequon
Join the event organizers to talk about ideas and plans for the community's Yom HaAtzmaut Celebration for 2017. This Yom HaAtzmaut celebration - Israel's Independence Day - is the largest celebration of Israel in Wisconsin. Organized by the Milwaukee Jewish Federation and the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center, it will be held this year from 4-6:30 pm on May 7 at Milwaukee County War Memorial Center, 750 N. Lincoln Memorial Drive.
Email for more information.
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Tonight: Keynote Speech on
Partners in a Fractured Society
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Jan. 12 |
7-9 pm | Free
Bonaventure Hall at Cardinal Stritch University, 6801 N. Yates Rd.
Keynote by Rabbi Yitz Greenberg with a response by Bishop Richard J. Sklba.
Rabbi Greenberg will address the centrality of Covenant in the Jewish and Catholic traditions and argue that it must be restored between our two traditions so that we might apply this partnership approach to restore understanding, dialogue, and cooperation in American society which has become deeply polarized.
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This event is brought to the community by the Catholic-Jewish Conference, which is a program of the Jewish Community Relations Council of MJF and the Office of Ecumenical and Interfaith Concerns of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee.
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'Paint and Sip' with the Young Leadership Division
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Jan. 28 | 7-10 pm | $30
Splash Studio, 184 N. Broadway
Join MJF's Young Leadership Division at Splash paint bar where a local artist will guide guests in creating their own works of art. Each guest will receive one drink ticket, a canvas and materials.
Learn More
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My Father, a Survivor of the Holocaust
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Jan. 29 | 12 pm | Free
Congregation Shalom,
7630 N. Santa Monica Blvd.
Join Nancy Kennedy Barnett as she has a "conversation" with her father, George Kennedy, of blessed memory, who was born in Budapest and survived WWII and the Labor Camps.
Learn More and RSVP
Brought to the community by MJF's Nathan and Esther Pelz Holocuast Education Resource Center and Congregation Shalom.
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Next Month: 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. Watch for award winners announced in the next newsletter.
Learn More & RSVP
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Grants and Scholarships for Camp, College, Israel Programs
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The Milwaukee Jewish Federation has several grants and scholarship opportunities:
* One Happy Camper provides grants up to $1,000 for first-time campers at Jewish overnight camps.
* Scholarships available for Jewish overnight camps and summer Israel programs for young people.
* Semester or year in Israel from the Sarah B. and Louis M. Kesselman Israel Program Scholarship Fund.
* Hecht Family Memorial College Scholarship Fund to outstanding Jewish high school seniors to help fund the college freshman year
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Learn More
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Hot Topics for Cold Nights
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Feb. 7 and April 4
7 pm | Free
Harry & Rose Samson Family JCC,
6255 N. Santa Monica Blvd.
This series explores the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Interactive, moderated and civil discussions about
complex issues, such as peace efforts, settlements, the role of water, the security barrier and more.
Learn More
Sponsored by MJF's Jewish Community Relations Council and Israel Center, it is part of Let's Talk Israel, a comprehensive, yearlong project to increase opportunities for thoughtful and civil conversations about Israel.
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| Upcoming Events in our Community |
Check the
Community Calendar for even more events!
Sinai Concert Series: A Western Edge
Jan. 14 * 6:15-9 pm
Congregation Sinai, 8223 N. Port Washington Rd.
CSI Book Club
Jan. 19 * 7:30-9 pm
Harry & Rose Samson Family JCC, 6255 N. Santa Monica Blvd.
Challah & Community
Jan. 20 * 10-11 am
Harry & Rose Samson Family JCC, 6255 N. Santa Monica Blvd.
NCJW: Women's March on Madison
Jan. 21 * 9:45 am
Board bus at Brown Deer Park & Ride
Black-Jewish Relations: Welcome to Bronzeville
Jan. 21 * 6:30-9 pm
Todd Wehr Theater at the Marcus Center, 123 E. State St.
Book Discussion with Rabbi Cohen: The Secret Chord
Jan 22 * 10-11:45 am
Congregation Sinai, 8223 N. Port Washington Rd.
Israeli Karaoke Night
Jan. 22 * 7-9 pm
Falafel Guys, 105 W. Freistadt Rd.
Friendship Circle Presents Art 4 Friendship
Jan. 25 * 6-8 pm
The Schlitz Audubon Nature Center, 1111 E. Brown Deer Rd.
BBYO Community Shabbat Dinner
Jan. 27 * 6-8:30 pm
Harry & Rose Samson Family JCC, 6255 N. Santa Monica Blvd.
Celebration of the Music of Bentzion Shenker and
Modzitzer Chasidim
Jan. 28 * 8 pm
Lake Park Synagogue, 3207 N. Hackett Ave.
CEEBJ 3rd Annual Variety Show
Jan. 29 * 11:30 am - 1 pm
Congregation Emanu-el B'ne Jeshurun, 2020 W. Brown Deer Rd.
Sunday STARS - Upstream Arts Combo
Jan. 29 & Feb 5, 1-2:45 pm; Feb. 12, 10-11:30 am
Harry & Rose Samson Family JCC, 6255 N. Santa Monica Blvd.
Partnership2Gether Social Worker Delegation
Jan. 31 * 6:30-8 pm
Sarah Chudnow Community, 10995 N. Market St.
--Save The Date--
*Torah Academy of Milwaukee Banquet, March 5
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This Friday: Shabbat for Young Professionals
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