Milwaukee Jewish Federation Inc

Programs: The jewish museum milwaukee (jmm) is dedicated to preserving and presenting the history of the jewish people in southeastern wisconsin and celebrating the continuum of jewish heritage and culture. The history of american jews is rooted in thousands of years of searching for freedom and equality. We are committed to sharing this story and the life lessons it brings with it, so that we may enhance the public's awareness and appreciation of jewish life and culture with individuals from around the country. Visit the jewish museum milwaukee and learn about the history of the jewish people in southeastern wisconsin school groups, synagogue groups, church groups, older adult groups and others. Visit the jmm and enjoy docent-led special tours. Scholarly researchers are assisted with their requests for information and materials by the archives department of the jewish museum milwaukee. The jewish museum milwaukee is educating the jewish and general communities about the jewish people, about immigration and about the importance of mutual respect and tolerance. In addition, it is meeting the research needs of scholars from around the world and finally, it is rapidly becoming an important center for jewish intellectual and cultural activity.

the nathan and esther pelz holocaust education resource center (herc) in milwaukee, wisconsin is dedicated to holocaust remembrance, education, and the preservation of the memory of its victims. By teaching about the holocaust, the holocaust education resource center aims to promote awareness of the evils of hatred and prejudice and to inspire ethical behavior. Herc taught the lessons of the holocaust to 21,000 students, teachers and community members throughout wisconsin last year.

the mission of "the chronicle" is to provide news of a local, national and international character so as to foster a sense of community within the jewish population of wisconsin, provide information and interpretation concerning jewish life that is not available through local and national media, create a forum for hearing those issues of a local, national and international nature that are important to jews, and to support the publisher. The milwaukee jewish federation in its community-building goal of promoting awareness of and support for the value of jewish community, serves as a communications vehicle through which local organizations, agencies and synagogues can report to their constituencies and to the jewish community in general and through which they can publicize their activities, record community events and life cycle events through articles and photographs, so as to act as a history of the community, and maintain an advertising medium for reaching the jewish population.

other programs include passport 2 galilee and the schlichut program, which play a key role in ensuring ongoing cultural and personal contact between the milwaukee jewish community and israel, with a focus on the region of the sovev kinneret. Milwaukee jewish federation program services also include the coalition for jewish learning (cjl), the education program of the milwaukee jewish federation. Cjl coordinates a day school scholarship committee to review applications for financial aid at day schools and distributes $500,000 in scholarship grant dollars from bader philanthropies.