Guide to Jewish Wisconsin 2025-2026 - Catalog - Page 50
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TIKKUN HA-IR OF MILWAUKEE
PO Box 090287
Milwaukee, WI 53209
(414) 501-3618
info@THI-Milwaukee.org
THI-Milwaukee.org
Executive Director: Sami Stein Avner
President: Morgan Sweet
Tikkun Ha-Ir translates from Hebrew as Repair the City.
Our mission is to build a more just Milwaukee through
study, action, and civic engagement. Our programming
focuses on food justice, relief efforts, voter engagement,
and social justice education, all through a Jewish lens. We
provide volunteer opportunities year-round, and partner with
dozens of Jewish, secular, and interfaith Milwaukee organizations to fight poverty and hunger in our most vulnerable
communities. Our flagship program, Veggie Chop Shop,
provides hundreds of meals to shelters and individuals from
June-October every year utilizing fresh, gleaned produce
from farms and farmer’s markets. To learn more about our
programming, visit our website, Facebook, or Instagram.
Sponsors include National Council of Jewish Women-Milwaukee Section, Congregation Sinai, Congregation Shalom,
Congregation Shir Hadash, Congregation Beth Israel Ner
Tamid, Congregation Emanu-el B’ne Jeshurun, Hillel Milwaukee, Temple Menorah, and Milwaukee Jewish Day School.
TORAH FOUNDATION
OF MILWAUKEE
3259 N. 51st Blvd.
Milwaukee, WI 53216
(414) 447-7999
President: Rabbi Michel Twerski
The Foundation raises money to help offset the
operating expenses of local Jewish institutions,
in support of their missions and goals, and
engages in community development projects.
WISCONSIN COUNCIL OF RABBIS
ATTN: Rabbi Hannah Wallick, rabbi@bethhillel.net
6050 8th Ave.
Kenosha, WI 53143
(262) 654-2716
President: Rabbi Hannah Wallick
Vice President: Rabbi Joel Alter
Treasurer: Rabbi Josh Herman
Secretary: Rabbi Abby Phelps
VP of Greater Wisconsin: Rabbi Bonnie Margulis
Immediate Past President: Rabbi Steven Adams
Our vision is to be the primary forum for rabbis
within Wisconsin’s diverse rabbinical community
— including those who serve congregations, organi50 • A Guide to Jewish Wisconsin
zations, chaplaincies, communal service agencies and
schools — for enhancing and expanding the Rabbinate’s role in the betterment of the Jewish people and
the world at large, while providing a spiritual environment for rabbis to promote klal yisrael, learn
together, grow professionally and build bridges both
within the Jewish community and to other faiths.
UMATTER
8649 N Port Washington Rd.
Fox Point, WI 53217
414-755-5855
info@fcwi.org
fcwi.org/umatter
instagram.com/umatterwi
Through interactive and educational events, UMatter
helps teens and adults shatter the stigmas surrounding mental-health challenges and create an atmosphere
of inclusion in their communities. UMatter programs
include: SafeTALK Suicide prevention training, Teen
Mental Health Committee, Teen Mental Health
Support group, Mom support groups and more...
UMatter is a division of The Friendship
Circle and Lubavitch of Wisconsin.
WISCONSIN JEWISH
GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
(414) 915-2306
President: Marilyn Lane, MerriLane@me.com
Our emphasis is on strategies of gathering information
about those long gone, finding where we come from and
recording this information.
WJGS promotes research and educates members
about collection and preservation of records and
provides assistance with research. It maintains a collection of genealogical materials at the Jewish Museum
Milwaukee. Beginner assistance is available for those
who have developed an interest in family research,
and family reunion support is also available.
WISCONSIN JEWISH
VETERANS ASSOCIATION
aka Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A.
(414) 313-0297
rocksog@gmail.com
JWV.org
Facebook: @JWVWisconsin
Dedicated to serving the Jewish veterans who
have honorably served their country and
the Jewish Community in Wisconsin.
