Elana Kahn, director of the Milwaukee Jewish Federation’s Jewish Community Relations Council.

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Milwaukee Protests Immigrant Detention Centers

Milwaukee Protests Immigrant Detention Centers

“Close the Camps” protests also held in Brookfield, Oshkosh, De Pere and Viroqua.

Pardeep Singh Kaleka and Arno Michaelis to receive 2019 Robert H. Friebert Social Justice Award
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Pardeep Singh Kaleka and Arno Michaelis to receive 2019 Robert H. Friebert Social Justice Award

Arno and Pardeep were chosen for their individual and collaborative work to counter hate, provide a model for friendship and the power to change one’s life.

Milwaukee Jewish Federation Announces New ‘Hours Against Hate’ Program Coordinator
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Milwaukee Jewish Federation Announces New ‘Hours Against Hate’ Program Coordinator

Andrea Bernstein to spearhead anti-bigotry initiative

State Sees Rise in Hate Groups

State Sees Rise in Hate Groups

Increase in anti-Semitic, racist incidents reflects national increase in hate groups.

Wisconsin Jewish Federations Statement on Anti-Discrimination Order
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Wisconsin Jewish Federations Statement on Anti-Discrimination Order

Wisconsin Jewish Federations Praise Executive Order #261

Groups Call for Unified Weekend Against Hate
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Groups Call for Unified Weekend Against Hate

On Oct. 13-15, Milwaukeeans of all races, religions, ethnicities, genders, and creeds will declare that there is no room for hate in our city.

Murphy’s Law: The Rise of Anti-Semitism
Murphy’s Law

The Rise of Anti-Semitism

Study finds three-fold increase in metro area. Jewish leaders blame Trump.

Audit reveals increase in anti-Semitic incidents
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Audit reveals increase in anti-Semitic incidents

Last year included an extraordinarily high number of local anti-Semitic incidents.

Jewish Community Opposes Executive Orders Targeting Immigrants and Refugees
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Jewish Community Opposes Executive Orders Targeting Immigrants and Refugees

"Now, when there are more refugees in the world than at any other time in recorded history, we cannot betray some of our country’s most basic values."

Back In the News: It’s Official, Sculpture Wasn’t Anti-Semitic
Back In the News

It’s Official, Sculpture Wasn’t Anti-Semitic

Jewish Federation’s annual audit of anti-semitism absolves the Shorewood sculpture.

Murphy’s Law: The Man Who Cried Anti-Semitism
Murphy’s Law

The Man Who Cried Anti-Semitism

How the media amplified dumb attack on public sculpture and why Shorewood took it down.

Jewish Community denounces hateful rhetoric, calls for compassionate treatment of refugees
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Jewish Community denounces hateful rhetoric, calls for compassionate treatment of refugees

“Such hateful and xenophobic invective against Muslims has no place in our political discourse.”

Milwaukee County Board Chairwoman Marina Dimitrijevic Joins “Hours Against Hate” Campaign
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Milwaukee County Board Chairwoman Marina Dimitrijevic Joins “Hours Against Hate” Campaign

Pledge-Signing Event Slated for July 11 at 9to5 Offices