Milwaukee Jewish Federation >> Yamim 2022
Three special days – YAMIM – for our community to come together to honor the resilience and miraculous journey of the Jewish people.
Thank you to everyone who attended Yamim 2022.
Yom HaShoah | Holocaust Remembrance Day
Wednesday, April 27
6 p.m.
Co-Chairs: Dr. Amy Shapiro & Leo Kleiner
Held in the Daniel M. Soref Community Hall
Special Guest: Pinchas Gutter
Pinchas Gutter was born in 1932, in Lodz, Poland, into a Hasidic family that could trace their Polish roots back 400 hundred years. His father and grandfather owned one of the largest wineries in Poland. Pinchas, his parents, and his twin sister lived in the Warsaw ghetto during the uprising, before being discovered and deported to Majdanek, where all but Pinchas were murdered. Pinchas would go on to survive six concentration camps before his liberation in 1945 in Theresienstadt. Pinchas will reflect on what was lost during the Holocaust and on why preserving Holocaust survivor testimonies are so important.
Yom HaZikaron | Israel’s Day of Remembrance
Tuesday, May 3
6 p.m.
Co-Chairs: Bobbi Rector & Peter Klein
Held in the Daniel M. Soref Community Hall
Special Guest: Shulamit “Shuli” Mualem-Rafaeli
Shuli is an Israeli nurse and past member of the Knesset. In 1997, her husband Moshe was one of 73 Israeli soldiers killed in what is known as the “helicopter disaster.” After his death, she served as Deputy and Acting Chairman of the IDF Widows and Orphans organization.
She also wrote several posthumous letters to her husband, which were
published in a book, “My beloved Mualem.” Shuli will reflect on the 25-year commemoration of the tragic collision of two Israeli Air Force transport helicopters ferrying Israeli soldiers.
Artwork by students will be shown at the beginning of the program. The artwork was created by the following schools to commemorate Israel’s fallen soldiers: Bader Hillel Academy; Congregation Beth El of Sheboygan; Milwaukee Community Hebrew School; and Milwaukee Jewish Day School.
View the artwork here.
Yom HaAtzmaut | Israeli Independence Day
Sunday, May 15
2 p.m.
Co-Chairs: Robin & Steven Arenzon
Held on the outside grounds of the JCC
Event Details:
Opening Ceremony & Walk for Israel – 2 to 3 p.m.
Celebration – 3 to 4:30 p.m.
Includes:
Family Activities
Games
Music
Israeli/Kosher food available for purchase
Arthur & Rose Chrustowski Yom HaShoah JCC Endowment Fund
Raye & David David Yom HaShoah JCC Endowment Fund
Sam & Edith Kopel Family Yom HaShoah JCC Endowment Fund
Eva & Leon Lepold Family Yom HaShoah JCC Endowment Fund
William & Franka Neufeld Holocaust Education Memorial JCC Endowment Fund
Walter W. Peltz Memorial JCC Endowment for Furthering Holocaust Education
Luba Szlosberg Memorial JCC Endowment Fund
Pincus & Bluma Weinstock Yom HaShoah JCC Endowment Fund
Yom HaAtzmaut/Walk for Israel – Schuster
Metals/Atid Properties JCC Endowment Fund
Cheryl and Mark Brickman
Betty Chrustowski
Robyn and Marc Eiseman
Idy Goodman
Laura and Menachem Graupe
Moshe and Deb Katz / Atid Properties
Joan and David Kazan
Judi and Michael Ketten
Donna and Leo Kleiner
Rachael and David Marks
Larry and Ronna Pachefsky / Mr. P’s Tires
Jeanette and Bruce Peckerman
Bobbi and Paul Rector
Jodi Habush and Dan Sinykin
Julie and Yoni Zvi
Anshe Sfard Kehillat Torah
BBYO – Wisconsin Region
Congregation Beth Israel Ner Tamid
Congregation Emanu-El B’ne Jeshurun
Congregation Emanu-El of Waukesha
Congregation Shalom
Congregation Sinai
Hillel Milwaukee
Lake Park Synagogue
Milwaukee Jewish Day School
Ovation Communities
Temple Menorah